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Report to Congress on Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter
December 31, 2020 10:24 AM
The following is the Dec. 23, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (Polar Icebreaker) Program: Background and Issues for Congress.
From the report
The Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC) program is a program to acquire three new PSCs (i.e., heavy polar icebreakers), to be followed years from now by the acquisition of up to three new medium polar icebreakers. The PSC program has received a total of $1,169.6 million (i.e., about $1.2 billion) in procurement funding through FY2020, including $135 million in FY2020, which was $100 million more than the $35 million that the Coast Guard had requested for FY2020. With the funding it has received through FY2020, the first PSC is now fully funded and the second PSC has received initial funding.
NSC Stone departs Ingalls, headed for Charleston homeport [al.com]
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi The newest U.S. Coast Guard Cutter departed Ingalls Shipbuilding last week, headed for its homeport in Charleston, S.C.
NSC Stone (WMSL 758) is the ninth Legend-class National Security Cutter delivered to the Coast Guard by the Pascagoula shipyard. One more NSC is under construction and another under contract.
“I cannot think of a better ending to 2020 than seeing the look of pride on the faces of our shipbuilders as Stone sails away from our shipyard to join the Coast Guard’s cutter fleet,” said Ingalls president Brian Cuccias. “Our workforce has provided the Coast Guard with another state-of-the-art, highly capable national security cutter that will work for decades to come to ensure our nation’s maritime safety and security.”
By WARREN KULO | al.com | Published: December 27, 2020 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (Tribune News Service) The newest U.S. Coast Guard Cutter departed Ingalls Shipbuilding last week, headed for its homeport in Charleston, S.C. NSC Stone (WMSL 758) is the ninth Legend-class National Security Cutter delivered to the Coast Guard by the Pascagoula shipyard. One more is under construction and another under contract. “I cannot think of a better ending to 2020 than seeing the look of pride on the faces of our shipbuilders as Stone sails away from our shipyard to join the Coast Guard’s cutter fleet,” said Ingalls president Brian Cuccias. “Our workforce has provided the Coast Guard with another state-of-the-art, highly capable national security cutter that will work for decades to come to ensure our nation’s maritime safety and security.”
Coast Guard Cutter James returns to Charleston after intercepting $365M in drugs The Coast Guard Cutter Joshua James seen here moored at Base Boston, Aug. 7, 2015, is a 418-foot National Security Cutter homeported in Charleston. (Source: Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley/Coast Guard) By Patrick Phillips | December 18, 2020 at 6:05 PM EST - Updated December 18 at 7:04 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Coast Guard Cutter James and crew returned to Charleston Friday after spending 52 days working to disrupt drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Before its return, the James crew made a stop in Port Everglades, Florida, to drop off the drugs and contriband the crew intercepted during the mission. During that process, the James offloaded nearly 32,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana, worth an estimated $365 million.
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