Coast Guard cutters

Coast Guard updates plans for new cutters 

The Coast Guard is moving closer to finalizing a plan to replace its aging inland cutter fleet within the next 10 years, said Aileen Sedmak, assistant commandant for acquisition for the Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program.

Sedmak addressed a standing-room-only audience of shipbuilders and equipment manufacturers at a “Think Tank” session at the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans on Wednesday. During the last year the WCC program has engaged in engineering and cost-benefit analyses to...

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Coast Guard inland cutters next in building program

At 72 years in service, the cutter Smilax is the oldest vessel of the Coast Guard inland fleet. Coast Guard photo.

With $25 million added by Congress in the 2018 budget, the Coast Guard can move ahead with designing its new class of waterway commerce cutters to replace an aged inland fleet, Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz told members of Congress Wednesday.

“I’ve got ships in that fleet that are 72 years old,” said Schultz, referring to the 100’ cutter Smilax, during his first appearance as commandant before the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Billed as an update on Coast Guard...

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