New Coast Guard ship gets good notices

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New Coast Guard ship gets good notices
By Christopher P. Cavas
Posted : Tuesday Nov 10, 2009 18:01:04 EST

The Coast Guard’s top weapon buyer lauded shipbuilders Tuesday for the job done on the second National Security Cutter, delivered last week from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding.

“We’re really pleased with the work done by the shipbuilder and the subcontractors,” Rear Adm. Ron Rabago, chief of the acquisition directorate, told reporters. “The quality of the workmanship has improved. And the quality of the ship and systems showed that we’ve taken lessons learned from Bertholf and put these into the Waesche.”

The service took preliminary delivery of the Waesche on Nov. 6 at Northrop’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. By late February, the new ship is expected to join the Bertholf, first of the new cutters, at their homeport of Alameda, Calif.

Rabago noted that the Waesche improved on the Bertholf — initially delivered in May 2008 — in the key area of “starred cards,” or deficiencies that could affect mission performance. Eight starred cards were handed to the Bertholf during her acceptance trials, but inspectors from the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey found only three such problems on the Waesche.

“We’re very much pleased with the number of starred cards,” Rabago said. “Almost every system scored better.”


Rest of article about this $641 million dollar wonder at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/11/nt_coastiecutter_111009/



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