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Homeland Security

Coast Guard Begins Reviewing Options To Replace Inland Cutter Fleet

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

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Coast Guard Begins Reviewing Options To Replace Inland Cutter Fleet

The 100-foot USCG Cutter Smilax, the "Queen of the Fleet," was commissioned in 1944. The construction tender is shown moored up at its homeport of Fort Macon, N.C. Photo: Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is reviewing its options for replacing the capabilities provided by its fleet of aging cutters and barges for supporting aids to navigation on federal waterways in the interior of the U.S.The service’s fleet of inland cutters, most of which have been operating for more than 50 years, includes 35 vessels in nine classes and subclasses ranging from 65-feet to 160 feet. The oldest, the 100-foot construction tender USCG Smilax, was commissioned in 1944.The inland fleet also includes…

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