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Coast Guard Commandant Confirms Delay In Polar Security Cutter; Talks Interim Purchase

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Coast Guard Commandant Confirms Delay In Polar Security Cutter; Talks Interim Purchase
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz. Photo: Coast Guard

Delivery of the first new Coast Guard heavy polar icebreaker has slipped a year to 2025 due to the fact that it’s been 45 years since the last heavy icebreaker was built in the U.S. and impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, Adm. Karl Schultz, the service’s commandant, said on Tuesday. The first Polar Security Cutter (PSC) is expected to be delivered in the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, Schultz told a Senate Commerce Committee panel that oversees the Coast…

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