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Coast Guard Has Yet To Close Out Major Deficiencies With NSC, GAO Says

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Coast Guard Has Yet To Close Out Major Deficiencies With NSC, GAO Says
Coast Guard National Security Cutter James (WMSL 754). Photo: Coast Guard

Initial operational testing early in 2014 of the Coast Guard’s high-endurance National Security Cutter (NSC) revealed 10 major deficiencies but so far none of those have been formally closed out and the ships will be operating for a few years without key capabilities, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report.The testing done by the Navy for the Coast Guard found major deficiencies in a number of areas on the cutter, including an equipment failure on the close-in…

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