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Homeland Security

Coast Guard Plans For Icebreaker Life Extension Incomplete, GAO Says

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 25th, 2017

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Coast Guard Plans For Icebreaker Life Extension Incomplete, GAO Says

Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star. The cutter was built by the former Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company and was commissioned in 1977. (Photo: Coast Guard)

The Coast Guard early this year said it would plan for a limited service life extension of its one heavy polar icebreaker, the Polar Star, to prevent a gap in icebreaker operations but the service hasn’t performed the necessary analysis to support its decision, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report.The “rough estimate” for the limited life extension is $75 million and is founded on a cost of a previous SLEP completed in fiscal year 2013 but…

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