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Homeland Security

Coast Guard: Navy ‘Blocks Out The Sun’ In Depot Availabilities, Seeks Better Balance

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020

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Coast Guard: Navy ‘Blocks Out The Sun’ In Depot Availabilities, Seeks Better Balance

RDML Nathan A. Moore, Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard for Engineering and Logistics. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)

SAN DIEGO -- A top Coast Guard official said the service is trying to balance and coordinate depot availabilities with Navy ships at private shipyards as the Navy has started using more private shipyards for maintenance work. Rear Adm. Nathan Moore, Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard for Engineering and Logistics, said this issue holds for both aviation and surface forces, but the Coast Guard is struggling on getting ship repair work done, for example. “We have one organic shipyard…

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