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Cochran Suggests Continuing Production Of Coast Guard National Security Cutter

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

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Cochran Suggests Continuing Production Of Coast Guard National Security Cutter

National Security Cutter Hamilton at sea in the Gulf of Mexico during customer acceptance trials on Aug. 13., 2014. (Photo: Coast Guard)

Sticking to his re-election campaign platform last year, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) on Wednesday suggested that the production line for the Coast Guard’s flagship National Security Cutter (NSC) remain open before new programs begin.The Coast Guard in March year awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $500 million contract to construct the eighth and final planned Legend-class of NSCs, which are replacing 12 aging Hamilton-class high-endurance cutters.That NSC program has been the service’s top funding priority the past…

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