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Construction Start Unknown For Coast Guard’s First New Heavy Polar Icebreaker

Construction Start Unknown For Coast Guard’s First New Heavy Polar Icebreaker
Artist rendering of the Polar Security Cutter. Image by Halter Marine and Technology Associates.

The Coast Guard no longer appears to have an expectation for when construction will begin on its first polar security cutter (PSC), which is still in the design phase and was beset with delays stemming from the COVID pandemic. “The start of construction will be authorized when the shipbuilder has attained sufficient design maturity,” a Coast Guard spokesman told Defense Daily this week in an email response to questions about production and delivery plans for the PSC. “In parallel to…

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