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GAO: 40 Percent Cost Growth In Coast Guard Cutter Result Of Poor Shipbuilding Policies, Hurricane

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GAO: 40 Percent Cost Growth In Coast Guard Cutter Result Of Poor Shipbuilding Policies, Hurricane
Rendering of Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter. (Source: Eastern Shipbuilding Group)

A new report by independent government auditors found the Coast Guard’s policy choices including design and construction concurrency, and the effects of a 2018 hurricane, have contributed to 40 percent cost growth and 18-month delays in the first four vessels in the service’s new offshore patrol cutter (OPC) program. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report published June 20 found that these costs and delays are outgrowths of the Coast Guard’s decisions to conduct technology development, design and construction phases concurrently,…

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