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GAO Points To Continued Challenges With Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 26th, 2025

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GAO Points To Continued Challenges With Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter

Launch of Eastern Shipbuilding's lead Offshore Patrol Cutter, Argus, in October 2023. Photo: Eastern Shipbuilding

Both shipbuilders constructing the Coast Guard’s future fleet of Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) continue to face challenges with their respective designs, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on Nov. 25, adding that expected delivery dates for the lead ships from both contractors will be delayed. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, which is under contract for the first two OPCs, was expected to deliver the lead vessel this December—more than four years after the original plan—but that date will slip at least a…

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