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Second Polar Icebreaker, Offshore Patrol Cutter Funded In Proposed Senate Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

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Second Polar Icebreaker, Offshore Patrol Cutter Funded In Proposed Senate Bill

Artist rendering of the Polar Security Cutter. Image by Halter Marine and Technology Associates.

A senate panel has agreed to fully fund the Coast Guard’s request for production funding of a second new heavy icebreaker and the third and fourth medium-endurance cutters in fiscal year 2021, matching the amounts provided by a House panel in a demonstration of bipartisan support for continued modernization of the service’s capital assets. The Senate appropriators recommend $555 million for the Polar Security Cutter, which is being built by VT Halter Marine, and $546 million for the third and…

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