Twice as Nice: Reed Announces Another Two New U.S. Coast Guard Cutters to Homeport in RI
January 07, 2025
January 07, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
NEWPORT, RI No, Rhode Island is not pregnant. But the Ocean State will soon be giving 'berth' to two sets of 360-foot twin U.S. Coast Guard (USGC) Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) that weigh in at about 4,500 long tons when fully loaded.
The Heritage-class vessels will each have room onboard for 100-plus crewmembers. The four sister ships will eventually replace the two 270 . . .
NEWPORT, RI No, Rhode Island is not pregnant. But the Ocean State will soon be giving 'berth' to two sets of 360-foot twin U.S. Coast Guard (USGC) Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) that weigh in at about 4,500 long tons when fully loaded.
The Heritage-class vessels will each have room onboard for 100-plus crewmembers. The four sister ships will eventually replace the two 270 . . .