For the U.S. Coast Guard, years of underfunded toil is now paying off in new ships and influence. In a risky strategy, the Service is pushing their oldest assets to the absolute limits, paving the way for new, more capable ships—and more complex missions—to follow.
As much a diplomatic tool as a law enforcement asset, these white-hull “floating consulates”, together with America’s State Department outposts—including the
in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, the Coast Guard is demonstrating America’s regional commitment to other law-abiding and like-minded maritime stakeholders.-class cutters far afield and, in the case of the Cutters , sending two mid-endurance cutters into the potentially volatile waters north of the Arctic Circle, is quite a feat. As old ships go, the venerable vessels are maintenance nightmares, likely to experience an unexpected mechanical or electronic breakdown at any moment.
Side-by-side comparisons with larger cutters demonstrated that the rough waters of the Bearing Sea, the Aleutians and the Gulf of Alaska
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