Coast Guard May Not Get Their New $300~$400 Million Dollar Toy

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unhappycamper summary of this article: This new pig-in-a-poke was originally in the Deepwater program: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_Patrol_Cutter

Other Navy craft already built include the waaaay overpriced LCSs, and the $5+ billion dollar Zumwalt-class destroyers.






Coasties May Lose Cutters to OMB
By Colin Clark Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 1:08 pm
Posted in Naval, Policy, Rumors

The Offshore Patrol Cutter, which the Coast Guard is getting ready to begin buying, appears likely to fall to the OMB ax, says one source who closely follows the Coast Guard. Worth somewhere between $300 million and $400 million through the life of the program, the OPC would replace the Famour and Reliance class cutters.