New Coast Guard OffShore Patrol Cutter - Expands Homeland Defense
Kris Osborn
By Kris Osborn - Warrior Maven
(Washington D.C.) Coast Guard ships are built for the specific purpose of maintaining security and stability, preventing disaster, protecting the homeland, rescuing people from the brink of catastrophe and, in many instances, averting otherwise crippling devastation … so it may not seem surprising that when one new Coast Guard ship was itself ravaged by disaster while under construction, the shipyard was able to rebuild, restore and sustain mission focus amid destruction.
In October of 2018, Category 5 storm Hurricane Michael ripped onto shore in Panama City Florida, wreaking havoc upon Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s facilities at crucial points in the construction of the Coast Guard’s new OffShore Patrol Cutter (OPC).
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