United States Senator Brian Schatz has announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $632 million to fund two new Coast Guard ships in Honolulu. The vessels will be National Security Cutters, each 418-foot long with the ability to conduct long range patrols with duties including fisheries enforcement, drug interdiction, search and rescue and other national security missions. The new ships would have a 12,000 nautical-mile range over 60 days, as compared to the 9,600 nautical-mile range over 45 days that the older vessels have.
Senator Schatz commented, "The Senate took a big step in approving resources for the Coast Guard to build two National Security Cutters and bring them to Hawaii. The National Security Cutter is the most technologically advanced ship in the Coast Guard's fleet. Bringing these two new cutters to Honolulu will give the 14th Coast Guard District the capability it needs to safeguard Hawaii's maritime interests."
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 7-23-2013, www.staradvertiser.com
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