An Act to authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard
PL 90-37 (H.R.5424), enacted 06/30/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-37-JUNE 30, 1967 
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Public Law 90-37 
AN ACT 
June 30, 1967 
To authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft and con- 
[H. R. 5424] 
struction of shore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled., That funds are Appr^opriation 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1968 for the use authorization. 
of the Coast Guard as follows: 
Vessels 
For procurement, extension of service life, and increasing capability 
of vessels, $97,776,000. 
A. Procurement: 
(1) five high-endurance cutters; 
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(2) one oceanographic cutter; 
(3) two large patrol craft; 
(4) two river tenders; and 
(5) design of icebreaker. 
None of the vessels authorized herein shall be procured from other 
than shipyards and facilities within the United States. 
B. Increasing capability: 
(1) install balloon tracking radar on four high-endurance 
cutters; 
(2) obtain precision navigational equipment for high-endur-
ance cutters; and 
(3) increase fuel capacity and improve habitability on six high-
endurance cutters. 
C. Extension of service life: 
(1) improve icebreakers. 
Aircraft 
For procurement of aircraft, $25,475,000. 
(1) nine medium-range helicopters; 
(2) twelve short-range helicopters; 
(3) one transport aircraft; and 
(4) search and rescue reconfiguration of medium-range aircraft. 
Construction 
For establishment or development of installations and facilities 
by acquisition, construction, conversion, extension, or installation of 
permanent or temporary public works, including the preparation of 
sites and furnishing of appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for the 
following, $37,963,000. 
(1) Base, Mobile, Alabama: Industrial facility; 
(2) Base, Ketchikan, Alaska: Sewage disposal system; 
(3) Training center, Alameda, California: Recruit barracks; 
(4) Radio station, San Francisco, California: Operations and 
receiver building and receiving antennas at Fort Cronkhite; 
transmitters and transmitting antennas at San Bruno; 
(5) Academy, New London, Connecticut: Auditorium; recrea-
tion hall; rehabilitation of existing Chase Hall barracks; 
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(6) Base, New London, Connecticut: Bulkheads; wharf; 
dredging; 
(7) Station, Panama City, Florida: Barracks, messing, and 
operations building; industrial facilities; mooring facilities; 
(8) Air station. Barbers Point, Honolulu, Hawaii: Helicopter 
hangar; nose-dock facility; 
(9) Air station, Chicago, Illinois: Modify existing Navy build-
ing at Naval Station, Glen 
view, Illinois, for Coast Guard use; 
(10) Station, Jonesport, Maine: Barracks, messing, and opera-
tions buildings; moormg facilities; public family quarters; 
(11) Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland: Barracks; sewage disposal 
system; fabricating shop; 
(12) Station, Sassafras Eiver, Kennedyville, Maryland: Bar-
racks, messing, and operations building; mooring facilities; public 
family quarters; 
(13) Moorings, Vicksburg, Mississippi: Establish moorings for 
aids to navigation tender; 
(14) Station, Wellesley Island, Alexander Bay, New York: 
Barracks, messing, and operations building: public 
family 
quarters; 
(15) Station, Fire Island, New York: Barracks, messing, and 
operations building; public family quarters; 
(16) Base, Governors Island, New York: Industrial facilities; 
barracks; 
(17) Training center. Cape May, New Jersey: Water tank and 
system; 
(18) Station, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina: Barracks, 
messing, and operations building; mooring facilities; public fam-
ily quarters; 
(19) Moorings, Fort Sallisaw, Oklahoma: Establish moorings 
for aids to navigation tender; 
(20) Eeserve Training Center, Yorktown, Virginia: Student 
barracks; 
(21) Base, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Barracks, messing, and 
recreation building; 
(22) Loran Station, Gagil-Tomil Island, Yap, Western Caro-
line Islands, Pacific Ocean: Fuel-oil system; 
(23) Various locations: Aids to navigation projects including, 
where necessary, advance planning and acquisition of .sites; 
(24) Various locations: Automation of manned light stations; 
(25) Various locations: Advance planning, construction de-
sign, architectural services, and acquisition of sites in connection 
with public works projects not otherwise authorized by law; and 
(26) Various locations: Public family quarters. 
SEC. 2. Funds are herebv authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 1968 for payment to Dridge owners for the cost of alteration of 
railroad and public highway bridges to permit free navigation of 
navigable waters of the United States in the amount of $3,800,000. 
Approved June 30, 1967.