Coast Guard
Subtitle: status of deepwater Fast Response Cutter design efforts, report to congressional requestors / [
By: Stephen L. Caldwell, Acting Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues]
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Publisher: Government Accountability Office
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Procurement; Evaluation; Shipbuilding; Ships; Designs; Emergency response; Composite materials; United States. Coast Guard; United States
Other titles: Status of deepwater Fast Response Cutter design efforts
Notes: Cover title.

"June 2006."

"GAO-06-764"--Cover.

Patrol boats being overhauled for the Coast Guard, part of Integrated Deepwater System, until the 140 ft. Fast Response Cutter (FRC) comes on line in 2018, are not performing as needed, so the FRC design has been accelerated to debut in 2007; further conversions of the deteriorating patrol boats has been cancelled.  Designs for the FRC are being questioned, and now the anticipated ready date is 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

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