Coast Guard port facilities in Sitka
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The Coast Guard plans to expand its port facilities in Sitka to make room to homeport a new cutter.[1]
The Coast Guard maintains port facilities in Sitka, Alaska.[1] Bollinger shipyards has been delivering four Sentinel class cutters per year to the United Stated Coast Guard, since 2011, and, in 2025, one of the last of the 64 vessels of that class will be stationed in Sitka. Currently, the Coast Guard operates the buoy tender USCGC Kukui.
KCAW reported that President Donald Trump's veto of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act put the placement of the cutter in Sitka in question.[2] His veto didn't put the completion of the cutter in question, but it did cut funding for the port facilities it required. Alaska's Senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both voiced concern over the President's veto.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert Woolsey (2022-09-12). "State board enters negotiations with Coast Guard for sale of Mt. Edgecumbe High School waterfront property". KCAW. Archived from the original on 2022-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20220913090456/https://www.kcaw.org/2022/09/12/state-board-enters-negotiations-with-coast-guard-for-sale-of-mt-edgecumbe-high-school-waterfront-property/. Retrieved 2022-09-13. "The fast-response cutter is scheduled to homeport in Sitka beginning in 2025. It would join the buoy tender Kukui – but there’s not enough room for both ships at the Kukui’s current dock." mirror
- ↑ Robert Woolsey (2020-12-27). "Trump's Defense veto could sink Sitka's Coast Guard dock". KCAW. https://www.kcaw.org/2020/12/27/trumps-defense-veto-could-sink-sitkas-coast-guard-dock/. "Sitka was selected as a homeport for one of the six vessels. And while the actual ship itself doesn’t appear in jeopardy, there might not be anyplace to put it, if the veto stands." mirror
