Yard News September/October 2013 - U.S. Coast Guard
Yard News September/October 2013 - U.S. Coast Guard
Yard News September/October 2013 - U.S. Coast Guard
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4 <strong>Yard</strong> <strong>News</strong> <strong>September</strong>/<strong>October</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
<strong>Yard</strong> Leaves Its Footprints “<strong>Coast</strong> to <strong>Coast</strong>” and Beyond<br />
A picture is worth a thousand words.<br />
The stars on the above U.S. map<br />
indicate the locations where <strong>Yard</strong><br />
road teams brought the expertise of<br />
the shipyard to <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Guard</strong> customers’<br />
homeports during <strong>September</strong> and<br />
<strong>October</strong>. The skilled hands of the<br />
<strong>Yard</strong> touched 18 cutters, leaving<br />
behind the shipyard’s footprints of<br />
quality Service to the Fleet. Road<br />
projects included installations of AN/<br />
SPS-50 IMO radar, MK-75 installations<br />
and repairs, 378’ galley upgrade,<br />
225’ fan tail awning install,<br />
fire pump renewal, life raft modifications,<br />
NSC AIS radio installation, and<br />
110’ AN/SPS-73 radar CASREP.<br />
Destinations included:<br />
CGC TAMPA-Portsmouth, VA<br />
CGC NORTHLAND-Portsmouth, VA<br />
CGC ALLIGATOR-St. Petersburg, FL<br />
CGC SAGINAW-Mobile, AL<br />
CGC SKIPJACK-Galveston, TX<br />
CGC MUNRO-Kodiak, AK<br />
CGC KUKUI-Honolulu, HI<br />
CGC POLAR STAR-Seattle, WA<br />
CGC MACKINAW-Cheboygen, MI<br />
CGC ALLIGATOR-St. Petersburg, FL<br />
CGC HUDSON-Miami, FL<br />
CGC SEA DRAGON-Kings Bay, GA<br />
CGC SEA DOG-Kings Bay, GA<br />
CGC TIGERSHARK-Newport, RI<br />
CGC STRATTON-Alameda, CA<br />
CGC LIBERTY-Juneau, AK<br />
CGC MORGENTHAU-Honolulu, HI<br />
CGC CROCODILE-St. Petersburg, FL<br />
In the photo at right, CGC<br />
COCHITO, an 87-foot patrol boat<br />
homeported in Virginia Beach,<br />
Virginia, departs the <strong>Yard</strong> 3-days<br />
ahead of schedule on June 27th after a<br />
9-week repair availability. The work<br />
package included critical shaft and<br />
underwater body inspections;<br />
straightening of both shafts; weather<br />
deck, superstructure, freeboard and<br />
underwater body preservations;<br />
removal and preservation of the mast;<br />
replacement of the pilot house matting<br />
and mooring bits; installation of<br />
stainless steel hull inserts and renewal<br />
of the boat main diesel engine<br />
concentric rings; installation of a<br />
prototype motor control, and<br />
electronics work.<br />
<strong>Yard</strong> Project Manager Fred Brady<br />
<strong>Yard</strong> Delivers CGC COCHITO 3-Days Ahead of Schedule<br />
received the following feedback from<br />
BMCM Christopher Lombard, OINC,<br />
CGC COCHITO, at the conclusion of<br />
the patrol boat’s <strong>Yard</strong> availability.<br />
CGC COCHITO (WPB-87329)<br />
Brady comments, “Master Chief<br />
Lombard stated that he and his crew<br />
were ecstatic with the results of their<br />
See COCHITO, pg 5