Coast Guard Cutter Waesche prepares to refloat from drydock in Seattle, Wash., May 22, 2018. The Waesche is a 418-foot Legend-class National Security Cutter homeported in Alameda, California. US Coast Guard photo.
Have recently seen some indication that the Coast Guard is not keeping up with ship maintenance. Specifically, a statement that Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) had a $250m shortfall last year. $350m this year, and that availability’s have been canceled and deferred.
Am asking those among the readership who have firsthand knowledge of this for comment.
Is it true, and if so, is this because of
- unexpected problems, e.g. unplanned maintenance?
- new ships are more maintenance intensive?
- old ships are getting harder to maintain?
- we have more hulls now than before?
- shipyard costs are higher than expected?
In other words, what’s going on?
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
The USCG has a shipyard on the east coast. Perhaps it’s time for the USCG open their own ship maintenance facility on the west coast
We probably could have gotten the shipyard in Vallejo when the Navy gave up on it. That is the yard that has been doing Polar Star’s life extension program.