“2 Cutters Stuck in Coast Guard Maintenace Yard After Key Bridge Collapse” –USNI

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The Naval Institute News Service reports,

Two Coast Guard cutters are stuck in the service’s Curtis Bay shipyard, with five others unable to get in for scheduled maintenance due to the Key Bridge collapse…there are five Coast Guard ships due for repair work in Curtis Bay between mid-April and mid-May that have been delayed…”

The two ships “stuck” are USCGC Hickory (WLB-212) and USCGC Diligence (WMEC-616). Diligence may be able to use one of the temporary channels.

The ships that have been delayed are USCGC Forward (WMEC-911), USCGC Diamondback (WPB-87370), USCGC Dependable (WMEC-626), USCGC Donald Horsley (WPC-1117), USCGC Confidence (WMEC-619)

Dependable was just decommissioned and Confidence will be soon (technically in commission special, but they are unlikely to return to US Coast Guard service). They were to go into the yard for storage. Diamondback and Donald Horsley should be able to use the temporary channel. Only Forward will have to wait for the reopening of the main channel. I suspect she is going in for “Service Life Extension.”

The bridge collapse has also made it difficult for many of the Yard’s workforce to get to work.

2 thoughts on ““2 Cutters Stuck in Coast Guard Maintenace Yard After Key Bridge Collapse” –USNI”

  1. I have corrected a misstatement in the original post that Dependable and Confidence had been decommissioned. Actually, Dependable was placed in ” in commission, special” while Confidence will do the same on May 2. They will not have crews and it is unlikely they will ever return to service with the USCG, but they may be transferred to a foreign agency.

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  2. Third temporary channel opens for vessels to Baltimore port after bridge collapse (wral.com)

    With a controlling depth of 20 feet this should be sufficient for all Coast Guard vessels except the National Security Cutters. USCGC Eagle might have a problem with the vertical clearance, 135 feet. Reportedly fore and main mast height is 147.3 feet, but they can be lowered 13 feet. Probably at low tide, Eagle could transit the temporary channel OK, but it would look exciting. Maybe at high tide the NSCs could use it to.

    USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) – Wikipedia

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