“Major Acquisition Systems Infrastructure (MASI) Program” –CG-9

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250917-G-G1790-1891 Aerial view of Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore. The Coast Guard awarded a contract for the reconstruction of Pier 1 (first from the left) on Sept. 9, 2025, to support future depot-level maintenance of the offshore patrol cutter class. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

CG-9, the Acquisitions Directorate, has published an unusually comprehensive report on what they are doing to provide the infrastructure required to support the new assets coming on line.

It includes both a list of previous reports on infrastructure upgrades including seven in 2025, and a link to a one page briefing that includes a listing of projects completed:

  • Fast response cutter (FRC) homeports in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Miami and Key West, Florida; Cape May, New Jersey; Ketchikan, Alaska; Pascagoula, Mississippi; Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, San Pedro, California; Galveston, Texas; Apra Harbor, Guam; Honolulu; and Boston
  • National security cutter (NSC) homeports in Alameda, California; Honolulu; and expansion at Charleston, South Carolina
  • Hull, mechanical and engine training building for FRCs and NSCs in Yorktown, Virginia
  • C4ISR training building for FRCs and NSCs in Petaluma, California
  • Depot level maintenance hangar for medium range surveillance (MRS) aircraft in Elizabeth City, North Carolina
  • MRS aircraft maintenance training building in Elizabeth City
  • MRS aircraft hangar at Air Station Cape Cod in Bourne, Massachusetts
  • HC-130J support facilities including liquid oxygen (LOX) storage and servicing areas at Air Station Kodiak, Alaska
  • HC-130J LOX and propeller/mission shop facilities at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii
  • C-27J facility upgrades and LOX facilities at Air Station Clearwater, Florida

and a list of key projects in process:

  • Fast response cutter homeports/expansions in Astoria, Oregon; Kodiak, Seward and Sitka, Alaska; St. Petersburg, Florida; and a recurring depot availability facility at Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore
  • Offshore patrol cutter homeports in San Pedro, California; Kodiak, Alaska; and Newport, Rhode Island
  • Polar security cutter homeport in Seattle, Washington
  • Waterways commerce cutter homeports
  • National security cutter homeport expansion in Charleston, South Carolina
  • Second seagoing buoy tender berth in Honolulu
  • Engineering and weapons training building in Yorktown, Virginia
  • C-27J simulator building at Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama

 

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