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Coast Guard Has Yet To Close Out Major Deficiencies With NSC, GAO Says

Coast Guard Has Yet To Close Out Major Deficiencies With NSC, GAO Says
Coast Guard National Security Cutter James (WMSL 754). Photo: Coast Guard

Initial operational testing early in 2014 of the Coast Guard’s high-endurance National Security Cutter (NSC) revealed 10 major deficiencies but so far none of those have been formally closed out and the ships will be operating for a few years without key capabilities, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report.The testing done by the Navy for the Coast Guard found major deficiencies in a number of areas on the cutter, including an equipment failure on the close-in…

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