CG polar cutter office set to open

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Representatives from the Coast Guard Acquisitions Program are scheduled to preside over a ribbon-cutting ceremony here at 10 a.m., Sept. 11, at VT Halter Marine's shipyard, which will formally open the Polar Security Cutter Project Resident Office. The Project Resident Office will be responsible for overseeing the construction of the new CG Polar Security Cutter is being built at VT Halter Marine. The new icebreaker will be the first of six planned icebreakers the CG needs to meet its missions in the high latitudes." Against the backdrop of great power competition, the Polar Security Cutter is key to our nation's presence in the polar regions," Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said in a previously released statement. (Source: CG Media Notice 09/10/19)