Scrapped vessels haunt Coast Guard

The Washington Times ^ | 5-6-08 | Jen Haberkorn

[mtbopfuyn]

Okey dokey, lets just send out invitations to all terrorists that the US is free game. Not that they didn’t already know it, but it’s now even more wide open.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

We still have the old Macinaw in layup.

[FreePaul]

I seem to remember that those 110 foot cutters were a disaster from the start in the mid fifties. I think that they were originally designed to be a little longer but someone decided to chop a few feet off. The result was problems all over including engine cooling. Anyone know anything more about that?

[dblshot]

The 110 was, in this retired coastie’s opinion, a piece of crap to start with. We've known for years that making it longer was not a good idea. The Island Class cutters were built to go faster than existing patrol boats and they did that but they were high maintenance and aluminum cracks in high seas. The Coast Guard’s problem is that it tries to design all its missions into the same hull and thereby compromises are made. A camel is a horse designed by a committee; but at least a camel sticks to its best environment.

[TexanToTheCore]

Does anyone have a picture of the new 418s?

[dblshot]

Don’t know about the 110’s but they cut about 33 feet off the stern of the 378’s which is why they throw such awesome rooster tails -that’s power wasted because the screws are to close to the stern to guide the water back.

[dblshot]

nope, but its white with a red and blue stripe.

[oldironsides]

I would like to know what company built these vessels.
I can’t find information on it.

[Doomonyou]

U.S. Coast Guard cutters sit unused at the shipyard in Baltimore after the costly Deepwater project encountered problems with extensions and cracked hulls. Commandant Adm. Thad Allen said problems were too numerous to repair when the vessels were decommissioned in 2006. (Katie Falkenberg/The Washington Times)

That's alot of expensive junk.

[Spirochete]

Does anyone have a picture of the new 418s?

Looks similar to the old 378s

[oldironsides]

Oops. Located it on the next page..........

[Oldexpat]

The Island Class was a light weight steel hull originally designed for cheap construction in Third World.
Light weight steel means thin means corrision and cracks.
Aluminum would have more durable. The engines were too big for slow patroling and way too expensive to operate. The Cat engines were cheaper to operate.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Hmmm....wonder if I could buy one through DRMO and run it around on Fort Loudon lake?

[dblshot]

Must have been some thin steel, was the superstructure steel too? 378’s had aluminimum superstructure/steel hull. I was on Mallow which at 40 years old and in warm water Hawaii had lost a lot of her hull to corrosion.

[wally-balls]

Does anyone have a picture of the new 418s?
Looks similar to the old 378s

They lool kike FFG’s

[Fan of Fiat]

The engines were too big for slow patroling

Clutched in at 10 knots IIRC. Makes it fun to moor up.

[dblshot]

Mallow was on ebay a few years ago.

[TexanToTheCore]

I have always thought that the CG cutters were some of the best looking ships on the sea, going all the way back into the 19th century.

The 418s look good.

[Doomonyou]

Make one hell of a party boat.