Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress

O' ; Rourke, Ronald

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Coast Guard-U.S.;    Ships;    Naval procurement;    Polar regions;   

RP-ID  :  RL34391
RP-ID  :  RL34391_2017Sep14

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2018 budget requests $19 million in acquisition funding for a new polar icebreaker that the Coast Guard wants to begin building in FY2019.