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Lookin' GOOD!!!

Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City is working hard to modernize and improve the U.S. Coast Guard fleet. One in the water, three to go...

I took my boat out for a spin yesterday and took a few pictures to share. You can see the beginnings of two more behind the first one. There will be a total of four built at this location.

This ship is USCGC ARGUS (WMSM-915), the U.S. Coast Guard’s first Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC).

Quote from website below:

"Over 1500 highly skilled craft employees and program professionals at Eastern Shipbuilding Group and 200 businesses from over 25 states are supporting the production of the first four Offshore Patrol Cutters in Panama City. The OPC is designed to conduct an array of missions including law enforcement, drug and migrant interdiction, search and rescue, disaster relief, and other homeland security and defense operations in support of the nation’s maritime security and border protection. The OPC design includes the capability of carrying an MH-60R or MH-65 helicopter and three operational over-the-horizon small boats. The vessel is also equipped with a highly sophisticated Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) suite that will greatly enhance the U.S. Coast Guard’s mission capabilities."

https://www.easternshipbuilding.com/eastern-shipbuilding-group-christens-and-launches-u-s-coast-guards-first-heritage-class-offshore-patrol-cutter/

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Those who confuse Burro and Burrow don't know their @ss from a hole in the ground...

Very impressive! PJ