United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2008-06-23 monographic deposited born digital 62 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-660 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-660 P0b002ee1803868cc f:d08660 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-660 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-660 GAO-08-660 Agency missions Coast Guard personnel Combat readiness Continuity of operations Homeland security Losses Maintenance (upkeep) Maintenance costs Military forces Military operations Military training Military vessels Mission essential operations Municipal governments Naval operations Performance measures Program evaluation Ships Strategic planning Operations and maintenance costs Program goals or objectives Coast Guard Deepwater Project Fast Response Cutter Other Written Product A82480 The Coast Guard's 110-foot patrol boats are used for a number of missions, such as enforcement of fisheries laws, and the interdiction of migrants and illicit drugs. As part of the Coast Guard's initial plans to replace many of its vessels, it intended to convert its 110-foot patrol boats into 123-foot patrol boats with increased capabilities until the replacement vessel, the Fast Response Cutter (FRC), became operational. However, structural problems on the eight converted 123-foot boats led the Coast Guard to remove these boats from service. Faced with a loss of operational hours, especially in the Coast Guard's Florida-based District 7 where these boats operated, the Coast Guard implemented mitigation strategies to recover lost operational hours. This report provides information on Coast Guard patrol boat operations and, in particular, addresses: (1) operational challenges created by the removal from service of the 123-foot patrol boats and the Coast Guard's strategies for mitigating their loss; (2) effects these mitigation strategies have had on overall Coast Guard operational hours, as well as operating and maintenance costs, patrol boat crews, and mission performance; and (3) issues that could affect the sustainability of these strategies. To conduct its work, GAO analyzed data and other documentation on patrol boat operations and mitigation strategies, and interviewed Coast Guard officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-660/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-660.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-660/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-660.pdf GAO-08-660 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-660 Other Written Product GAO-08-660; Coast Guard: Strategies for Mitigating the Loss of Patrol Boats Are Achieving Results in the Near Term, but They Come at a Cost and Longer Term Sustainability Is Unknown; Agency missions Coast Guard personnel Combat readiness Continuity of operations Homeland security Losses Maintenance (upkeep) Maintenance costs Military forces Military operations Military training Military vessels Mission essential operations Municipal governments Naval operations Performance measures Program evaluation Ships Strategic planning Operations and maintenance costs Program goals or objectives Coast Guard Deepwater Project Fast Response Cutter Volume 116 Page 2064 116 Stat. 2064 Volume 119 Page 231 119 Stat. 231 Volume 121 Page 112 Volume 121 Page 1844 121 Stat. 112 121 Stat. 1844 Public Law 107-295 Public Law 109-13 Public Law 110-28 Public Law 110-161