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140-Foot Harbor Tugboat: Does the Coast Guard Need It on the East Coast?

PSAD-79-17 Published: Jan 15, 1979. Publicly Released: Jan 15, 1979.
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The Coast Guard is planning to buy 10 or 11 new 140-foot harbor tugboats at an estimated total cost of about $70 million to replace its existing fleet of 13 aging 110-foot harbor tugboats for icebreaking duties on the Great Lakes and on the rivers and harbors of the east coast from Maine to the Chesapeake Bay.

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Intercoastal waterwaysRiversTugboatsWatercraftMilitary forcesLakesCoast Guard personnelProcurementIcebreakersCapital investments