Posted on Sep 16, 2023
U.S. Navy Turns Away From Small Warships Despite Growing Demand, Tactical Relevance
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While small ships jostle in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy is celebrating their departure from the messy business of managing small combatants. After shedding fourteen long-unloved Cyclone class (PC-1) coastal patrol ships, the Navy has effectively handed the responsibility for managing small ship operations, engagement and training to the already overtasked and poorly-funded U.S. Coast Guard.
The decision is hard to justify. Outside of the U.S. Navy, interest in small craft is high. Allies have lined up to claim many of the U.S. Navy’s fourteen long-unloved 355-ton Cyclone class coastal patrol ships. As of today, eleven old Cyclones have been commissioned into three foreign Navies, and one more may soon follow. The U.S. Coast Guard is busy putting 65 small Sentinel class cutters into service, and it still wants a few more.
The decision is hard to justify. Outside of the U.S. Navy, interest in small craft is high. Allies have lined up to claim many of the U.S. Navy’s fourteen long-unloved 355-ton Cyclone class coastal patrol ships. As of today, eleven old Cyclones have been commissioned into three foreign Navies, and one more may soon follow. The U.S. Coast Guard is busy putting 65 small Sentinel class cutters into service, and it still wants a few more.
U.S. Navy Turns Away From Small Warships Despite Growing Demand, Tactical Relevance
Posted from forbes.com
South China Sea
Coast Guard
China
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."If America’s “big-ship” Navy doesn’t want to think about small combatants, America’s scrappy sea service can, as it engages small-boat navies across the globe, do great service in building out standard requirement sets, quietly figuring out just where and how small ships can best contribute in the contested maritime of the future.
It is thankless work, but the Coast Guard can take confidence in knowing that wherever Coast Guard strategies lead—be it into the Arctic, Western Hemisphere or into the world of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing—the U.S. Navy and, often, the rest of the U.S...."...
..."If America’s “big-ship” Navy doesn’t want to think about small combatants, America’s scrappy sea service can, as it engages small-boat navies across the globe, do great service in building out standard requirement sets, quietly figuring out just where and how small ships can best contribute in the contested maritime of the future.
It is thankless work, but the Coast Guard can take confidence in knowing that wherever Coast Guard strategies lead—be it into the Arctic, Western Hemisphere or into the world of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing—the U.S. Navy and, often, the rest of the U.S...."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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