Cutter Mustang in dry-dock
facility
in Ketchikan for major overhaul
May 05, 2004
Wednesday
Ketchikan, Alaska - Coast Guard cutter Mustang departed Seward,
Alaska on April 10th and transited to Ketchikan for a 15-week
dry-dock maintenance availability at the Coast Guard Integrated
Support Command base, making it the longest maintenance period
to date for the 18-year-old patrol boat.
Workers haul the portside
main diesel engine aboard the 110-foot Seward-based cutter Mustang.
The ship is undergoing an extensive 18-week dry-dock maintenance
period.
Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Jarrod Kushla,
Cutter Mustang
The 110-foot Mustang is scheduled to receive two new main diesel
engines, repair of extensive corrosion to the interior hull,
and cut and replace thin hull plating during this intensive dry-dock.
An enormous crane removed both main diesel engines and generators
April 19th as crewmembers and yard workers began preparations
to completely renew Mustang's engine room.
The following day, workers
successfully dry-docked Mustang in the industrial railway with
assistance from a local tug, Jennie B, and the Mustang now sits
high and dry. The Coast Guard cutter Mustang is scheduled to
return to Seward in mid- to late July.
Coast Guard cutter
Mustang, based in Seward, enters the dry-dock
facility to begin an extensive 18-week maintenance period where
the 110-foot cutter will receive two new main diesel engines,
repair extensive corrosion to the interior hull, and cut and
replace thin hull plating.
Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Jarrod Kushla,
Cutter Mustang
The 110-foot Seward-based
Coast Guard cutter Mustang rests high and dry at the dry-dock
facility where the Island Class patrol boat is undergoing an
18-week maintenance overhaul.
Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Jarrod Kushla,
Cutter Mustang
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