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MEP: Project Description

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Decisive.

The purpose of the MEP is to provide selected equipment upgrades and enhancements to increase cutter service life and performance. Replacing obsolete and increasingly unsupportable systems will improve reliability and reduce future maintenance costs.

Upgrades

MEP’s major systems refurbishments will involve, but are not limited to renewing decks, living quarters and engineering systems and replacement of:

tanks, piping, and electrical wiring
equipment more troublesome to maintain, such as refrigeration units, air conditioning, evaporators, and boat davits to help improve operational readiness and quality of life for cutters crew members
hull plating on 110' WPBs and 210' WMECs

Multi-Crewing

While cutters remain in repair or in “Charlie” status, the Coast Guard is rotating crews via multi-crewing on operational cutters to minimize lost operational hours during extended MEP availabilities.

Learn more about the legacy cutter sustainment projects:
110’ WPB
210’ WMEC/270’ WMEC

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Last Modified 1/26/2012