{"id":14737,"date":"2025-08-08T20:02:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=14737"},"modified":"2025-08-08T20:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:02:35","slug":"uscg-designates-new-wwcs-as-the-chief-petty-officer-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=14737","title":{"rendered":"USCG designates new WWCs as the \u201cChief Petty Officer Class\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    USCG designates new WWCs as the \u201cChief Petty Officer Class\u201d<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. Coast Guard is to designate its new fleet of Waterways Commerce Cutters (WCCs) as the \u201cChief Petty Officer Class.\u201d Each cutter will be named in honor of a Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer, recognizing the profound impact and legacy of these leaders within the service.<\/p>\n<p>The new cutters will replace the Coast Guard\u2019s aging river tender fleet, facilitating the safe, secure and reliable flow of commerce throughout the national Marine Transportation System (MTS). With America\u2019s MTS supporting $5.4 trillion of economic activity, the WCCs will maintain aids to navigation that enable safe movement of food, energy, consumer goods, and raw materials between producers and consumers. Through their stewardship of the MTS, including vital system of aids to navigation, the WCC fleet will play a critical role in advancing America\u2019s economic security and protecting vital ports and waterways.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-wp-embed is-provider-marine-log wp-block-embed-marine-log\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aswa8FfEE4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/uscg-gets-25-billion-one-big-beautiful-bill-boost\/\">USCG gets $25 billion One Big Beautiful Bill boost<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"\u201cUSCG gets $25 billion One Big Beautiful Bill boost\u201d \u2014 Marine Log\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/uscg-gets-25-billion-one-big-beautiful-bill-boost\/embed\/#?secret=TEx1ONrh1R#?secret=aswa8FfEE4\" data-secret=\"aswa8FfEE4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Coast Guard has received initial approval to produce the first eight WCCs, supported by historic investments made possible through ths One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The legislation provides nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/uscg-gets-25-billion-one-big-beautiful-bill-boost\/\">$25 billion <\/a>\u2013 the largest single funding commitment in Coast Guard history \u2013 including $162 million to accelerate production rates and deliver three cutters ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>These modernization efforts are aligned with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/leadership\/commandants-initiatives\/forcedesign2028\/\">Force Design 2028,<\/a> a blueprint introduced by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to transform the Coast Guard into a more agile, capable and responsive force.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on <a href=\"https:\/\/lighthousefoundation.org\/national-lighthouse-day\/\">National Lighthouse Day<\/a>, underscoring the service\u2019s long-standing role in safeguarding maritime commerce and navigation. Since 1789, Coast Guard missions have been linked to protecting safe passage across America\u2019s waterways, a legacy that continues today with the WCC fleet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 1920, Chief Petty Officers and the Chiefs\u2019 Mess have driven Coast Guard readiness and operational excellence,\u201d said Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Phillip Waldron. \u201cThese new cutters and their crews will build on that legacy, ensuring maritime commerce flows safely and we continue to control, secure and defend our inland ports and waterways and Marine Transportation System.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard maintains nearly 45,000 navigational aids nationwide. This new class of cutters \u2013 supported by historic recapitalization efforts and guided by Force Design 2028 \u2013 will be instrumental in continuing these vital operations, ensuring safe and efficient waterways and a stronger, more ready and capable Coast Guard for generations to come.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/inland-coastal\/inland\/uscg-designates-new-wwcs-as-the-chief-petty-officer-class\/\">USCG designates new WWCs as the \u201cChief Petty Officer Class\u201d<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/\">Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Nick Blenkey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/inland-coastal\/inland\/uscg-designates-new-wwcs-as-the-chief-petty-officer-class\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=uscg-designates-new-wwcs-as-the-chief-petty-officer-class\">Go to marinelog<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USCG designates new WWCs as the \u201cChief Petty Officer Class\u201d The U.S. Coast Guard is to designate its new fleet of Waterways Commerce Cutters (WCCs) as the \u201cChief Petty Officer Class.\u201d Each cutter will be named in honor of a Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer, recognizing the profound impact and legacy of these leaders within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5679,198,388,192,199,979,988,2355],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-14737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chief-petty-officer","category-inland","category-inland-and-coastal","category-marinelog","category-news","category-uscg","category-waterways-commerce-cutters","category-wcc","tag-marinelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}