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ASNE – Tidewater Chapter Brief
US Coast Guard Maintenance Support
Transformation
RADM Ron Rábago, USCG
Chief Engineer,
Assistant Commandant for
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March 19, 2014
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Challenges
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• Expanding mission requirements & increased op tempo (more days at
sea)
• Maintaining mission readiness with declining resource environment
• Bring newer assets into service & integrate their more complex
maintenance needs into fleet-wide processes
• Significantly aging fleet
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Service Life
(Area Cutters)
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CG Maintenance
Support Transformation
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Represents an overarching strategy to build on our Service's strengths
6-part formula is used to measure progress of logistics transformation
- Reorganizing into Product Lines
- Building the asset’s Integrated Baseline
- Enrolling in the Electronic Asset Log (EAL)
- Generating the asset class Allowance List
- Centralizing Maintenance Funds
- Pushing Parts to the Fleet
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Product Lines Organized
Into CG Business Model
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Product Line Management - Keystone of 4 Cornerstones
Product
Line Mgmt
BiLevel
Maint.
Program Depot
Maintenance Br.
Config.
Mgmt
Total
Asset
Visibility
Engineering
Branch
Supply
Branch
SFLC Product Lines are organized around the Business Model
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Product Line Fleet
Support Model
Product Lines interface with
the Fleet
FLEET SUPPORT REQUEST
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Shared Service Div’s
support Product Lines
SFLC PRODUCT LINES
SHARED SERVICE DIVs -
- Single Fleet Touchpoint;
- Manage all Maintenance Funds
Subject Matter Experts
- Set Std Processes for PLs
Engineering Branch
 Engineering Services;
 Business Ops;
 Procurement
• Std Cutter/Boat Config + Changes
• Maint. Procedures & Casualty Repairs
• Maintenance Cost per Operating Hr
Supply Branch
• Inventory Management
• Requisitions & Replenishment
Program Depot Maint. Br
• Availability Planning
• Availability Execution
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 Asset Logistics;
 Business Ops;
 Procurement
 Industrial Ops;
 Engineering Services;
 Procurement
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Pace of Integration
Boat and Cutter Asset Integration
100%
90%
80%
70%
1000
60%
50%
40%
500
30%
20%
Percentage Complete
Number of Assets Integrated
1500
10%
0
0%
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Year
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Knowledge Management
(Officer / Enlisted / Civilian)
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• NAVAL ENGINEERING OFFICERS:
- Depot maintenance planning, supply support,
engineering services, business operations,
metrics, & contract management
• ENLISTED:
- Organic tech reps, maintenance augmentation
teams, engineer petty officers, & Command
Master/Senior Chiefs
• CIVILIANS:
- SMEs Naval Arch & Marine Engineering, future
tech warrant holders, & geographically distributed
workforce
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Centers of Excellence
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• U.S. Coast Guard Yard
- Organic Ship Repair and Overhaul Facility
• National Industrial Enterprise
- Predominantly Civilian Workforce Providing
Depot-Level Support to Meet Operational
Requirements & Contingencies for Surface
and Shore Assets, & Aids to Navigation
• Project Resident Offices
- Technical Authority
- Ship Design Team
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Product Line Focus Maintenance Cost Per Op Hr*
(* Note: MCPOH ≠ Total CPOH)
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Maintenance Cost Per Op Hour
Asset MCPOH "Bathtub Curve"
$35.00
Primary Purpose:
$30.00
Determine when the rising cost on
maintenance justifies SLEP or
recapitalization of an asset
(AKA: “bathtub curve”). As assets get
older they cost more to maintain.
$25.00
$20.00
$15.00
$10.00
$5.00
$0.00
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Years in Service
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Actual MCPOH
Maintenance Cost Per Op Hour
MCPOH vs. Years In Service (2011 - 2013)
87' WPB
110' WPB
270' WMEC
225' WLB
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,000
$500
$0
10
15
20
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Results of Maintenance
Support Transformation
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• Better mission support enterprise
- Product Line Management
• CFO Audit unqualified opinion in 2013
- “Clean bill of Health”
• Improved contracting
- 170+ Multi Award Task Order Contracts
(MATOC) & Multi Year / Multi Ship (MYMS) /
Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quality (IDIQ)
contracts in FY10-13
• Meaningful metrics
- SFLC Annual Report
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Way Forward
On Transformation
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• Increased centralization of funds
• Improved metrics to enable better decision
making
• Strengthen & mature Product Line
Management across the fleet & other Mission
Support elements
• More efficient enterprise management
• Smooth Transition Acquisition to Sustainment
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Fleet Sustainment &
Modernization
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• Non-linear Finite Element Analysis
– define loading capacity of deformed,
corroded hull structure
• Operator Guidance System
– display real-time quantitative data on
hull deflection/stress for risk analysis
• 3D Laser Scan
– survey local & global hull deformations
• In Service Vessel Sustainment
– WMEC, WLB, WTGB, MLB
• New Acquisitions
– NSC, FRC, OPC, RBM
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In Service Vessel
Sustainment
Mission Effectiveness
Program (MEP)
• 270’ WMEC
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Service Life Extension
Program (SLEP)
Midlife Maintenance
Availability (MMA)
• 225’ WLB
• 87’ WPB
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• EAGLE (67 years)
• 140’ WTGB (34 years)
• 47’ MLB (17 years)
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New Acquisitions
FRC 3
FRC 4
FRC 5
CGC
FRC 6
Stratton FRC 2
NSC 4
FRC 7
FRC 1
• 418’ NSCs – 3 delivered
CGC
Bertholf
CGC
Waesche
• 154’ FRCs – 7 delivered
NSC 6
NSC 5
OPC
Continuous
Recapitalization
• OPC Phase 1 Award Feb 2014
• RBM 147 out of 170 delivered
Commissioning
Timeline
2008
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Polar Star
Reactivation Project
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USCGC POLAR STAR (WAGB-10) conducting ice-trials in the Arctic post-reactivation (August 2013)
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Reactivation Project
Overview
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 POLAR STAR was at the end of her
service life (Commissioned in 1976) and
in caretaker status since 2006.
 $90 million, 3-year industrial project
executed through a Multi-Ship Multi-Option
(MSMO) contract with Vigor (formerly Todd
Pacific) Shipyards in Seattle, WA.
 Major upgrades to propulsion, auxiliary
and mission systems; and completion of
more than 5-years of backlogged
maintenance.
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POLAR STAR entering Vigor Shipyard dry-dock
(January 2011)
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Polar Star’s Hull
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USCGC POLAR STAR
entering drydock after 3
years with no maintenance;
4% of coating replaced.
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Major System Upgrades
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 Main Diesel Engine Upgrades & Repairs.
 Main Gas Turbine Digital Fuel Control
System Upgrade.
 Main Motor Cleaning.
 Main Gas Turbine Renewal.
 Reduction Gear Inspection & Repairs.
 Machinery Control and Monitoring System
(MCAMS) Upgrade.
 Open Loop Controllable Pitch Propeller
(CPP) System Conversion.
 Aft Stern Tube Bearing Redesign & Renewal.
 Gyro Compass Upgrade.
 Central Hydraulics System (CHS) & Cargo Cranes Renewal.
 Small Boat Davit Renewal.
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Polar Star Before
Icebreaking Picture
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Polar Star After
Icebreaking Picture
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Sentinel Class
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Original Prop Swirl
and Rudder
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Redesigned Skegs &
Rudders
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Redesigned Skeg
From Starboard Side
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Stern Flaps & Spray
Rails
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Stern Flaps & Spray
Rails
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Modified Propeller Swirl &
Wake Adapted Rudder
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Modifications
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Rudder Re-Design
- Wake adapted approach
• Stern Flaps & Spray Rails
- 11.8% fuel savings (OP)
• Wake Adapted Skegs
- 1.5% to 2.0% increase in hull efficiency
• Propeller Re-Design
- Modify pitch & camber to avoid ERPM limitations
• Annual Savings
- $96K per Cutter per year
• Flank speed increase
- From 28.9 to 32.9 knots
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Questions?
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