Sept. 3, 2025 —
Coast Guard cutters (left to right) Polar Star and Healy docked at Base Seattle in 2023. The Coast Guard awarded a contract Aug. 27, 2025, for dredging and homeport improvements necessary to support future cutter operations at Base Seattle.
The Coast Guard’s Facilities Design and Construction Center (FDCC) awarded a contract Aug. 27 to The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company for the first phase of work that will support homeporting of Coast Guard cutters at Base Seattle, including future polar security cutters (PSC). The initial contract, with a total potential value of $137.072 million, is for Phase 1A activities of the Base Seattle modernization and homeporting program and includes dredging of Slip 36 and construction of two modernized major cutter berths fully capable of hosting PSCs.
Dredging is required to accommodate future cutter berthing and operations at the facility. The Coast Guard will remove and dispose of contaminated sediment as required under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and in accordance with an Environmental Protection Agency order. This project will be the largest CERCLA action ever completed by the Coast Guard.
The Phase 1A contract also includes widening of the slip between berths 36B and 37B, upgrading berths 37A and 37B with modernized utilities, demolishing an existing building and stabilizing the waterfront at Berth 36B and recapitalizing Station Seattle’s small boat docks and boathouse.
The Coast Guard plans to award future contracts for Phases 1B and 1C to further modernize facilities and deliver four major cutter berths to support the service’s growing fleet at Base Seattle.
This contract was made possible by through the collective efforts of Coast Guard Program Executive Office Shore (CG-SHORE) elements, including the FDCC, Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center, acquisition program management and engineering organizations, contracting and procurement personnel, and the Office of Environmental Management. Additionally, CG-SHORE worked closely with other Coast Guard partners across the Capabilities Directorate, Operations Logistics Command, Base Seattle, Pacific Area, Northwest District, and Legal Service Command.
As part of the Force Design 2028 initiative, the FDCC and the Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center were incorporated into the new CG-SHORE domain, one of five program executive offices that were established under the Systems Integration Directorate to implement a fully integrated, systems-based approach to asset lifecycle management.
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