NJ.com Dead in the water? U.S. Coast Guard deals with aging fleet and mounting budget woes In fact, an examination of Coast Guard records found that dozens of key vessels routinely deployed for search-and-rescue and law enforcement missions were never ready last year, and for increasingly longer periods of time. The agency reported that its 34 high and medium-endurance cutters, and 37 large patrol boats, were stuck at the pier and […]