i have walk that peier, sir. we cannot take heavy i equipment out there. you need to take cranes out to do work on the ships when they're in port. you cannot move heavy equipment out there. so you have to move the ships in order to get any work done. i affects dale why work like delivering supplies. getting that replaced and giving us the versatility to do pier-side work sand keep the cutters sustained that are in home port there and not have to put extra bursd on o people to have to move the ship if work is to be done, after they have already come in off of long patrols is a great benefit to us. >> you know the coast guard represents the u.s. before the international maritime organizations in our efforts to prevenand respond to acts of piracy. pirate attacks have risen in the last months. some are calling for increased use of arms on merchant ships. what ishe coast guard thinking about that? it sounds like our ships ought to be able to defend themselves. >> what we do know, sir, i think the pirates are 0 for 12 or 13 or 14 when they have tried to attack a

i have walked that peier, sir. we cannot take heavy i equipment out there. you need to take cranes out to do work on the ships when they're in port. you cannot move heavy equipment out there. so you have to move the ships in order to get any work done. i affects dale why work like delivering supplies. getting that replaced and giving us the versatility to do pier-side work sand keep the cutters sustained that are in home port there and not have to put extra bursd on our people to have to move the ship if work is to be done, after they have already come in off of long patrols is a great benefit to us. >> you know the coast guard represents the u.s. before the international maritime organizations in our efforts to prevent and respond to acts of piracy. pirate attacks have risen in the last months. some are calling for increased use of arms on merchant ships. what is the coast guard thinking about that? it sounds like our ships ought to be able to defend themselves. >> what we do know, sir, i think the pirates are 0 for 12 or 13 or 14 when they have tried to at