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RCED-85-125 1 (1985-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnrt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ESOURCES. COMMUNITY ,NO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CIVSON JUNE 25, 1985 B-215872 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: The Status of a Gas Generator Engine for the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell (GAO/RCED-85-125) In a November 27, 1984, letter, you requested that we review the Coast Guard procurement process. Subsequently, your office asked for additional information on the status of a rebuilt gas generator engine purchased by the Coast Guard for one of its cutters,' including the applicability of the warranty. This letter responds to your request for information on the engine; it also provides information on the changes the Coast Guard has made to ensure that the Coast Guard does not experience a recur- rence of the problem it had with that engine. We will report separately on our review of the Coast Guard's procurement process. In January 1983, the Coast Guard took delivery of a rebuilt gas generator engine for its cutter, the Boutwell. Although the engine met the Coast Guard's specifications, it contained disks2 that had been previously used in an aircraft engine, and the Coast Guard subsequently decided not to use it in the cutter for safety reasons. The engine was stored at Curtis Bay, Maryland, until November 1984, when the Coast Guard moved it to the Coast Guard engineering school in Yorktown, Virginia, where the engine will be used as a training aid. Before being used for training pur- poses, the Coast Guard plans to remove some of the high-priced lInformation on the Purchase of a Gas Generator Engine for a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (GAO/RCED-84-115, Sept. 7, 1984). 2High-speed rotating elements within the engine to which air compressor blades are attached. 11 (344406) 127271

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