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Coast Guard awards contract for homeport improvements in Sitka

Published 10:30 pm Wednesday, August 27, 2025

By Chloe Pleznac

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Kukui, homeported in Washington, and cutter Elm (The Bar Tender) homeported in Oregon, are seen ported at Coast Guard Station Juneau in August 2024. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Kukui, homeported in Washington, and cutter Elm (The Bar Tender) homeported in Oregon, are seen ported at Coast Guard Station Juneau in August 2024. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

On Aug. 14, the U.S. Coast Guard Facilities Design and Construction Center awarded a contract to the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company to design and construct new homeport facilities in Sitka.

The award has a “total potential value of $50.475 million,” according to an Aug. 27 press release, and will result in the construction of waterfront facilities to support the arrival of one fast response cutter and improve waterfront facilities for the 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, Coast Guard Cutter Kukui, already homeported in Sitka.

The Coast Guard says this work represents “a significant investment in mission support infrastructure supporting Coast Guard operations throughout Sector Southeast Alaska and the greater Arctic District.”

Construction is expected to begin in 2026 and be completed in 2028.

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