Getting back to the Navy, I agree that the high-endurance cutters will be preferable to the heavier surface combatants for the purpose of routine patrolling out of SF Bay. A substantial body of warships could be idling quayside at Alameda.
In the Bay Area, the Navy probably will have commandeered a very substantial fleet of smaller ships for routine operations. Some, most, or all of them will be armed with heavy weapons (meaning M2HB or heavier, Mk-17 AGL, 60mm mortars, etc.). The Navy will be very security conscious about the Bay and the Delta. Projecting power very far from the shoreline will be a challenge, but the Navy will want to govern anything that floats. They probably will coordinate closely with the surviving militias and municipal governments for the purpose of attacking bandits, marauders, and warlords.
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