Sentinel-class cutter explained

The Sentinel-class cutter, also known as the Fast Response Cutter or FRC due to its program name, is part of the United States Coast Guard's Deepwater program.[1] [2] At 46.8sp=usNaNsp=us, it is similar to, but larger than, the 123feet lengthened 1980s-era s that it replaces. Up to 71 vessels are to be built by the Louisiana-based firm Bollinger Shipyards, using a design from the Netherlands-based Damen Group, with the Sentinel design based on the company's Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel. The Department of Homeland Security's budget proposal to Congress, for the Coast Guard, for 2021, stated that, in addition to 58 vessels to serve the Continental US, they requested an additional six vessels for its portion of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia.

Planning and acquisition

In March 2007, newly appointed United States Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen announced that the USCG had withdrawn a contract from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the construction of an initial flawed design of what would eventually become the Sentinel class.[3] [4] [5] Allen announced that instead of the initial high-tech design Bollinger would build vessels based on an existing design, and the new program would focus more on existing "off-the-shelf" technology.

The design chosen was largely based on the Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessels from the Netherlands firm the Damen Group. The South African government operates three similar 154 ft Lillian Ngoyi-class vessels for environmental and fishery patrol.[6]

In September 2008, Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana, was awarded US$88 million to build the prototype first vessel in its class.[7] That prototype was the first of a projected series of 46.8adj=onNaNadj=on cutters. In September 2008 the series was expected to comprise a maximum of 24 to 34 cutters[8] but by the time the prototype cutter, which became USCGC Bernard C. Webber, entered service in 2012 the planned number of Sentinel-class cutters had grown to 58. They replaced the 37 remaining aging, 1980s-era 110 ft Island-class patrol boats.[9]

and all following Sentinel-class vessels are named after enlisted Coast Guard heroes.[10] Bernard C. Webber was launched in April 2011, and commissioned in April 2012 at the Port of Miami. She and five sister ships are stationed in Miami, Florida. The second cohort of six vessels is homeported in Key West, Florida. The third cohort of six vessels is homeported in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A second contract was awarded on December 15, 2009 for an additional three Sentinel-class cutters at a cost of US$141 million. By April 2010 the Coast Guard's contract with Bollinger allowed for the order of up to 34 Sentinel-class cutters at a cost of up to US$1.5 billion. Even then, the Coast Guard was planning to build a total of 58 Sentinel-class cutters.[11]

In September 2013, Marine Link reported that the Coast Guard had placed orders with Bollinger Shipyards for additional cutters, bringing the number of such cutters ordered by then to thirty.[12]

In July 2014, it was announced that the U.S. Coast Guard had exercised a $225 million option at Bollinger Shipyards for construction through 2017 of an additional six Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), bringing the total number of FRCs under contract with Bollinger to 30. Later that number was increased to 32 cutters.

In May 2016, Bollinger Shipyards announced that the U.S. Coast Guard had awarded it a new contract for building the final 26 Sentinel-class fast-response cutters. That brought to 58 the total number of FRCs that the USCG ordered from Bollinger.[13] Acquiring the 58 cutters was expected to cost the federal government $3.8 billion — an average of about $65 million per cutter.

By June 2016, 38 of the projected 58 FRCs had been ordered and 17 were in service. The Miami and Key West chorts were complete. The 18th fast response cutter, Joseph Tezanos, was delivered to the Coast Guard in Key West, Florida, in June 2016 en route to completing the San Juan cohort.[14]

On August 9, 2018 the Coast Guard exercised its contract option to order six more Sentinel-class cutters. These would be the 45th through 50th cutters of that class. With this order, the total value of orders under the contract grew to almost US$929 million. On August 21 the 30th fast response cutter, Robert Ward, was delivered.[15]

On July 31, 2019 the Coast Guard exercised its contract option to order another six Sentinel-class cutters. These would be the 51st through 56th cutters of that class. With this order, the total value of orders under the contract grew to about US$1.23 billion. Under the contract, the Coast Guard could order as many as 58 cutters, at a total cost of US$1.42 billion. The six new cutters were expected to be delivered starting in late 2022 and ending in late 2023.[16]

In September 2020, the Coast Guard announced it was ordering four more FRCs from Bollinger, to be delivered in 2024. These would be the 56th through 60th cutters of that class. At that time, 40 FRCs had been delivered and 38 had been commissioned. The Coast Guard had recently modified its contract with Bollinger to increase the maximum number of cutters that could be ordered under the contract to 64. The modified contract had a potential value of US$1.74 billion.[17]

In 2017, the Coast Guard announced two FRCs would be stationed in Astoria, Oregon starting in 2021.[18] In 2018, the Coast Guard announced four more would be stationed in San Pedro, California in 2018 and 2019.[19] Also in 2018, the Coast Guard revealed plans to eventually homeport a total of six FRCs in Alaska, with one cutter in Sitka, one in Seward, and two in Kodiak, joining two already operating from Ketchikan.[20] Boston, Massachusetts and St. Petersburg, Florida would eventually be FRC homeports.[21] [22]

In June 2019, the United States House Committee on Armed Services approved a requirement for the US Navy to study the possibility of buying a version of the FRC, and basing them in Bahrain, where the USCG currently plans to base four FRCs.[23]

In 2019 Lieutenant Commander Collin Fox (USN), and columnist David Axe suggested that, when the US Navy started to develop unmanned patrol ships to replace the, which are similar in size to the Sentinel class, the hulls and other elements of the robot ships would be based on the Sentinels, and built in the same factory.

In August 2021, the Coast Guard exercised its option to order four more Sentinel-class cuttersthe 61st through 64thfrom Bollinger. Bollinger planned to build the ships at Bollinger's Lockport, Louisiana facility[24] and deliver the first of the four vessels in the fall of 2024 and the last in the summer of 2025.[25]

In 2022, the Coast Guard awarded a $30 million contract to install a fixed pier and two floating docks to accommodate FRCs at East Tongue Point in Oregon. The first new cutter is expected to arrive at Astoria, Oregon in March 2024 rather than in 2021 as originally planned.[26]

In March 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which provided $130 million in funding for two additional FRCs, bringing the total number to 66.[27] [28] In August 2022, the Coast Guard exercised its contract option for the first of these additional cutters, to be delivered by Bollinger in 2025.[29] This order expanded the total value of the Phase 2 contract with Bollinger Shipyards to US$1.8 billion.[30]

On May 8, 2024 the Coast Guard exercised a contract option for two additional FRCs, bringing the total vessels built by or under contract with Bollinger to 67[31] and the total value of the Phase 2 contract to about US$2 billion. The two new FRCs are expected to be delivered in fiscal year 2028.[32]

Mission

The vessels perform various Coast Guard missions which include but are not limited to PWCS (Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security), Defense Operations, Maritime Law Enforcement (Drug/migrant interdiction and other Law Enforcement), Search and Rescue, Marine Safety, and environment protection.[33]

Design and construction

The vessels are armed with a remote-control Mark 38 25 mm Machine Gun System and four crew-served .50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB heavy machine guns. They have a bow thruster for maneuvering in crowded anchorages and channels. They have small underwater fins, for coping with the rolling and pitching caused by large waves. They are equipped with a stern launching ramp, like the and the eight failed expanded Island-class cutters. They are manned by a crew of 22. The Fast Response Cutter deploys the 26feet Cutter Boat - Over the Horizon (OTH-IV) for rescues and interceptions.[34]

Modifications to the Coast Guard vessels from the Stan 4708 design include an increase in speed from 23to, fixed-pitch rather than variable-pitch propellers, stern launch capability, and watertight bulkheads.[35] The vessels are built to ABS High Speed Naval Craft rules and some parts of the FRC also comply to ABS Naval Vessel Rules.[36] The vessels meet Naval Sea Systems Command standards for two compartment damaged stability and meet the Intact and Damage Stability and reserve buoyancy requirements in accordance with the “Procedures Manual for Stability Analyses of U.S. Navy Small Craft".[37] [38]

The vessels have space, weight, and power reserved for future requirements which includes weapons and their systems. The cutters have a reduced radar cross-section through shaping.[39] The bridge is equipped with a handheld device that allows crew members to remotely control the ship's functions, including rudder movement and docking.

In February 2013, the Department of Homeland Security requested tenders from third party firms to independently inspect the cutters, during their construction, and their performance trials.[40]

At the September 2022 commissioning of USCGC Douglas Denman, it was announced that she had several upgrades compared to the two cutters deployed to Ketchikan, Alaska six years previously. These include an improved bow thruster and radar system and the addition of a forward-looking infrared camera.[41] Though initially stationed at Ketchikan, Douglas Denman will eventually be homeported at Sitka when port infrastructure improvements have been completed there.[42]

In March 2024, a Congressional Research Service report revealed that the Coast Guard's long term procurement plan called for the purchase of up to 71 FRCs. Six of the new cutters would be deployed to the Indo-Pacific region for engagement with allies and partner countries.[43]

Crew accommodation

Prior to the deployment of the Marine Protector class, the Coast Guard decided that all its cutters, even its smallest, should be able to accommodate mixed-gender crews. The Sentinel-class cutters are able to accommodate mixed-gender crews. When was commissioned, a profile in The Philadelphia Inquirer asserted off-duty crew members had access to satellite television broadcasts. The vessels come equipped with a desalination unit.

Ships

Name Hull
number 		Delivered Commissioned Home
port 		Status
WPC-1101Miami, FloridaActive service[44]
WPC-1102[45] Miami, FloridaActive service
WPC-11032011-11-102012-11-03[46] Miami, FloridaActive service
WPC-11042012-11-17[47] 2013-02-15Miami, FloridaActive service
WPC-11052013-01-13[48] 2013-06-01[49] Miami, FloridaActive service
WPC-11062013-05-18[50] 2013-08-24Miami, FloridaActive service
WPC-11072013-08-17[51] [52] 2013-11-16[53] Key West, FloridaActive service
WPC-11082013-12-102014-03-08Key West, FloridaActive service
WPC-11092014-03-282014-05-10Key West, FloridaActive service
WPC-11102014-06-252014-09-06[54] Key West, FloridaActive service
WPC-11112014-11-25[55] [56] [57] [58] 2015-01-24Key West, FloridaActive service
WPC-11122015-01-13[59] 2015-03-28Key West, FloridaActive service
WPC-11132015-04-142015-06-20San Juan, Puerto RicoActive service
WPC-11142015-07-302015-10-16San Juan, Puerto RicoActive service
WPC-11152015-10-202016-01-29San Juan, Puerto RicoActive service
WPC-11162015-12-232016-03-11San Juan, Puerto RicoActive service
WPC-11172016-03-052016-05-20San Juan, Puerto RicoActive service
WPC-11182016-06-222016-08-26[60] San Juan, Puerto RicoActive service
WPC-11192016-08-232016-11-19Cape May, New JerseyActive service
WPC-11202016-10-202017-03-18[61] Cape May, New JerseyActive Service
WPC-11212016-12-13[62] 2017-04-12Ketchikan, AlaskaActive service
WPC-11222017-02-072017-06-14[63] Ketchikan, AlaskaActive service
WPC-11232017-04-202017-07-04[64] Decommissioned[65] after being heavily damaged by fire on December 10, 2021.[66]
WPC-11242017-06-27[67] 2017-10-31[68] Honolulu, HawaiiActive service
WPC-11252017-09-05[69] 2017-12-08[70] Pascagoula, MississippiActive service
WPC-11262017-11-09[71] 2018-03-09[72] Honolulu, HawaiiActive service
WPC-11272018-02-082018-04-20[73] Atlantic Beach, North CarolinaActive service
WPC-11282018-03-29[74] 2018-07-25[75] Atlantic Beach, North CarolinaActive service
WPC-11292018-06-07[76] 2018-11-08[77] San Pedro, CaliforniaActive service
WPC-11302018-08-21[78] 2019-03-02[79] San Pedro, CaliforniaActive service
WPC-11312018-10-25[80] 2019-03-22[81] San Pedro, CaliforniaActive service
WPC-11322019-01-08[82] 2019-05-01[83] San Pedro, CaliforniaActive service
WPC-11332019-03-21[84] 2019-06-08[85] San Juan, Puerto RicoActive service
WPC-11342019-05-23[86] 2019-09-26[87] Honolulu, HawaiiActive service
WPC-1135 2019-08-01[88] 2019-10-26[89] Cape May, New JerseyActive service
WPC-1136 2019-11-072020-01-10[90] Active service[91]
WPC-11372020-02-06[92] 2020-06-11[93] Galveston, TexasActive service
WPC-11382020-04-02[94] 2020-07-15[95] Galveston, TexasActive service
WPC-11392020-05-28[96] 2021-07-29Santa Rita, GuamActive service
WPC-11402020-07-30[97] 2021-07-29Santa Rita, GuamActive service
WPC-11412020-10-222021-01-21[98] Manama, BahrainActive service
WPC-11422020-12-212021-03-12[99] Manama, BahrainActive service
WPC-11432021-02-10[100] 2021-07-29Santa Rita, GuamActive service
WPC-11442021-04-22[101] 2021-08-06[102] Manama, BahrainActive service
WPC-1145 2021-07-01[103] 2021-10-15[104] Manama, BahrainActive service
WPC-11462021-10-22[105] 2022-02-23[106] Manama, BahrainActive service
WPC-11472022-01-06[107] 2022-04-21[108] Manama, BahrainActive service
WPC-11482022-03-17[109] 2022-05-11[110] St. Petersburg, FloridaActive service
WPC-1149 2022-05-26[111] 2022-09-28[112] Ketchikan, AlaskaActive service
WPC-11502022-08-04[113] 2022-11-10[114] Boston, MassachusettsActive service
WPC-11512022-12-22[115] 2023-03-30[116] Boston, MassachusettsActive service
WPC-1152 2023-03-02[117] 2023-06-02[118] Boston, MassachusettsActive service
WPC-1153 2023-05-11[119] 2023-08-10[120] Boston, MassachusettsActive service
WPC-1154 2023-07-20[121] 2023-10-19[122] Boston, MassachusettsActive service
WPC-11552023-11-16[123] 2024-03-28[124] Boston, MassachusettsActive service
WPC-11562024-03-14[125] 2024-06-27[126] Astoria, OregonActive service
WPC-11572024-06-13[127] Astoria, OregonDelivered[128]
WPC-11582024-10-24Kodiak, AlaskaUnder construction[129]
WPC-11592024Kodiak, AlaskaUnder construction[130]
WPC-1160 2024 First Kodiak, then Seward, Alaska Under contract
WPC-1161 2025 Under contract
WPC-1162 2025 Under contract
WPC-1163 2025 Under contract
WPC-1164 2025 Under contract
TBD WPC-1165 2025 Under contract
TBD WPC-1166 Under contract
TBD WPC-1167 Under contract

Operational histories

Press coverage of the vessels' operational histories suggests they have been effective at interdicting refugees who resort to dangerous overloaded small boats, and effective at capturing drug smugglers.

The cutters have intercepted smugglers carrying large shipments of drugs. In February 2017 Joseph Napier intercepted a shipment of over four tons of cocaine, reported to be the largest drug-bust in the Atlantic Ocean since 1999.

Cutters are given tasks like looking for shipping containers full of toxic cargo that have fallen from container ships, as did in December 2015, when 25 containers fell from the barge . Similarly, Charles Sexton helped search for the freighter when she was lost at sea during Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015.

In 2018 and 2019 Oliver Berry and Joseph Gerczak made voyages beyond the design range, on missions from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands and American Samoa. Both voyages took nine days.

In August 2022, one of the ships in the Sentinel class, Oliver Henry, was stuck in the Solomon Islands after the country's government failed to respond to a fuel request.[131]

In February 2024, Clarence Sutphin Jr. intercepted a shipment of weaponry on its way to the Houthi militia in the Red Sea.[132]

Namesakes

Charles "Skip" W. Bowen, who was then the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, is credited with leading the initiative of naming the vessels after enlisted rank individuals who served heroically in the Coast Guard or one of its precursor services.[133] Originally, the first vessel of the class was to be named USCGC Sentinel.[134]

In October 2010 the Coast Guard named the first fourteen individuals the vessels will be named after, and has provided biographies of them.[135] [136] [137] They are:Bernard C. Webber, Richard Etheridge, William Flores, Robert Yered, Margaret Norvell, Paul Clark, Charles David Jr, Charles Sexton, Kathleen Moore, Joseph Napier, William Trump, Isaac Mayo, Richard Dixon, Heriberto Hernandez.A second group of eleven names was announced on April 2, 2014.

In 2013 the name of Joseph Napier was reassigned to WPC-1115when WPC-1110 was named after the recently deceased Commander Raymond Evans.The other ten new namesakes were:Winslow W. Griesser,Richard H. Patterson,Joseph Tezanos,Rollin A. Fritch,Lawrence O. Lawson,John F. McCormick,Bailey T. Barco,Benjamin B. Dailey,Donald R. Horsley, andJacob L. A. Poroo. The 17th cutter (ex-USCGC Richard Patterson) was renamed as Donald Horsley after request of the Patterson Family, and the 24th cutter (ex-USCGC Donald Horsley) then was renamed as Oliver Berry.

In July 2014, Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft announced that the Coast Guard would name an additional cutter after Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne, the first Coast Guard member to be murdered in the line of duty since 1927.[138] [139] [140]

In February 2015, the Coast Guard publicized ten more names tentatively assigned to cutters 26 through 35.They were: Joseph Gerczak,Richard T. Snyder,Nathan Bruckenthal,Forrest O. Rednour,Robert G. Ward,Terrell Horne III,Benjamin A. Bottoms,Joseph O. Doyle,William C. Hart, andOliver F. Berry.

In December 2017, the Coast Guard announced the names of the 35th through 54th cutters. The twenty namesakes are:Angela McShan, Daniel Tarr, Edgar Culbertson, Harold Miller, Myrtle Hazard, Oliver Henry, Charles Moulthrope, Robert Goldman, Frederick Hatch, Glen Harris, Emlen Tunnell, John Scheuerman, Clarence Sutphin, Pablo Valent, Douglas Denman, William Chadwick, Warren Deyampert, Maurice Jester, John Patterson, and William Sparling. The 35th cutter (ex-USCGC Oliver Berry) is to be named as Angela McShan since the 24th cutter (ex-USCGC Donald Horsley) was renamed as Oliver Berry.

In October 2019, the Coast Guard named the namesakes of cutters 55 through 64. They are:Melvin Bell,David Duren,Florence Finch,John Witherspoon,Earl Cunningham,Frederick Mann,Olivia Hooker,Vincent Danz,Jeffrey Palazzo, and Marvin Perrett.

External links

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  40. News: Coast Guard Looks for Small Biz to Support Design Review of Fast Response Cutters . Homeland Security Today . Mickey McCracker . 2013-02-07 . 2013-04-21 . https://archive.today/20130421192101/http://www.hstoday.us/briefings/industry-news/single-article/coast-guard-looks-for-small-biz-to-support-design-review-of-fast-response-cutters/1cd9e3f014d0b51e03c2332e5f5d2128.html . dead . . 2013-02-08.
  41. Web site: New Coast Guard cutter Douglas Denman enters service after commissioning ceremony in Ketchikan . Eric . Stone . KRBD, Rainbird Community Radio . September 28, 2022 . October 31, 2022 .
  42. Web site: Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Denman arrives in Alaska . U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Alaska . August 19, 2022 . October 31, 2022 .
  43. News: Report to Congress on Coast Guard Cutter Procurement . March 19, 2024 . USNI News . June 15, 2024.
  44. Fagan . Linda L. . Linda L. Fagan . 2023-11-15 . Fast Response Cutter Laydown . U. S. Coast Guard . 4–5 . 2024-07-07.
  45. News: Cutter Richard Etheridge in commission . https://archive.today/20121212223910/http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1713939 . dead . 2012-12-12 . United States Coast Guard . 2012-08-03 . 2012-10-23 . Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge reveal the ship's name placard during the cutter's commissioning..
  46. News: Photo Release: Coast Guard Cutter William Flores commissioned in Tampa, Florida. . United States Coast Guard . 2012-11-03 . . 2012-11-12 . 2012-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107234341/http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/1596923/PHOTO-RELEASE-Coast-Guard-Cutter-William-Flores-commissioned-in-Tampa-Fla- . dead . The William Flores' location of the commissioning honored the history of the cutter’s namesake. On the night of Jan. 28, 1980, Coast Guard Seaman William “Billy” Flores, 18, died while assisting his shipmates after the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn, collided with a large merchant vessel in the Tampa Bay ship channel..
  47. . Bollinger delivers the CGC Robert Yered . Professional Mariner . San Diego . Maritime Publishing . 2012-11-26 . 2024-06-22.
  48. News: Bollinger Fifth Fast Response Cutter . Marine Link . 2013-03-25 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001920/http://www.marinelink.com/news/bollinger-response352881.aspx . dead . The 154 foot patrol craft 'Margaret Norvell' is the fifth vessel in the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class FRC program. To build the FRC, Bollinger Shipyards used a proven, in-service parent craft design based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat 4708. . 2013-04-24.
  49. News: Commissioning ceremony for Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell . . 2013-05-30 . 2013-05-31 . 2015-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151106060208/http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/1785059/ . dead.
  50. News: Fast Response Cutter, Paul Clark, named after WWII hero, delivered to Coast Guard . . 2013-05-22 . 2013-05-31 . 2013-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130531223345/http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/29636?c=maritime_port_security . dead . The Coast Guard accepted delivery of Paul Clark, the sixth vessel in the Coast Guard’s Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) recapitalization project on May 18 in Key West, Florida..
  51. News: Bollinger Shipyards delivers seventh Sentinel Class cutter . Marine Log . 2013-08-20 . Lockport, Louisiana . 2013-08-20 . 2013-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130827192241/http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4523:bollinger-shipyards-delivers-seventh-sentinel-class-cutter&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=195 . dead . The 154-foot patrol craft Charles David Jr. is the seventh vessel in the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class FRC program. To build the FRC, Bollinger Shipyards used a proven, in-service parent craft design based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat 4708. It has a flank speed of 28 knots, state of the art command, control, communications and computer technology, and a stern launch system for the vessels 26 foot cutter boat. The FRC has been described as an operational “game changer,” by senior Coast Guard officials..
  52. News: Bollinger delivers latest Coast Guard cutter . . Keith Magill . 2013-08-20 . 2013-08-21 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033709/http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20130820/ARTICLES/130829969/1214?p=all&tc=pgall . dead . The 154-foot Charles David Jr. was delivered Friday to the 7th Coast Guard District in Key West, Florida, where it will be commissioned in November..
  53. Web site: U.S. Coast Guard commissions first Sentinel class Fast Response Cutter Homeported in Key West, Florida . November 26, 2013 . November 27, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131201185049/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2013-news/november-2013-navy-naval-forces-maritime-industry-technology-security-global-news/1375-us-coast-guard-commissions-first-sentinel-class-fast-response-cutter-homeported-in-key-west-fl.html . December 1, 2013 . live .
  54. News: Key West Navy League Commissioning Committee Welcomes You. Key West Navy League. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821000109/http://www.keywestnavyleaguecommissioningcommittee.org/KWNLCommissioningCommittee/Welcome.html. 2014-08-21. 2014-08-20. live . The first of these cutters, the CGC CHARLES DAVID JR, was commissioned at sunset on Saturday, 16 November 2013, the second CGC CHARLES SEXTON on March 8, 2014, the CGC KATHLEEN MOORE on May 10th, the CGC RAYMOND EVANS on 6 September 2014, and the latest CGC WILLIAM TRUMP on 24 January 2015 at US Coast Guard Sector Key West..
  55. News: Bollinger delivers FRC named for Normandy hero . . 2014-11-25 . 2014-11-26 . "We are extremely happy to announce the delivery of the latest FRC built by Bollinger, the William Trump, to the 7th Coast Guard District in Key West, Florida," said Bollinger Chief Operating Officer, Ben Bordelon. "We are looking forward to honoring and celebrating the heroic acts of William Trump at the vessel's commissioning." . https://web.archive.org/web/20141130034334/http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=8309:bollinger-delivers-frc-named-for-normandy-hero&Itemid=230 . 2014-11-30 . live.
  56. News: Local shipyard delivers latest Coast Guard cutter . . Keith MaGill . 2014-11-25 . 2014-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141204095752/http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20141125/ARTICLES/141129743/1214?Title=Local-shipyard-delivers-latest-Coast-Guard-cutter&tc=ar . 2014-12-04 . live.
  57. News: Bollinger Delivers 11th FRC to the U.S. Coast Guard . Marine Link . Eric Haus . 2014-11-25 . 2014-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141204171644/http://www.marinelink.com/news/bollinger-delivers-coast381446.aspx . 2014-12-04 . live.
  58. News: Bollinger Shipyards delivers Coast Guard cutter . . 2014-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141126224016/http://www.kentucky.com/2014/11/26/3560508/bollinger-shipyards-delivers-coast.html?sp=%2F99%2F101%2F . 2014-11-26 . 2014-11-26 . dead.
  59. News: . Bollinger delivers FRC Isaac Mayo . Professional Mariner . 2015-01-13 . 2024-07-09.
  60. News: Coast Guard commissions U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos in San Juan, Puerto Rico . . 2016-08-26 . 2016-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160828151101/http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2877938/PHOTOS-AVAILABLE-Coast-Guard-commissions-U-S-Coast-Guard-Cutter-Joseph-Tezanos-in-San-Juan-Puerto-Rico . 2016-08-28 . dead.
  61. . Acquisition update: Coast Guard commissions 20th fast response cutter . Cape May, New Jersey . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2017-03-18 . 2024-08-09.
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  63. . Acquisition update: Coast Guard commissions 22nd fast response cutter . Juneau, Alaska . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2017-06-15 . 2024-08-09.
  64. . Coast Guard commissions 23rd fast response cutter . Pascagoula, Mississippi . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2017-07-04 . 2024-08-09.
  65. Fagan . Linda L. . Linda L. Fagan . 2023-11-15 . Fast Response Cutter Laydown . U. S. Coast Guard . 2 . 2024-06-21 . One ship, Coast Guard Cutter (CGC) Benjamin Dailey (WPC 1123), was severely damaged in a shipyard fire in December 2021. Coast Guard subject matter experts determined that repair of the vessel was not feasible. If repaired, the cutter would not have fulfilled its expected service life and would have incurred higher operational costs. CGC Benjamin Dailey has been de-commissioned..
  66. News: Berdychowski . Bernadette . 2021-12-11 . Coast Guard cutter undergoing repairs catches fire at Port Tampa Bay . Tampa Bay Times . Port Tampa Bay . 2024-07-07.
  67. . Acquisition update: Coast Guard accepts 24th fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2017-06-28 . 2024-08-09.
  68. . Coast Guard commissions 24th fast response cutter . Honolulu, Hawaii . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2017-11-01 . 2024-08-09.
  69. News: . August 1, 2024 . September 7, 2017 . USCG receives Fast Response Cutter, USCGC Jacob Poroo . Naval Today . Key West, Florida.
  70. . Coast Guard commissions 25th fast response cutter . New Orleans, Louisiana . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.s. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2017-12-08 . 2024-08-02.
  71. . Coast Guard accepts 26th fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2017-11-09 . 2024-08-09.
  72. . Coast Guard commissions 26th fast response cutter . Honolulu, Hawaii . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2018-03-12 . 2024-08-10.
  73. . Coast Guard commissions 27th fast response cutter . Atlantic beach, North Carolina . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2018-04-20 . 2024-08-10.
  74. . Coast Guard accepts 28th fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2018-03-29 . 2024-08-10.
  75. . Coast Guard commissions 28th fast response cutter . Alexandria, Virginia . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2018-07-25 . 2024-08-10.
  76. . Coast Guard accepts 29th fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2018-06-07 . 2024-08-10.
  77. News: Coast Guard commissions first California FRC . 10 November 2018 . 9 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181111043804/https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-commissions-first-california-frc/ . 11 November 2018 . live .
  78. News: Bollinger Shipyards delivers U.S. Coast Guard's 30th FRC . 27 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035810/https://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=30185:bollinger-shipyards-delivers-us-coast-guards-30th-frc&Itemid=223 . 28 August 2018 . live .
  79. . Coast Guard commissions 30th fast response cutter . San Francisco, California . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2019-03-05 . 2024-08-12.
  80. News: U.S. Coast Guard takes delivery of FRC 31 . 30 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181031132952/https://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=30833:us-coast-guard-takes-delivery-of-frc-31&Itemid=223 . 31 October 2018 . live .
  81. . Coast Guard commissions 31st fast response cutter . San Pedro, California . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2019-03-22 . 2024-08-12.
  82. Web site: Coast Guard Accepts 32nd Fast Response Cutter . US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate . 12 February 2019.
  83. . Coast Guard commissions 32nd fast response cutter . San Pedro, California . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2019-05-02 . 2024-08-12.
  84. . Coast Guard accepts 33rd fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2019-03-22 . 2024-08-12.
  85. Web site: Coast Guard Commissions New Fast-Response Cutter in San Juan . 10 June 2019 . Sea Power . 10 June 2019.
  86. News: Hill . Mike . Bollinger delivers Coast Guard cutter . 28 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190528192143/https://www.houmatoday.com/news/20190526/bollinger-delivers-coast-guard-cutter . 28 May 2019 . live .
  87. . Coast Guard commissions 34th fast response cutter . Honolulu, Hawaii . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2019-09-27 . 2024-08-12.
  88. Web site: Bollinger Delivers USCGC Angela McShan . 3 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190802001801/https://www.maritime-executive.com/corporate/bollinger-delivers-uscgc-angela-mcshan . 2 August 2019 . live .
  89. News: Barlow . Bill . CG Cutter McShan Commissioned . 29 October 2019 . Cape May County Herald . 29 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191029015253/https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/community/coast_guard/article_a4e1fb28-f9ac-11e9-ac26-b7f654ae5841.html . 29 October 2019 . live.
  90. Web site: Coast Guard commissions Cutter Daniel Tarr in Galveston, Texas . coastguardnews.com/ . usurped . 11 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200111023233/https://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-commissions-cutter-daniel-tarr-in-galveston-texas/2020/01/10/ . 11 January 2020.
  91. Sea Power 2019 Almanac . January 2019 . Sea Power - January 2019 . 26 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190226172716/https://www.seapower-digital.com/seapower/january_2019/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=2&folio=12#pg14 . 26 February 2019 . usurped.
  92. Web site: Coast Guard accepts delivery of Cutter Edgar Culbertson . 29 February 2020.
  93. Web site: Coast Guard Cutter Edgar Culbertson commissioning . 11 June 2020.
  94. Web site: Bollinger delivers 38th Fast Response Cutter to the USCG . April 6, 2020 . 8 June 2020.
  95. . Coast Guard commissions 38th fast response cutter . Galveston, Texas . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2020-07-17 . 2024-08-12.
  96. Web site: U.S. Coast Guard accepts 39th fast response cutter . June 2, 2020 . 8 June 2020.
  97. . Coast Guard accepts 40th fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2020-07-30 . 2024-08-13.
  98. . Coast Guard commissions 41st fast response cutter . Portsmouth, Virginia . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2021-01-22 . 2024-08-13.
  99. Web site: Coast Guard commissions 42nd fast response cutter. 2021-03-15. United States Coast Guard. en-US.
  100. News: Doornbos . Caitlyn . Coast Guard receives newest fast-response cutter that will be homeported in Guam . 11 February 2021 . Stars and Stripes.
  101. . Coast Guard accepts 44th fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2021-04-22 . 2024-08-13.
  102. News: Strong . Stacia . U.S. Coast Guard commissions new cutter named after local WWII hero . 6 August 2021 . 6 August 2021.
  103. . Coast Guard accepts 45th fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2021-07-01 . 2024-08-13.
  104. Web site: Coast Guard commissions fast response cutter Emlen Tunnell. coastguardnews.com. 15 October 2021. 17 October 2021.
  105. News: Bollinger Delivers USCGC John Scheuerman . 27 October 2021 . MarineLink . 22 October 2021.
  106. Web site: Coast Guard commissions 46th fast response cutter in Florida . 2 March 2022 . U.S. Coast Guard . 24 February 2022.
  107. . Coast Guard accepts 47th fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisitions Directorate, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2022-01-07 . 2024-08-13.
  108. Web site: USCG commissions 47th fast response cutter in New York City . Naval News . April 28, 2022 . 4 May 2022.
  109. . Coast Guard accepts 48th fast response cutter . Key West, Florida . Defense Media Activity . Acquisition Directorate, U.S. Coast Guar,d U.S. Department of Homeland Security . 2022-03-22 . 2024-08-13.
  110. Web site: Coast Guard commissions Cutter Pablo Valent. coastguardnews.com. 11 May 2022. 28 May 2022.
  111. Web site: Coast Guard Accepts 49th Fast Response Cutter . US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate . 28 May 2022.
  112. Web site: New Coast Guard cutter Douglas Denman enters service after commissioning ceremony in Ketchikan. KRBD Community Radio, Ketchican, Alaska. 28 September 2022. 29 September 2022.
  113. Web site: Coast Guard accepts 50th fast response cutter . US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate . 5 August 2022.
  114. Web site: Coast Guard Cutter William Chadwick commissioned in Boston. coastguardnews.com. 10 November 2022. 11 November 2022.
  115. Web site: Coast Guard accepts 51st fast response cutter . 22 December 2022 . US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate . 27 December 2022.
  116. Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert commissions in Boston. United States Coast Guard. 31 March 2023. 1 March 2023.
  117. News: . 2 March 2023 . Bollinger Shipyards Delivers 52nd Fast Response Cutter to U.S. Coast Guard . Bollinger Shipyards . 4 March 2023.
  118. Coast Guard Cutter Maurice Jester commissions in Rhode Island. United States Coast Guard. 6 June 2023. 6 June 2023.
  119. News: Fatima . Bahtić . Bollinger Shipyards delivers US Coast Guard's 53rd fast response cutter . 17 May 2023 . Naval Today.
  120. Coast Guard commissions 53rd fast response cutter in Portland, Maine. United States Coast Guard. 11 August 2023. 11 August 2023.
  121. Web site: Coast Guard accepts 54th fast response cutter . 21 July 2023 . US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate . 22 July 2023.
  122. News: US Coast Guard commissions new fast response cutter in Portsmouth: Cutter named after Boatswain's Mate First Class William Sparling . Kelly . O'Brien . 19 October 2023 . WMUR 9 ABC . 21 October 2023.
  123. Web site: 55th fast response cutter accepted, to be homeported in Boston . 17 November 2023 . US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate . 18 November 2023.
  124. Web site: US Coast Guard Commissions Fast Response Cutter Melvin Bell . 29 March 2024 . Baird Maritime . 5 April 2024.
  125. Web site: Coast Guard accepts 56th fast response cutter, to be homeported in Astoria, Oregon . 1 April 2024 . US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate . 5 April 2024.
  126. . Coast Guard commissions first Pacific Northwest-based Fast Response Cutter . Astoria, Oregon . United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security . 2024-06-28 . 2024-06-30.
  127. Web site: Coast Guard accepts 57th fast response cutter . 17 June 2024 . US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate . 17 June 2024.
  128. Web site: ALCGENL 173/23 - AY24 Off Season Solicitation - CGC Florence Finch (WPC-1157) . 23 August 2023 . U.S. Coast Guard . 28 August 2023.
  129. Web site: ALCGENL 210/23 - AY24 Off Season Solicitation - CGC John Witherspoon (WPC-1158) . 11 October 2023 . U.S. Coast Guard . 21 October 2023.
  130. Web site: ALCGENL 134/24 - Subj: Critical Fill Solicitation - GM2 Independent Duty - CGC Earl Cunningham . 27 March 2024 . U.S. Coast Guard . 5 April 2024.
  131. News: August 25, 2022 . US Coast Guard vessel patrolling for illegal fishing unable to refuel in Solomon Islands . .
  132. https://executivedigest.sapo.pt/noticias/marinha-americana-interceta-carregamento-de-armas-para-o-grupo-rebelde-houthi-vindo-do-irao (in portuguese)
  133. News: Enlisted heroes honored. United States Coast Guard. Susan Schept. 2010-03-22. 2013-02-01. 2010-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20100329162538/http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/22/enlisted-heroes-honored/. dead. After the passing of several well-known Coast Guard heroes last year, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles “Skip” Bowen mentioned in his blog that the Coast Guard does not do enough to honor its fallen heroes..
  134. News: U.S. Coast Guard announces name for first Sentinel-class cutter. 2010-03-22. 2013-02-01. 2010-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20100325004004/http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/786/502127/. dead. Previously designated to be named the Coast Guard Cutter Sentinel, the cutter Bernard C. Webber will be the first of the service’s new 153-foot patrol cutters. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen approved the change of the cutter’s name to allow this class of vessels to be named after outstanding enlisted members who demonstrated exceptional heroism in the line of duty. This will be the first class of cutters to be named exclusively for enlisted members of the Coast Guard and its predecessor services..
  135. News: Coast Guard Heroes . . 2010-10-27 . 2012-04-20 . Stephanie Young . 2012-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121127001903/http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/10/coast-guard-heroes/ . dead.
  136. News: Fast Response Cutters: The Heroes of the Coast Guard Fleet . United States Coast Guard . Michael Valliant . November 2010 . 1 . 2011-08-05 . 2012-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105130017/http://uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/pdf/CG9newsletterNov10.pdf . dead.
  137. News: 2013 Second Quadrennial Homeland Security Review . James Jay Carafano . Matt A. Mayer . Paul Rosenzweigis . Brian Slattery . 2013-02-15 . 2013-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130224035556/http://www.rightsidenews.com/2013021531989/us/homeland-security/2013-second-quadrennial-homeland-security-review.html . dead . . 2013-02-21 .
  138. News: Coast Guard to name cutter for BMCS Terrell Horne III . . Christopher Lagan . 2014-07-30 . 2014-08-02 . The Commandant personally informed the Horne family earlier today a fast response cutter will bear Terrell Horne’s name in honor of his sacrifice and faithful service in defense of his nation. . https://web.archive.org/web/20140806070438/http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2014/07/coast-guard-to-name-cutter-for-bmcs-terrell-horne-iii/ . 2014-08-06 . live.
  139. News: Mexican smugglers convicted in sea death of Coast Guard Chief Horne. LA Observed. Kevin Roderick. 2014-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20140715001218/http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2014/02/mexican_smugglers_convict.php. 2014-07-15. 2014-08-06. live . Two Mexican nationals from Ensenada who were apprehended on a smuggling panga in December 2012 were convicted today in the death of Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III..
  140. News: Mexican nationals convicted in 2012 death of Coast Guardsman. Los Angeles Times. Kate Mather. 2014-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20140802170025/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/05/local/la-me-ln-mexican-nationals-convicted-coast-guard-20140205. 2014-08-02 . 2014-08-06. live . Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III's death made him the first Coast Guardsman murdered in the line of duty since 1927, officials said. Horne, who spent 14 years with the Coast Guard, was posthumously promoted to the rank of senior chief petty officer..

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