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Fast Response Cutter - Sentinel Class
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The first Fast Response Cutter, Bernard C. Webber, gets underway off the coast of Grand Isle, La on Nov. 27, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Rowland. |
The Fast Response Cutter (FRC), a new generation of Coast Guard patrol boats, will continue the Coast Guard’s long history of protecting America’s citizens, assets and interests at home and abroad. The first FRC will be named the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber, with the official class designation as the "Sentinel" class." Learn more about the FRC>>
Status
The first Fast Response Cutter got underway Nov. 27, 2011 for the first time in preparation for builder’s trials, beginning Nov. 30th. The third Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter was successfully launched on Nov. 29, 2011.
Latest News Releases
Lead Fast Response Cutter Delivered to the Coast Guard
The Bernard C. Webber, the lead vessel in the Coast Guard’s Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) recapitalization project, was officially delivered to the Coast Guard today after arriving in its homeport of Miami after transiting from Lockport, La. Read more>>
Lead FRC Completes Acceptance Trials
The Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) project recently achieved two important milestones as part of its efforts to recapitalize the Coast Guard’s aging patrol boat fleet. Read more>>
Fast Response Cutter Project Achievements
The Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter project this week achieved two important milestones in the Coast Guard’s patrol boat recapitalization efforts. Read more>>
Third Fast Response Cutter Launched
The U.S. Coast Guard’s third 154-foot fast response cutter, the William Flores, was launched at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La., today. Read more>>
Information About:
Recapitalization (pdf)
Surface Websites
Surface Fact Sheets
Fast Response Cutter (pdf)
Mission Effectiveness Project (pdf)
National Security Cutter (pdf)
Offshore Patrol Cutter (pdf)
Response Boat-Medium (pdf)
Response Boat-Small (pdf)
Multimedia
Resources
Market Research Presentation (pdf)
Q&A: Get Your Questions Answered
Comparison: Sentinel Class &
123' Patrol Boat Conversion (pdf)
Request for Proposal (pdf)
In the News...
Larger Coast Guard cutter prototype debuts in Miami
Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter arrives in Miami Beach
Coast Guard will name ship after Millis veteran
Video of sea trials of first Fast Response Cutter released
Bollinger performs builder's trials on FRC Bernard C. Webber
New Coast Guard cutter bears name of Benbrook man who saved others
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