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Fast Response Cutter - Sentinel Class

Artist Rendering of Fast Response Cutter - Sentinel Class
Former Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen speaks during the keel laying ceremony at the Bollinger Shipyards for the first Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter, April 9, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue.

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 Sentinel, with the official class designation as the "Sentinel" class. Learn more about the FRC

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The keel was laid for the first Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter April 9, 2010.

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