Fast Response Cutter - "Sentinel" Class
Characteristics:
Class name: “Sentinel” Class
Number planned: 58 cutters
Length: 154 feet
Beam: 25 feet
Draft: 9 feet 6 inches
Displacement: 353 long tons
Speed: 28+ knots
Range: 2,950 nautical miles
Endurance: 5 days
Crew: 24
The Fast Response Cutter (FRC) - "Sentinel" Class will be able to deploy independently to conduct missions, such as ports, waterways and coastal security, fishery patrols, drug and illegal migrant law enforcement, search and rescue, and national-defense operations. The Sentinel Class patrol boat will save lives, enforce U.S. and international maritime law, and ensure security along the United States’ 95,000 nautical miles of coastline.
Features
- Enhance Coast Guard response time with a speed 28+ knots
- Conduct all missions through Sea State 4 at transit speed for 8 hours
- Survive sea state 6 at loiter speed for 8 hours
- Armed with a stabilized 25mm machine gun mount and four non-stabilized, crew-served .50 caliber machine guns.
- Fully interoperable C4ISR systems with Coast Guard’s existing and future assets, and the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.
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