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Fast Response Cutter: Project Profile

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The Fast Response Cutter is capable of deploying independently to conduct missions that include port, waterways and coastal security; fishery patrols; search and rescue; and national defense.

Characteristics

• Number Planned: 58
• Length: 154 feet
• Beam: 25 feet
• Draft: 9 feet 6 inches
• Displacement: 353 long tons
• Maxium Speed: 28+ knots
• Range: 2,950 nautical miles
• Endurance: Five days
• Crew: 22

Features

• Enhanced response time with a minimum top speed of 28 knots
• Ability to conduct missions on moderate seas up to transit speed for eight hours in all directions
• Ability to survive on very rough seas up to loiter speed for eight hours in all directions
• Armed with a stabilized 25 mm machinegun mount and four crew-served .50- caliber machine guns
• Fully interoperable command and control systems with Coast Guard existing and future assets and with the departments of Homeland Security and Defense

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