Fast Response Cutter - "Sentinel" Class
Characteristics:
Class name: “Sentinel” Class
Quantity: up to 34 cutters
Manufacturer: Bollinger Shipyards Inc.
Parent Craft Designer: Damen
Classification: American Bureau of Shipping High-Speed Naval Craft Guide
Length: 153.5 feet
Beam: 25.4 feet
Displacement: 353 metric tons
Speed: 28+ knots
Endurance: 5 days
Sea Keeping: Conduct all missions thru SS4. Survive thru SS6.
Crew: 22 (2 officers, 20 enlisted)
Armament: one stabilized, remotely-operated 25mm chain gun; four crew-served .50 caliber machine guns
DOD and DHS Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Equipment
Service Life: 20 years
First Delivery Date: Late 2010 (Q1 FY 2011)
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 minimum top speed 28 knots
- Conduct all missions through Sea State 4 at speeds up to transit speed for 8 hours on all headings.
- Survive through Sea State 6 at speeds up to loiter speed for 8 hours on all headings.
- 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.