Sentinel-class cutter

The Sentinel-class cutter, also known as the Fast Response Cutter or FRC due to its program name, is part of the United States Coast Guard's Deepwater program.^[2][3][4] At 154 feet (46.8 m), it is similar to, but larger than, the 123-foot (37 m) lengthened 1980s-era Island-class patrol boats that it replaces. Up to 71 vessels are to be built by the Louisiana-based firm Bollinger Shipyards, using a design from the Netherlands-based Damen Group, with the Sentinel design based on the company's Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel. The Department of Homeland Security's budget proposal to Congress, for the Coast Guard, for 2021, stated that, in addition to 58 vessels to serve the Continental US, they requested an additional six vessels for its portion of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia.^[5]

Sentinel-class cutter

The USCGC Benjamin Bottoms in San Francisco
Class overview
Name	Sentinel class
Operators	United States Coast Guard
Planned	67 (possibly up to 71)
Completed	58
Active	56
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Cutter
Displacement	353 long tons (359 t)
Length	46.8 m (154 ft)
Beam	8.11 m (26.6 ft)
Depth	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion	2 × 4,300 kW (5,800 shp) MTU diesel engines[1] 1 × 75 kW (101 shp) bow thruster[1]
Speed	28+ knots
Endurance	5 days, 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) Designed to be on patrol 2,500 hours per year
Boats & landing craft carried	1 × Cutter Boat – Over the Horizon – Jet-drive
Complement	4 officers, 20 crew
Sensors and processing systems	L-3 C4ISR suite AN/SPS-78 surface search and navigation radar AN/SPS-50 surface search radar RADA RPS-42 MHR air search radar AN/APX-123(V)1 IFF (ship automation provided by MTU Callosum)
Armament	1 × Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm Machine Gun System (and 4 × crew-served Browning M2 machine guns on some cutters)

Planning and acquisition

In March 2007, newly appointed United States Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen announced that the USCG had withdrawn a contract from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the construction of an initial flawed design of what would eventually become the Sentinel class.^[6][7][8][9] Allen announced that instead of the initial high-tech design Bollinger would build vessels based on an existing design, and the new program would focus more on existing "off-the-shelf" technology.

The design chosen was largely based on the Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessels from the Netherlands firm the Damen Group. The South African government operates three similar 154 ft Lillian Ngoyi-class vessels for environmental and fishery patrol.^[10]

In September 2008, Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana, was awarded US$88 million to build the prototype first vessel in its class.^[11] That prototype was the first of a projected series of 46.8-meter (154 ft) cutters. In September 2008 the series was expected to comprise a maximum of 24 to 34 cutters^[12] but by the time the prototype cutter, which became USCGC Bernard C. Webber, entered service in 2012 the planned number of Sentinel-class cutters had grown to 58. They replaced the 37 remaining aging, 1980s-era 110 ft Island-class patrol boats.^[13]

USCGC Bernard C. Webber and all following Sentinel-class vessels are named after enlisted Coast Guard heroes.^[14] Bernard C. Webber was launched in April 2011, and commissioned in April 2012 at the Port of Miami. She and five sister ships are stationed in Miami, Florida. The second cohort of six vessels is homeported in Key West, Florida. The third cohort of six vessels is homeported in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[15] As of October 2024, the Coast Guard plans to station most of the Sentinel-class cutters in the United States, but a cohort of six is stationed with the Coast Guard's largest unit outside the United States, Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), whose homeport is Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. As many as six more are planned to be stationed in the Indo-Pacific region.^[16][17]

A second contract was awarded on December 15, 2009 for an additional three Sentinel-class cutters at a cost of US$141 million. By April 2010 the Coast Guard's contract with Bollinger allowed for the order of up to 34 Sentinel-class cutters at a cost of up to US$1.5 billion. Even then, the Coast Guard was planning to build a total of 58 Sentinel-class cutters. ^[18]

In September 2013, Marine Link reported that the Coast Guard had placed orders with Bollinger Shipyards for additional cutters, bringing the number of such cutters ordered by then to thirty.^[19]

In July 2014, it was announced that the U.S. Coast Guard had exercised a $225 million option at Bollinger Shipyards for construction through 2017 of an additional six Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), bringing the total number of FRCs under contract with Bollinger to 30. Later that number was increased to 32 cutters.

In May 2016, Bollinger Shipyards announced that the U.S. Coast Guard had awarded it a new contract for building the final 26 Sentinel-class fast-response cutters. That brought to 58 the total number of FRCs that the USCG ordered from Bollinger.^[20] Acquiring the 58 cutters was expected to cost the federal government $3.8 billion — an average of about $65 million per cutter.

By June 2016, 38 of the projected 58 FRCs had been ordered and 17 were in service. The Miami and Key West chorts were complete. The 18th fast response cutter, Joseph Tezanos, was delivered to the Coast Guard in Key West, Florida, in June 2016 en route to completing the San Juan cohort.^[21]

On August 9, 2018 the Coast Guard exercised its contract option to order six more Sentinel-class cutters. These would be the 45th through 50th cutters of that class. With this order, the total value of orders under the contract grew to almost US$929 million. On August 21 the 30th fast response cutter, Robert Ward, was delivered.^[22]

On July 31, 2019 the Coast Guard exercised its contract option to order another six Sentinel-class cutters. These would be the 51st through 56th cutters of that class. With this order, the total value of orders under the contract grew to about US$1.23 billion. Under the contract, the Coast Guard could order as many as 58 cutters, at a total cost of US$1.42 billion. The six new cutters were expected to be delivered starting in late 2022 and ending in late 2023.^[23]

In September 2020, the Coast Guard announced it was ordering four more FRCs from Bollinger, to be delivered in 2024. These would be the 56th through 60th cutters of that class. At that time, 40 FRCs had been delivered and 38 had been commissioned. The Coast Guard had recently modified its contract with Bollinger to increase the maximum number of cutters that could be ordered under the contract to 64. The modified contract had a potential value of US$1.74 billion.^[24]

In 2017, the Coast Guard announced two FRCs would be stationed in Astoria, Oregon starting in 2021.^[25] In 2018, the Coast Guard announced four more would be stationed in San Pedro, California in 2018 and 2019.^[26] Also in 2018, the Coast Guard revealed plans to eventually homeport a total of six FRCs in Alaska, with one cutter in Sitka, one in Seward, and two in Kodiak, joining two already operating from Ketchikan.^[27] Boston, Massachusetts and St. Petersburg, Florida would eventually be FRC homeports.^[28][29]

In June 2019, the United States House Committee on Armed Services approved a requirement for the US Navy to study the possibility of buying a version of the FRC, and basing them in Bahrain.^[30]

In 2019 Lieutenant Commander Collin Fox (USN), and columnist David Axe suggested that, when the US Navy started to develop unmanned patrol ships to replace the Cyclone class, which are similar in size to the Sentinel class, the hulls and other elements of the robot ships would be based on the Sentinels, and built in the same factory.^[31][32]

In August 2021, the Coast Guard exercised its option to order four more Sentinel-class cutters—the 61st through 64th—from Bollinger. Bollinger planned to build the ships at Bollinger's Lockport, Louisiana facility^[33] and deliver the first of the four vessels in the fall of 2024 and the last in the summer of 2025.^[34]

In 2022, the Coast Guard awarded a $30 million contract to install a fixed pier and two floating docks to accommodate FRCs at East Tongue Point in Oregon. The first new cutter is expected to arrive at Astoria, Oregon in March 2024 rather than in 2021 as originally planned.^[35]

In March 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which provided $130 million in funding for two additional FRCs, bringing the total number to 66.^[36][37] In August 2022, the Coast Guard exercised its contract option for the first of these additional cutters, to be delivered by Bollinger in 2025.^[38] This order expanded the total value of the Phase 2 contract with Bollinger Shipyards to US$1.8 billion.^[39]

On May 8, 2024 the Coast Guard exercised a contract option for two additional FRCs, bringing the total vessels built by or under contract with Bollinger to 67^[40] and the total value of the Phase 2 contract to about US$2 billion. The two new FRCs are expected to be delivered in fiscal year 2028.^[41]

Mission

The vessels perform various Coast Guard missions which include but are not limited to PWCS (Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security), Defense Operations, Maritime Law Enforcement (Drug/migrant interdiction and other Law Enforcement), Search and Rescue, Marine Safety, and environment protection.^[42]

Design and construction

A graphic of USCG Sentinel-class cutter modifications made to the Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel design

USCGC Raymond Evans, the tenth Sentinel-class cutter

The vessels are armed with a remote-control Mark 38 25 mm Machine Gun System and four crew-served .50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB heavy machine guns. They have a bow thruster for maneuvering in crowded anchorages and channels. They have small underwater fins, for coping with the rolling and pitching caused by large waves. They are equipped with a stern launching ramp, like the Marine Protector-class and the eight failed expanded Island-class cutters. They are manned by a crew of 22. The Fast Response Cutter deploys the 26-foot (7.9 m) Cutter Boat - Over the Horizon (OTH-IV) for rescues and interceptions.^[43]

Modifications to the Coast Guard vessels from the Stan 4708 design include an increase in speed from 23 to 28 knots (43 to 52 km/h; 26 to 32 mph), fixed-pitch rather than variable-pitch propellers, stern launch capability, and watertight bulkheads.^[44] The vessels are built to ABS High Speed Naval Craft rules and some parts of the FRC also comply to ABS Naval Vessel Rules.^[45] The vessels meet Naval Sea Systems Command standards for two compartment damaged stability and meet the Intact and Damage Stability and reserve buoyancy requirements in accordance with the “Procedures Manual for Stability Analyses of U.S. Navy Small Craft".^[46][47]

The vessels have space, weight, and power reserved for future requirements which includes weapons and their systems. The cutters have a reduced radar cross-section through shaping.^[48] The bridge is equipped with a handheld device that allows crew members to remotely control the ship's functions, including rudder movement and docking.^[49]

In February 2013, the Department of Homeland Security requested tenders from third party firms to independently inspect the cutters, during their construction, and their performance trials.^[50]

At the September 2022 commissioning of USCGC Douglas Denman, it was announced that she had several upgrades compared to the two cutters deployed to Ketchikan, Alaska six years previously. These include an improved bow thruster and radar system and the addition of a forward-looking infrared camera.^[51] Though initially stationed at Ketchikan, Douglas Denman will eventually be homeported at Sitka when port infrastructure improvements have been completed there.^[52]

In March 2024, a Congressional Research Service report revealed that the Coast Guard's long term procurement plan called for the purchase of up to 71 FRCs. Six of the new cutters would be deployed to the Indo-Pacific region for engagement with allies and partner countries.^[53]

Crew accommodation

Prior to the deployment of the Marine Protector class, the Coast Guard decided that all its cutters, even its smallest, should be able to accommodate mixed-gender crews. The Sentinel-class cutters are able to accommodate mixed-gender crews. When USCGC Rollin Fritch was commissioned, a profile in The Philadelphia Inquirer asserted off-duty crew members had access to satellite television broadcasts.^[49] The vessels come equipped with a desalination unit.^[49]

Ships

Name	Hull number	Delivered	Commissioned	Home port	Status
Bernard C. Webber	WPC-1101	April 21, 2011	April 14, 2012	Miami, Florida	Active service[54]
Richard Etheridge	WPC-1102	August 18, 2011	August 3, 2012[55]	Miami, Florida	Active service[54]
William Flores	WPC-1103	2011-11-10	2012-11-03[56]	Miami, Florida	Active service[54]
Robert Yered	WPC-1104	2012-11-17[57]	2013-02-15	Miami, Florida	Active service[54]
Margaret Norvell	WPC-1105	2013-01-13[58]	2013-06-01[59]	Miami, Florida	Active service[54]
Paul Clark	WPC-1106	2013-05-18[60]	2013-08-24	Miami, Florida	Active service[54]
Charles David Jr.	WPC-1107	2013-08-17[61][62]	2013-11-16[63]	Key West, Florida	Active service[54]
Charles Sexton	WPC-1108	2013-12-10[64]	2014-03-08[65]	Key West, Florida	Active service[54]
Kathleen Moore	WPC-1109	2014-03-28[66]	2014-05-10	Key West, Florida	Active service[54]
Raymond Evans[Note 1]	WPC-1110	2014-06-25[67]	2014-09-06[68]	Key West, Florida	Active service[54]
William Trump	WPC-1111	2014-11-25[69][70][71][72]	2015-01-24	Key West, Florida	Active service[54]
Isaac Mayo	WPC-1112	2015-01-13[73]	2015-03-28[74]	Key West, Florida	Active service[54]
Richard Dixon	WPC-1113	2015-04-14[75]	2015-06-20	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Active service[15][54]
Heriberto Hernandez	WPC-1114	2015-07-30[76]	2015-10-16	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Active service[15][77][54]
Joseph Napier	WPC-1115	2015-10-20[78]	2016-01-29	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Active service[15][54]
Winslow Griesser	WPC-1116	2015-12-23	2016-03-11	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Active service[15][54]
Donald Horsley	WPC-1117	2016-03-05[79]	2016-05-20	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Active service[54]
Joseph Tezanos	WPC-1118	2016-06-22	2016-08-26[80]	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Active service[54]
Rollin Fritch	WPC-1119	2016-08-23	2016-11-19	Cape May, New Jersey	Active service[54]
Lawrence Lawson	WPC-1120	2016-10-20	2017-03-18[81]	Cape May, New Jersey	Active Service[54]
John McCormick	WPC-1121	2016-12-13[82]	2017-04-12[83]	Ketchikan, Alaska	Active service[54]
Bailey Barco	WPC-1122	2017-02-07[84][85]	2017-06-14[86]	Ketchikan, Alaska	Active service[54]
Benjamin Dailey	WPC-1123	2017-04-20[87][88][89]	2017-07-04[90]		Decommissioned[91] after being heavily damaged by fire on December 10, 2021.[92]
Oliver Berry	WPC-1124	2017-06-27[93]	2017-10-31[94]	Honolulu, Hawaii	Active service[54]
Jacob Poroo	WPC-1125	2017-09-05[95]	2017-12-08[96]	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Active service[54]
Joseph Gerczak	WPC-1126	2017-11-09[97]	2018-03-09[98]	Honolulu, Hawaii	Active service[54]
Richard Snyder	WPC-1127	2018-02-08[99]	2018-04-20[100]	Atlantic Beach, North Carolina	Active service[54]
Nathan Bruckenthal	WPC-1128	2018-03-29[101]	2018-07-25[102]	Atlantic Beach, North Carolina	Active service[54]
Forrest Rednour	WPC-1129	2018-06-07[103]	2018-11-08[104]	San Pedro, California	Active service[54]
Robert Ward	WPC-1130	2018-08-21[105]	2019-03-02[106]	San Pedro, California	Active service[54]
Terrell Horne	WPC-1131	2018-10-25[107]	2019-03-22[108]	San Pedro, California	Active service[54]
Benjamin Bottoms	WPC-1132	2019-01-08[109]	2019-05-01[110]	San Pedro, California	Active service[54]
Joseph Doyle	WPC-1133	2019-03-21[111]	2019-06-08[112]	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Active service[54]
William Hart	WPC-1134	2019-05-23[113]	2019-09-26[114]	Honolulu, Hawaii	Active service[54]
Angela McShan	WPC-1135	2019-08-01[115]	2019-10-26[116]	Cape May, New Jersey	Active service[54]
Daniel Tarr	WPC-1136	2019-11-07[117][118]	2020-01-10[119]	Galveston, Texas	Active service[120][54]
Edgar Culbertson	WPC-1137	2020-02-06[121]	2020-06-11[122]	Galveston, Texas	Active service[54]
Harold Miller	WPC-1138	2020-04-02[123]	2020-07-15[124]	Galveston, Texas	Active service[120][54]
Myrtle Hazard	WPC-1139	2020-05-28[125]	2021-07-29[126]	Santa Rita, Guam	Active service[54]
Oliver Henry	WPC-1140	2020-07-30[127]	2021-07-29[126]	Santa Rita, Guam	Active service[54]
Charles Moulthrope	WPC-1141	2020-10-22[128]	2021-01-21[129]	Manama, Bahrain	Active service[54]
Robert Goldman	WPC-1142	2020-12-21[130]	2021-03-12[131]	Manama, Bahrain	Active service[54]
Frederick Hatch	WPC-1143	2021-02-10[132]	2021-07-29[126]	Santa Rita, Guam	Active service[54]
Glen Harris	WPC-1144	2021-04-22[133]	2021-08-06[134]	Manama, Bahrain	Active service[54]
Emlen Tunnell	WPC-1145	2021-07-01[135]	2021-10-15[136]	Manama, Bahrain	Active service[54]
John Scheuerman	WPC-1146	2021-10-22[137]	2022-02-23[138]	Manama, Bahrain	Active service[54]
Clarence Sutphin Jr.	WPC-1147	2022-01-06[139]	2022-04-21[140]	Manama, Bahrain	Active service[54]
Pablo Valent	WPC-1148	2022-03-17[141]	2022-05-11[142]	St. Petersburg, Florida	Active service[54]
Douglas Denman	WPC-1149	2022-05-26[143][37]	2022-09-28[144]	First Ketchikan, then Sitka, Alaska	Active service[54]
William Chadwick	WPC-1150	2022-08-04[145]	2022-11-10[146]	Boston, Massachusetts	Active service[54]
Warren Deyampert	WPC-1151	2022-12-22[147]	2023-03-30[148]	Boston, Massachusetts	Active service[54]
Maurice Jester	WPC-1152	2023-03-02[149]	2023-06-02[150]	Boston, Massachusetts	Active service[54]
John Patterson	WPC-1153	2023-05-11[151]	2023-08-10[152]	Boston, Massachusetts	Active service[54]
William Sparling	WPC-1154	2023-07-20[153]	2023-10-19[154]	Boston, Massachusetts	Active service[54]
Melvin Bell	WPC-1155	2023-11-16[155]	2024-03-28[156]	Boston, Massachusetts	Active service[54]
David Duren	WPC-1156	2024-03-14[157]	2024-06-27[158]	Astoria, Oregon	Active service[54]
Florence Finch	WPC-1157	2024-06-13[159]	2024-10-24[160]	Astoria, Oregon	Active Service[160]
John Witherspoon	WPC-1158	2024-11-07[161][162]		Kodiak, Alaska[54]	Delivered
Earl Cunningham	WPC-1159	2025		Kodiak, Alaska	Under construction[54][163]
Frederick Mann	WPC-1160	2025-04-17[164]		First Kodiak, then Seward, Alaska	Under construction[54]
Olivia Hooker	WPC-1161	2025			Under contract[54][34]
Vincent Danz	WPC-1162	2025			Under contract[54][34]
Jeffrey Palazzo	WPC-1163	2025			Under contract[54][34]
Marvin Perrett	WPC-1164	2025			Under contract[54][34]
TBD	WPC-1165	2025			Under contract[38]
TBD	WPC-1166				Under contract[40]
TBD	WPC-1167				Under contract[40]

Operational histories

Video was released when USCGC William Trump conducted a 20-hour pursuit of a high-speed 35 ft (11 m) center console boat stolen from Fort Myers, Florida, in December 2015.^[165][166]

Press coverage of the vessels' operational histories suggests they have been effective at interdicting refugees who resort to dangerous overloaded small boats, and effective at capturing drug smugglers.^{[167][168][169][170][171][172][173][174][175][176][177][178][179][180][excessive citations]}

The cutters have intercepted smugglers carrying large shipments of drugs.^[181] In February 2017 Joseph Napier intercepted a shipment of over four tons of cocaine, reported to be the largest drug-bust in the Atlantic Ocean since 1999.

Cutters are given tasks like looking for shipping containers full of toxic cargo that have fallen from container ships, as USCGC Margaret Norvell did in December 2015, when 25 containers fell from the barge Columbia Elizabeth.^[182][183] Similarly, Charles Sexton helped search for the freighter El Faro when she was lost at sea during Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015.^[184]

In 2018 and 2019 Oliver Berry and Joseph Gerczak made voyages beyond the design range, on missions from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands and American Samoa.^[185][186] Both voyages took nine days.

In August 2022, one of the ships in the Sentinel class, Oliver Henry, was stuck in the Solomon Islands after the country's government failed to respond to a fuel request.^[187]

In February 2024, Clarence Sutphin Jr. intercepted a shipment of weaponry on its way to the Houthi militia in the Red Sea.^[188]

Namesakes

Charles "Skip" W. Bowen, who was then the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, is credited with leading the initiative of naming the vessels after enlisted rank individuals who served heroically in the Coast Guard or one of its precursor services.^[189] Originally, the first vessel of the class was to be named USCGC Sentinel.^[190]

In October 2010 the Coast Guard named the first fourteen individuals the vessels will be named after, and has provided biographies of them. ^{[191][192][193]} They are: Bernard C. Webber, Richard Etheridge, William Flores, Robert Yered, Margaret Norvell, Paul Clark, Charles David Jr, Charles Sexton, Kathleen Moore, Joseph Napier, William Trump, Isaac Mayo, Richard Dixon, Heriberto Hernandez. A second group of eleven names was announced on April 2, 2014.^{[194][failed verification]}

In 2013 the name of Joseph Napier was reassigned to WPC-1115 when WPC-1110 was named after the recently deceased Commander Raymond Evans. The other ten new namesakes were: Winslow W. Griesser, Richard H. Patterson, Joseph Tezanos, Rollin A. Fritch, Lawrence O. Lawson, John F. McCormick, Bailey T. Barco, Benjamin B. Dailey, Donald R. Horsley, and Jacob L. A. Poroo. The 17th cutter (ex-USCGC Richard Patterson) was renamed as Donald Horsley after request of the Patterson Family, and the 24th cutter (ex-USCGC Donald Horsley) then was renamed as Oliver Berry.

In July 2014, Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft announced that the Coast Guard would name an additional cutter after Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne, the first Coast Guard member to be murdered in the line of duty since 1927.^{[195][196][197]}

In February 2015, the Coast Guard publicized ten more names tentatively assigned to cutters 26 through 35.^[198] They were: Joseph Gerczak, Richard T. Snyder, Nathan Bruckenthal, Forrest O. Rednour, Robert G. Ward, Terrell Horne III, Benjamin A. Bottoms, Joseph O. Doyle, William C. Hart, and Oliver F. Berry.

In December 2017, the Coast Guard announced the names of the 35th through 54th cutters.^[199] The twenty namesakes are: Angela McShan, Daniel Tarr, Edgar Culbertson, Harold Miller, Myrtle Hazard, Oliver Henry, Charles Moulthrope, Robert Goldman, Frederick Hatch, Glen Harris, Emlen Tunnell, John Scheuerman, Clarence Sutphin, Pablo Valent, Douglas Denman, William Chadwick, Warren Deyampert, Maurice Jester, John Patterson, and William Sparling. The 35th cutter (ex-USCGC Oliver Berry) is to be named as Angela McShan since the 24th cutter (ex-USCGC Donald Horsley) was renamed as Oliver Berry.

In October 2019, the Coast Guard named the namesakes of cutters 55 through 64. They are: Melvin Bell, David Duren, Florence Finch, John Witherspoon, Earl Cunningham, Frederick Mann, Olivia Hooker, Vincent Danz, Jeffrey Palazzo, and Marvin Perrett.^[200]

Notes

1. Originally was to be named Joseph Napier, but, in 2013, hull number WPC-1110 was reassigned to the name Raymond Evans to honor recently deceased Commander Raymond Evans. WPC-1115 became Joseph Napier.

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58. "Bollinger Deliver [sic] Fifth Fast Response Cutter". Marine Link. March 25, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2013. The 154 foot patrol craft 'Margaret Norvell' is the fifth vessel in the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class FRC program. To build the FRC, Bollinger Shipyards used a proven, in-service parent craft design based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat 4708.
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60. "Fast Response Cutter, Paul Clark, named after WWII hero, delivered to Coast Guard". Government Security News. May 22, 2013. Archived from the original on May 31, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2013. The Coast Guard accepted delivery of Paul Clark, the sixth vessel in the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) recapitalization project on May 18 in Key West, Florida.
61. "Bollinger Shipyards delivers seventh Sentinel Class cutter". Lockport, Louisiana: Marine Log. August 20, 2013. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013. The 154-foot patrol craft Charles David Jr. is the seventh vessel in the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class FRC program. To build the FRC, Bollinger Shipyards used a proven, in-service parent craft design based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat 4708. It has a flank speed of 28 knots, state of the art command, control, communications and computer technology, and a stern launch system for the vessels 26 foot cutter boat. The FRC has been described as an operational "game changer," by senior Coast Guard officials.
62. Keith Magill (August 20, 2013). "Bollinger delivers latest Coast Guard cutter". Daily Comet. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2013. The 154-foot Charles David Jr. was delivered Friday to the 7th Coast Guard District in Key West, Florida, where it will be commissioned in November.
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65. "Coast Guard's Eighth FRC Enters Service". Marine Link. March 14, 2014. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton was commissioned into service March 8 at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla. The Sexton is the second of six Fast Response Cutters to be homeported in Key West, and the eighth vessel to be delivered through the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class FRC recapitalization project.
66. "Bollinger Delivers 9th USCG Fast Response Cutter". Marine Link. March 28, 2014. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. The Coast Guard took delivery on March 28, 2014 in Key West, Florida and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Key West, Florida during May, 2014.
67. "Bollinger Delivers 10th Coast Guard FRC". Maritime Executive. June 25, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014. The Coast Guard took delivery on June 25, 2014 in Key West, Florida and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Key West, Florida during September, 2014.
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69. "Bollinger delivers FRC named for Normandy hero". Marine Log. November 25, 2014. Archived from the original on November 30, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014. We are extremely happy to announce the delivery of the latest FRC built by Bollinger, the William Trump, to the 7th Coast Guard District in Key West, Florida," said Bollinger Chief Operating Officer, Ben Bordelon. "We are looking forward to honoring and celebrating the heroic acts of William Trump at the vessel's commissioning.
70. Keith MaGill (November 25, 2014). "Local shipyard delivers latest Coast Guard cutter". Daily Comet. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
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75. "Bollinger delivers FRC Richard Dixon". Marine Log. April 15, 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. We are very pleased to announce the delivery of the latest FRC built by Bollinger, the Richard Dixon, to the Seventh Coast Guard District in Puerto Rico," said Bollinger's President and CEO, Ben Bordelon. "We are looking forward to honoring and celebrating the heroic acts of Richard Dixon at the vessel's commissioning.
76. "Bollinger delivers FRC Heriberto Hernandez". Marine Log. July 30, 2015. Archived from the original on August 4, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015. The Coast Guard took delivery on July 30, 2015 in Key West, FL, and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Puerto Rico during October, 2015.
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78. "Bollinger delivers FRC Joseph Napier". Marine Log. October 20, 2015. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2015. Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, LA, has delivered the Joseph Napier, the 15th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery on October 20, 2015 in Key West, Florida, and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Puerto Rico during January, 2016.
79. "Bollinger Shipyards delivers latest Coast Guard cutter". Houma Today. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016. The 154-foot patrol craft is the 17th vessel in the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class FRC program.
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84. Eric Haun (February 8, 2017). "FRC Bailey Barco Delivered to the USCG". Marine link. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017. The U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of USCGC Bailey Barco on February 7, 2017 in Key West, Fla. The vessel is scheduled to be commissioned in Ketchikan, Alaska in June, 2017.
85. "Bollinger delivers latest Coast Guard cutter". Houma Today. February 8, 2017. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2016. This vessel is named after Barco, who was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal on Oct. 7, 1901, for his heroic action to rescue the crew of the Jennie Hall, a schooner that had been grounded during a winter storm off Virginia Beach, Va.
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87. Eric Haun (April 20, 2017). "Bollinger Delivers USCGC Benjamin Dailey". Marine Link. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. The Coast Guard took delivery of the 154-foot patrol craft on April 20, 2017 in Key West, Fla. The vessel's commissioning is scheduled for July 4, 2017 in Pascagoula, Miss.
88. Ken Hocke (April 21, 2017). "Bollinger delivers latest fast response cutter to USCG". WorkBoat magazine. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017. Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., has delivered the 154'x25'5″x9'6″ Benjamin Dailey to the Coast Guard, the 23rd fast response cutter (FRC).
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165. Michael Braun (December 27, 2015). "Trio nabbed in 20-hour high-speed boat chase". Fort Myers Press-News. Retrieved December 28, 2015. A 20-hour high-speed boat chase that at times resembled a James Bond movie ended about 65 miles west of Cuba on Christmas Eve when the three suspects just gave up, law enforcement officials said.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
166. Alastair Jamieson (December 28, 2015). "Suspected Boat Thieves in Lee County, Florida, Lead Coast Guard on 345-Mile Chase". NBC News. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015. Three suspected boat thieves led the Coast Guard on a 345-mile high-speed chase lasting nearly 20 hours before they were eventually captured off Mexico, officials in Florida said Sunday.
167. Susan Salisbury (April 10, 2016). "U.S. Coast Guard rescues 10 people from a sinking boat off Freeport". Palm Beach Post. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016. The 10 survivors are believed to be migrants trying to get the United States from the Bahamas.
168. "U.S. Coast Guard Seizes 515 Kilos of Cocaine In 'Operation Caribbean Venture'". Space Coast Daily. November 22, 2015. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. The four suspected smugglers were transferred to U.S. authorities for prosecution. The Friesland transferred the suspects and contraband to the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber who was returning home from a successful counterdrug patrol off of Puerto Rico in support of Operation Unified Resolve.
169. Alfonso Chardy (December 20, 2015). "Details of cocaine bust near Dominican coast revealed". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. In this case, the interdiction operation involved the Coast Guard and the HNLMS Friesland, an offshore patrol vessel from the Royal Netherlands Navy.
170. Mark Barney (November 20, 2015). "Cutter Bernard C. Webber crew offloads $17M in seized cocaine in Miami". Miami Beach: Dvidshub. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016. A Coast Guardsman offloads cocaine at Coast Guard Sector Miami Beach, Florida, Nov. 20, 2015.
171. Cheryl Pellerin (August 26, 2015). "DoD 101: Drugs, Thugs and the Coast Guard". Miami Beach: DoD News, Defense Media. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016. On the Webber, Gould and Mike Cortese, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, show the SLEP group what the Coast Guard does if it catches a target of interest making an illicit run from Bimini to the United States carrying migrants, drugs, money or guns.
172. "Coast Guard Seizes Cocaine and Marijuana". Maritime Executive. March 18, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014. Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge, a 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter homeported at Sector Miami, offload approximately 1,500 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated wholesale value of $23 million, in St. Petersburg, Fla., Monday, March 17, 2014.
173. Mia Whylly (April 5, 2016). "34 Cubans apprehended over the weekend". The Freeport News. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016. The United States Coast Guard Vessel (USCG) William Flores brought 12 Cuban migrants to the Lucayan Harbour Friday, April 1 and handed them over to a team of officers headed by SIO (Senior Immigration Officer) Jerome Hutcheson.
174. "Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark repatriates 66 Cuban migrants". Miami, Florida: Coast Guard News. September 13, 2013. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2013. Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark repatriated 66 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Friday. This repatriation was a result of four separate migrant interdiction events this week.
175. "Cutter Charles Sexton Repatriates 39 Cuban Migrants". Military Daily. November 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015. This repatriation is a result of three separate interdictions at sea in the south Florida Straits. These were interdictions of Cuban nationals attempting to illegally enter the United States on unseaworthy vessels commonly referred to as "rustics" or "chugs."
176. "US Coast Guard repatriates 85 Cuban migrants". Caribbean News Now. November 3, 2015. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2015. The Coast Guard Cutters Kathleen Moore, Marlin, along with numerous other Coast Guard patrol boats and aircraft, aggressively patrol the Florida Straits to detect and deter illegal and unsafe maritime migration. Safety of life at sea is always the Coast Guard's top priority.
177. "US Coast Guard seized $41M in drugs in Caribbean Sea". Jacksonville Sentinel. September 29, 2015. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016. The agency's cutter Richard Dixon responded and seized the vessel after suspects tossed four packages into the water.
178. "DR migrants intercepted heading towards Puerto Rico". The Daily Herald. March 9, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016. The USCG cutter Richard Dixon repatriated 24 migrants to the Dominican Republic.
179. "Dominican Republic Migrants Intercepted Heading Towards Puerto Rico". Curaçao Chronicle. March 9, 2016. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016. The crew of the USCG Richard Dixon transferred the 25 migrants, who claimed to be citizens of the Dominican Republic, on board the cutter for safety and biometric processing.
180. "US Coast Guard rescues 14 Dominican boatpeople". Dominican Today. April 2, 2016. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016. The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon repatriated the remaining 14 Dominicans to the Dominican Republic during an at-sea transfer of the migrants to a Dominican Navy patrol vessel Friday just south of La Romana.
181. Susan Mohammed (March 2, 2017). "T&T Coast Guard in $837 million drug bust: ...fishing vessel intercepted off Suriname". Trinidad Express. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017. The crew of the Napier, which is based in Port Canaveral, Florida, towed the 70-foot (21-meter) fishing vessel, the Lady Michelle, to St. Vincent and four men on board from Guyana were taken to the U.S. Virgin Islands to face possible criminal charges. The Coast Guard took the cocaine to Puerto Rico and turned it over to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
182. "Coast Guard Responds To Overboard Cargo Containers". CBS News. December 6, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
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184. "Keys-based Coast Guard cutter joined search for 'El Faro'". Keysnet. October 10, 2015. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
185. Amanda Levasseur, Sara Muir (August 1, 2018). "USCGC Oliver Berry crew sets new horizons for cutter operations". Dvidshub. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018. In July Oliver Berry's crew set a new milestone by deploying over the horizon to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The 4,400 nautical mile trip marked marking the furthest deployment of an FRC to date for the Coast Guard and is the first deployment of its kind in the Pacific.
186. Sara Muir (August 3, 2019). "USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) arrives in American Samoa on patrol". Dvidshub. Pago Pago. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019. 'It was a good transit, the longest we've conducted yet, nine days at sea and we're proving the capabilities of these new cutters to operate over the horizon throughout the remote Pacific,' said Lt. James Provost, commanding officer of Joseph Gerczak.
187. "US Coast Guard vessel patrolling for illegal fishing unable to refuel in Solomon Islands". ABC News. August 25, 2022.
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190. "U.S. Coast Guard announces name for first Sentinel-class cutter". March 22, 2010. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2013. Previously designated to be named the Coast Guard Cutter Sentinel, the cutter Bernard C. Webber will be the first of the service's new 153-foot patrol cutters. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen approved the change of the cutter's name to allow this class of vessels to be named after outstanding enlisted members who demonstrated exceptional heroism in the line of duty. This will be the first class of cutters to be named exclusively for enlisted members of the Coast Guard and its predecessor services.
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194. "FRC Plan B: The Sentinel Class". Defense Industry Daily. May 2, 2014. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014. All of these boats will be named after enlisted Coast Guard heroes, who distinguished themselves in USCG or military service. The first 25 have been named, but only 8 have been commissioned...
195. Christopher Lagan (July 30, 2014). "Coast Guard to name cutter for BMCS Terrell Horne III". Coast Guard Compass. Archived from the original on August 6, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014. The Commandant personally informed the Horne family earlier today a fast response cutter will bear Terrell Horne's name in honor of his sacrifice and faithful service in defense of his nation.
196. Kevin Roderick (February 5, 2014). "Mexican smugglers convicted in sea death of Coast Guard Chief Horne". LA Observed. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014. Two Mexican nationals from Ensenada who were apprehended on a smuggling panga in December 2012 were convicted today in the death of Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III.
197. Kate Mather (February 15, 2014). "Mexican nationals convicted in 2012 death of Coast Guardsman". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 2, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014. Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III's death made him the first Coast Guardsman murdered in the line of duty since 1927, officials said. Horne, who spent 14 years with the Coast Guard, was posthumously promoted to the rank of senior chief petty officer.
198. "Acquisition Update: Coast Guard Reveals Names of FRCs 26-35". US Coast Guard. February 27, 2015. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2017. The Coast Guard recently announced the names of the 26th through 35th Sentinel-class fast response cutters through a series of posts on its official blog, the Coast Guard Compass.
199. "Coast Guard Aligns Names with Hull Numbers for its Sentinel-class FRCs". Seapower magazine. Washington DC. December 12, 2017. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017. The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the names and corresponding hull numbers for its next 20 Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), each vessel being named for a deceased leader, trailblazer or hero of the Coast Guard and its predecessor services of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, the U.S. Lifesaving Service and the U.S. Lighthouse Service, according to a Dec. 12 Coast Guard release.
200. "ALCOAST 328/19 - Oct 2019 New Fast Response Cutters Named for Coast Guard Heroes". U.S. Coast Guard. October 23, 2019. Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019. These namesakes include recipients of the Gold Lifesaving Medal, Silver Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and Medal of Freedom. These new cutters are scheduled for delivery starting in 2023 and will be named for the following people:

External links

• Media related to Sentinel class cutters at Wikimedia Commons
• "deckplan of the USCGC Sentinel". Marine Log. Archived from the original on January 4, 2010.