The United States Coast Guard’s Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRCs) have emerged as a significant force for international deployments, dwarfing the legacy Island-class patrol boats in size, ...

The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday it has moved to accelerate the acquisition of 10 more Fast Response Cutters using money from the record $25 billion one-time funding it received in the 2025 ...

Lockport, Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has secured a U.S. Coast Guard contract option worth approximately $507 million for 10 additional fast response cutters, or FRCs, and associated contract ...

The United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) newest Fast Response Cutter (FRC), has been delivered to the USCG. Bollinger Shipyards, who built the ships, announced in a press release that USCGS ...

As it meets the presidential directives to beef up assets in Alaska, the US Coast Guard (USCG) is decommissioning older cutters as it makes room for new and more advanced patrol craft. The service ...

Argus (WMSM-915), the first ship of the heritage class of medium endurance offshore patrol cutters, enters the water during a christening ceremony in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 27, 2023. (Photo: US Coast ...