Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security

US federal government spending bill includes funding for four more coast guard fast response cutters

Baird Maritime

US President Donald Trump has signed into law the omnibus spending bill for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes funding for four more Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRCs) for the US Coast Guard.

This increases the total number of funded FRCs to 64.

As with the earlier Sentinel-class vessels, all four of the new FRCs will be built by Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana.