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The Coast Guard has taken delivery of the last Fast Response Cutter the service plans to station in Bahrain. Bollinger Shipyards, which builds the Fast Response Cutters, in a Thursday news release announced the delivery of the cutter Clarence Sutphin. “USCGC Clarence Sutphin is the final of six FRCs to be home-ported in Manama, Bahrain, which […]

Coast Guard Ship Modernization Under Full Steam MARITIME SECURITY 3/3/2021 Coast Guard photo by PAC Tom Sperduto As work continues on replacing its fleets of outdated ships, the Coast Guard is kicking off the development of two new programs — a vessel for Arctic operations and a family of boats that will ply inland waterways. “We have a lot going on. We’re doing more acquisitions than we’ve done since World War II,” said Rear Adm. Mike J. Johnston, ...

USNI News Report to Congress on Coast Guard Cutter Procurement February 5, 2021 10:16 AM The following is the Feb. 2, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report The Coast Guard’s program of record (POR), which dates to 2004, calls for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as replacements for 90 aging Coast Guard high-endurance cutt...