Island-class cutters — 110-foot, multimission platform boats designed for search and rescue, marine environmental protection and national defense — are being replaced by Sentinel-class Fast ...

U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) arrived at their new homeport onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, May 25.

The Coast Guard exercised a $113.1 million contract option May 8 with Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, La., for two more Sentinel-class cutters. Sixty-seven are planned.

Up to 15 Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters for $1 billion. The supplemental is more than the Fiscal Year 2025 Coast Guard budget request of $13.8 billion and more than 10 times the cutter ...