The Coast Guard has commissioned its newest and sixth Arctic District Fast Response Cutter (FRC), Coast Guard Cutter ...

The Coast Guard commissioned its newest Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC), USCGC Frederick Mann (WPC 1160), during a ceremony in Kodiak, Alaska, on Friday. The ceremony was presided over ...

The first of three new fast response U.S. Coast Guard cutters set to be based in Kodiak arrived on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Coast Guard Lt. Jake Daubert told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly ...

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle (WPC-1133) brings the cutter to life during the ship’s commissioning ceremony held at Coast Guard Sector San Juan June 8, 2019. (Coast Guard photo by ...

With a radio call to raise the Admiral’s Flag, Lt. Junior Grade Cameron Kielty completed the official commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter from ...

Attendees bow their heads during the convocation for the April 3, 2025 commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter John Witherspoon, held in an Air Station Kodiak hangar. The first of three new U.S.

On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard held a commissioning ceremony to introduce the newest Fast Response Cutter. Coast Guard Cutter Florence Finch (WPC-1157) is only the second of three planned Cutter’s ...

Fast Response Cutters are being homeported in Kodiak, Alaska, pictured here, the US gateway for Arctic patrols and related naval operations. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Coast Guard (USCG) ...

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, ...

February 7, 2026: The U.S. Navy has decided to base their new FFX frigate on the current Coast Guard Legend-class cutter. Ten Legends entered service between 2008 and 2024. Two more are being built.