There are several classes of Coast Guard ships that are called cutters. Learn where the name came from and why it's used so ...

Included in the Republican-led funding proposal is money for almost 30 new cutters ranging in size from the 154-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter to the 460-foot Polar Security Cutter ...

To compensate for a dearth of existing icebreakers, the service in December purchased a commercially available light polar ...

The Coast Guard is replacing the aging Island-Class patrol boats with Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) which feature enhanced capability to meet service needs. There are currently four ...

eight heritage-class offshore patrol cutters and up to 15 fast response cutters. The legislation also includes provisions to increase Coast Guard aviation capacity, with funding for fixed and ...

The coastguard is replacing the ageing Island-class patrol boats with Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) in Alaskan waters to meet growing security and other operational needs.

The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its 56th Fast Response Cutter and first one to be stationed in the Pacific Northwest during a ceremony held in Astoria, Ore., Thursday, marking the vessel's ...

As the Coast Guard response boat approached to establish contact, the migrant vessel accelerated in an attempt to evade.