On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard held a commissioning ceremony to introduce the newest Fast Response Cutter. Coast Guard ...

This vessel is named after Captain John Witherspoon, who served as commanding officer of cutters Mallow, Valiant, and ...

The John Witherspoon will be homeported in Kodiak, Alaska. This vessel is the fourth FRC to join the fleet in Alaskan waters, ...

The newest U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter now bears the name of Florence Ebersole Smith Finch, a Filipino American ...

Shipyards announced the delivery of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) John Witherspoon at Coast Guard Sector Key West.

Bollinger Shipyards has been contracted to produce 67 Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) with the 57th, which was delivered in June, now commissioned. The cutter’s namesake, Florence Ebersole ...

He has covered the commercial maritime and... July 24, 2014 A Bollinger-built Fast Response Cutter underway on sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico (Photo courtesy of Bollinger) Bollinger Shipyards ...

The Fast Response Cutter will primarily serve in Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Columbia River. “We will be supporting the living marine resources mission. We’ll also be ...

The Resolute’s return came just days after another USCG cutter, the 154-foot fast response class Joseph Napier, arrived in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico to transfer custody of six suspected smugglers to ...

In a statement, Mr Robert O'Brien also said the Coast Guard planned to evaluate next fiscal year the feasibility of basing Fast Response Cutters in American Samoa in the South Pacific. The ...