Posted on 2/28/2017
Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the 154’x25’5″x9’6″ John McCormick to the Coast Guard, the 21st fast response cutter (FRC) from the Lockport, La., shipyard. The patrol boat is made of steel with an aluminum superstructure and is ABS classed High-Speed Naval Craft. The Sentinel-class FRC was one of WorkBoat’s Significant Boats of the Year in 2013.
The John McCormick is the first FRC to be stationed at Ketchikan, Alaska.
For the FRC, Bollinger is using a proven, in-service parent craft design based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat 4708. Main propulsion comes from twin MTU 20V4000 M93L diesel engines, producing 2,900 hp each. The patrol boat has a flank speed of 28 knots, state of the art command, control, communica...