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Coast Guard Awards Bollinger $255 Million For Six FRCs

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 24th, 2014

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Coast Guard Awards Bollinger $255 Million For Six FRCs

Bollinger Shipyards delivered the Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter Kathleen Moore in March. Photo: Coast Guard

The Coast Guard on Wednesday said it awarded Bollinger Shipyards a $255.1 million contract option for six Fast Response Cutters (FRC), bringing to 30 the number of Sentinel-class patrol boats under contract with the Louisiana-based company. The latest award also brings the total value of the FRC contract with Bollinger to $1.4 billion. Bollinger has delivered 10 FRCs so far. The six, 154-foot cutters contracted this week will be delivered in 2017. The Coast Guard this year modified its original…

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