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Coast Guard orders four more $65 million apiece fast response vessels

By Mike Brest
Published August 11, 2021 9:22pm ET
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Coast Guard orders four more $65 million apiece fast response vessels
In this March 7, 2017 photo, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton steams through the eastern Pacific Ocean. The Stratton is one of the first US Coast Guard's national security cutters, the largest and most technologically advanced of the Coast Guard's new class of cutters. | (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP)

The Coast Guard has purchased four additional Fast Response Cutters, which have a price tag of $65 million apiece.

The Coast Guard exercised a contract option with Bollinger Shipyards for the four new ships, the company announced on Wednesday. The military branch has awarded the shipping company 64 vessels, while 43 FRCs have gone into operational status.

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