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and equipment to be used in a vessel, if required by and if economically bene? cial to our customer to the extent permitted under the Jones Act,” he said. “Damen provides pricing to our shipyard for any components, parts or equip- ment requested.” In addition to design and engineering ser- vices, the Dutch company can supply on-site construction supervision, he said.

Bollinger bases its USCG cutters on a

Damen design

Bollinger Shipyards LLC in Lockport, La. was the ? rst

U.S. company to produce vessels from Damen designs on a large scale. In January, Bollinger delivered to the U.S.

Coast Guard its twelfth, Sentinel-class Fast Response Cut- ter, based on Damen’s Stan Patrol Boat 4708 design. The vessel has a ? ank speed of 28 knots; the latest command, control and communications technology; and a stern launch system for its 26-foot cutter boat. According to the

Coast Guard, the biggest modi? cation in the cutters from the Damen 4708 prototype was the addition of a stern ramp for launching and recovering a small boat.

In late February, the Coast Guard exercised a contract option with Bollinger for two more Sentinel-class FRCs.

That brought to 32 the number of FRCs that the Guard has ordered from Bollinger, based on the Damen design. And it completed the Coast Guard’s $1.48 billion, phase one of its

FRC acquisitions. Bollinger was awarded its ? rst Sentinel- www.marinelink.com