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Bollinger Delivers USCGC Myrtle Hazard mission in the Indo-Paci?c region – a fo- cal point emphasized by both President

Trump and Admiral Shultz,” said Bol- linger President & CEO, Ben Bordelon.

The homeporting of three FRCs in

Guam is part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s “doubling down on Oceania,” allowing more frequent and longer patrols in an area

Bollinger Shipyards where the U.S. Coast Guard has increased

USCGC Myrtle Hazard is the 162nd ?rst of six FRCs that will be home-ported its presence over the past 18 months and is vessel delivered by Bollinger Shipyards in Manama, Bahrain, which will replace aligned with the priorities set in the 2018 to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year the Island Class Patrol Boats supporting National Defense Strategy on countering period and the 39th Fast Response Cut- the Patrol Forces Southwest Asia. strategic competitors. USCG Comman- ter (FRC) delivered under the current “Our latest delivery of the USCGC dant Adm. Karl Schultzs said, “We’re on program. It is the ?rst of three FRCs to Myrtle Hazard is an important mile- a trajectory where the geostrategic impor- be home-ported in Apra Harbor, Guam, stone in the FRC program as it is the tance of the Oceania region has not been increasing the presence for the U.S. Coast ?rst of several vessels that will expand higher here in decades, and it’s a place that

Guard in the Indo-Paci?c. Additionally, and support the Coast Guard’s opera- the Coast Guard’s looking to be part of later in 2020, Bollinger will deliver the tional presence and enhance the U.S.’s the whole-of-government solution set.”

MetalCraft Delivers Patrol Boat to Port of LA

MetalCraft Marine delivered a new patrol boat to the Port of Los Angeles.

The new vessel is one of a new breed of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) detection patrol boats.

According to the builder, the bow entry is the critical design feature. Its high-speed rough water performance allows the op- erators to go offshore to inspect incom-

MetalCraft ing ships before they enter the port for nuclear and chemical hazardous contami- horsepower and Konrad heavy duty 680 egress and for use with side arms.

nants. The vessel’s structure is designed to duo-prop outdrives. The vessel has a high-speed stainless

ISO 12215 and stability to ISO 12217 The boat is ?tted with an aft deck deck windlass for when the boat is at an-

Category B, meaning the vessel can work helm, which allows an operator to be part chor and surveilling the harbor and its safely in 13-17-foot waves. of a boarding exercise or water rescue and entrance. It can bring up the anchor at a

It has exceptional visibility meeting provide additional support. The boat has rapid rate safely with no chance of fouling

ABYC sight lines. Its spotter windows are a portable 900-pound davit for body re- to let the crew get underway immediately. designed to clearly see the ship’s upper covery. The wide body version of the In- Onboard electronics include a Furuno superstructures and sheerline. In a hard terceptor line provides comfortable seat- Timezero navigation system, with 16” overturn the side spotter windows give ing for three of?cers and extra seating for displays at the helm and a 24” screen the operator an unobstructed view to ei- a boarding party or mass rescue. The boat at the command/navigation station. A ther port or its while at 45 degrees heel. has overwide side decks with cabin ac- four-way split screen permits navigation

The propulsion system includes cess from near normal size sliding doors. information, CCTV cams and infrared

Cummins 6.7-liter engines at 480 These large doors provide good ingress/ cam info simultaneously.

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