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The ''Sentinel''-class cutter, previously known as the Fast Response Cutter, is part of the United States Coast Guard's Deepwater program.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uscg.mil/deepwater/system/frc.htm )〕 At it is similar to, but larger than the extended , like the . 24 to 58 vessels are to be built by the Louisiana based firm Bollinger Shipyards, using a design from the Netherlands-based Damen Group, with the Sentinel design based on the company's Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel. ==Planning and acquisition== On March 14, 2007, Commandant Thad Allen announced that they had withdrawn from a contract for the construction of the vessels, but had not entirely cancelled the program. The new program would focus more on "off-the-shelf" technology. On September 26, 2008, Bollinger Shipyards was awarded US$88 million to build a prototype. The cutter will be the first of a series of 24-34 cutters built to a design largely based on the Stan 4708 patrol vessels from the Netherlands firm the Damen Group. The South African government employs similar vessels for environmental and fishery patrol. The first cutter, the , and all future Sentinel class will be named after enlisted Coast Guard heroes. The ''Bernard C. Webber'', and five sister ships, are stationed in Miami. ''Bernard C. Webber'' was launched on Thursday, April 21, 2011, and commissioned on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the Port of Miami. On September 26, 2013 ''Marine Link'' reported that the Coast Guard had placed orders for additional cutters, bringing the number of cutters ordered so far to thirty.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sentinel-class cutter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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