The USCGC Maurice Jester would be the third of six FRCs to be homeported in Sector Boston
Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC Maurice Jester to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 178th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year interval and the 52nd Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered beneath the present program.
The USCGC Maurice Jester would be the third of six FRCs to be homeported in Sector Boston, which is s accountable for coastal security, safety, and environmental safety from the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border southward to Plymouth, Massachusetts out to 200 nautical miles offshore.
“We’re incredibly proud to deliver another Fast Response Cutter to be homeported in Boston, the birthplace of the U.S. Coast Guard,” stated Bollinger president & CEO Ben Bordelon. “We’re confident that pound for pound, the quality and capabilities of the FRC platform is unmatched, and that this vessel will outperform its mission requirements and expectations in the challenging conditions where it will operate in the North Atlantic. Our unique experience building for the Coast Guard is unparalleled and has shown time and time again that we can successfully deliver the highest quality vessels on a reliable, aggressive production schedule. We look forward to continuing our historic partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard.”
Coast Guard hero
Each FRC is known as for an enlisted Coast Guard hero who distinguished themselves within the line of obligation. Maurice Jester enlisted within the Coast Guard as a Surfman in 1917, working his method as much as Chief Boatswain’s Mate by 1935 whereas serving on 5 cutters. Commissioned as a Lieutenant and promoted to Lieutenant Commander, he was the primary Coast Guardsman to earn the Navy Cross in World War II, and the primary Coast Guard Officer to obtain the award for a fight motion in direct confrontation with enemy forces. During World War II, Coast Guard cutters battled Nazi submarines in an space off the North Carolina Coast termed “Torpedo Junction.” Jester commanded the Coast Guard Cutter Icarus in the sinking of the German U-352 off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This historic occasion resulted within the struggle’s second U-boat sinking by U.S. forces and the primary U.S. seize of German combatants.
Fast Response Cutter platform
The FRC is an operational “game changer,” in line with senior Coast Guard officers. FRCs are persistently being deployed in help of the total vary of missions inside the United States Coast Guard and different branches of our armed providers. This is because of its distinctive efficiency, expanded operational attain and capabilities, and skill to rework and adapt to the mission. FRCs have performed operations so far as the Marshall Islands—a 4,400 nautical mile journey from their homeport. Measuring in at 154-feet, FRCs have a flank velocity of 28 knots, state-of-the-art C4ISR suite (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance), and stern launch and restoration ramp for a 26-foot, over-the-horizon interceptor cutter boat.
