Bollinger delivers 39th FRC to CG

LOCKPORT, La. - Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC MYRTLE HAZARD to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. It’s the 162nd vessel the Louisiana-based yards have delivered to the CG over 35 years; and the 39th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) delivered under a current three-ship program. USCGC MYRTLE HAZARD is the first of three FRCs to be homeported in Apra Harbor, Guam, increasing the CG’s presence in the Indo-Pacific Theater. Later this year, Bollinger will be delivering the first of six FRCs that will be homeported in Bahrain, which will replace the Island Class Patrol Boats supporting the Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, the CG's largest unit outside of the United States. The delivery is an “important milestone in the FRC Program,” said Bollinger President & CEO Ben Bordelon. It is the “first of several vessels that will expand and support the Coast Guard’s operational presence” and enhance its mission in that region – a focal point emphasized by both President Trump and CG Commandant Adm. Karl Shultz. The FRC "hot production line” continues to produce and provide stability in the industrial base for the American government and the Bollinger workforce, said Bordelon, and assures economic benefit for the Lafourche Parish, La., region and vendor-partners in 40-plus states that support the FRC program. Bollinger Shipyards (www.bollingershipyards.com) is a designer-builder of high-performance military patrol boats, ocean-going double hull barges, offshore oil field support vessels and more. Bollinger has 10 shipyards, all strategically located throughout Louisiana with direct access to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River and the Intracoastal Waterway. Bollinger is the largest vessel repair company in the Gulf Coast region. (Source: Bollinger 05/28/20) http://www.bollingershipyards.com/blog/bollinger-shipyards-bolsters-uscg-strategic-presence-in-the-indo-pacific-theater