LOCKPORT, La. – Bollinger Shipyards delivered the USCGC John Patterson to the Coast Guard in Key West, Fla., on May 11. It was the 179th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 53rd Fast Response Cutter (FRC) delivered under the current program.
“We’re confident that pound for pound, the quality and capabilities of the FRC platform is unmatched," said Bollinger President & C.E.O. Ben Bordelon.
USCGC John Patterson will be the fourth of six FRCs to be homeported in Sector Boston, Mass., which is known as “The Birthplace of the Coast Guard.” Sector Boston directs over 1,500 Active Duty, Reserve, and Auxiliary members.
Each FRC is named for an enlisted CG hero who had distinguished themselves in the line of duty. While attached to an LST during the invasion at Anzio, Italy, during WWII, Coxswain Patterson volunteered as a boat crewman to alongside a burning LST during a full gale in an effort to rescue personnel trapped below decks and aided a soldier, trapped in a lower compartment and brought him to safety. (Bollinger 05/11/23)
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