Pacific-class

The Sentinel-class cutter, designated the Fast Response Cutter (FRC), originated as part of the United States Coast Guard Deepwater program. In 2007, the Coast Guard transitioned from an initial design by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to a program focused on existing technology. The resulting design, produced by the Damen Group, is based on the Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel. Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana was awarded the contract for the prototype in 2008. The class replaces the 110-foot Island-class patrol boats. The vessels are named for enlisted Coast Guard personnel, an initiative credited to Master Chief Petty Officer Charles "Skip" W. Bowen.

The design is built to American Bureau of Shipping High Speed Naval Craft rules and meets Naval Sea Systems Command standards for two-compartment damaged stability. Design features include a bow thruster and underwater fins to mitigate rolling and pitching. The class utilizes a stern launching ramp to deploy and recover a 26-foot jet-drive cutter boat. Modifications from the parent Damen design include the addition of watertight bulkheads, fixed-pitch propellers, and hull shaping intended to reduce the radar cross-section. The bridge is equipped with handheld devices for the remote control of ship functions. Internal facilities include a desalination unit and accommodations for mixed-gender crews.

The lead vessel, USCGC Bernard C. Webber, entered service in 2012. The Coast Guard operates the class from domestic homeports including Miami, Key West, San Juan, Honolulu, and Guam, as well as stations in Alaska, the Atlantic coast, and the Gulf of Mexico. Six cutters are deployed with Patrol Forces Southwest Asia in Bahrain to support defense operations in the Persian Gulf. Future procurement plans involve up to 71 cutters, with six designated for deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. One vessel, USCGC Benjamin Dailey, was decommissioned in 2021 following fire damage.

Operational missions include search and rescue, fisheries patrol, and drug and migrant interdiction. In 2015, USCGC Charles Sexton participated in the search for the lost freighter El Faro. In 2017, USCGC Joseph Napier interdicted a shipment of four tons of cocaine in the Atlantic Ocean. Cutters have conducted missions beyond their original design range, including nine-day transits to the Marshall Islands and American Samoa by USCGC Oliver Berry and USCGC Joseph Gerczak in 2018 and 2019. In 2024, USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. intercepted a shipment of weapons in the Red Sea.