b'MEMBER NEWSMEMBER NEWS 49th Fast Response Cutter Delivered toU.S.Coast Guard by Bollinger ShipyardsB ollinger Shipyards, LLC, a PVA mem-ber, has delivered the USCGC Douglas DenmantotheU.S.CoastGuardin Key West, Fla. This is the 175th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 49th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) delivered under the current program.The USCGC Denman will travel to Alaska where it will be commissioned on Sept. 28 in its new homeport of Ketchikan, in the 17th District of the Coast Guard. Once there, it willserveandsafeguardthepublic,protect the environment and its resources, and defend U.S. interests in the Alaskan maritime region. The 17th District encompasses over 3,853,500 sq. miles and over 47,300 miles of shoreline throughout Alaska and the Arctic.FRCs are being deployed in support of the full range of missions within the Coast Guard and other branches of our armed services. This is due to its performance, expanded operational reach and capabilities, and ability to transformcations, computers, intelligence, surveillance,FortheFRC,whichhasadraftof96, and adapt to the mission. Measuring 154x25,andreconnaissance)suite,andsternlaunchBollingerisusinganin-serviceparentcraft FRCs have a flank speed of 28 knots, state-of- and recovery ramp for a 26 over-the-horizondesign based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat the-art C4ISR (command, control, communi- interceptor cutter boat. 4708.Mainpropulsioncomesfromtwin MTU 20V4000 M93L diesel engines, produc-ing 2,900 hp each.Earlierthisyear,U.S.PresidentJoeBiden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which included a $130 millionincreasefortwoadditionalFRCs, continuing the program beyond its 64-vessel programofrecord.Thisisthesecondtime Congress has added FRCs beyond the original 58 vessel program of record.EachFRCisnamedforanenlistedCoast Guard hero who distinguished themselves in the line of duty. Douglas Denman was assigned to a landing craft aboard the USS Colhoun. In August 1942, bombers attacked the Colhoun duringpatrols,destroyingDenmansboat.RENDERING COURTESY OF BOLLINGERDenmanreceivedseverefacialwounds,but remained onboard as he and a shipmate carried woundedcomradestotheshipsbowand floated them clear of the sinking ship. They gathered life jackets and threw them to victims strugglingtostayafloat.Denmansurvived along with 100 of the Colhouns original crew of 150 officers and men. Denman received the Silver Star and Purple Heart medals.FOGHORN 36'