Fast Response Cutters
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien has signaled that in an effort to bolster U.S. capacity and presence in the Indo-Pacific region, in Fiscal Year 2021, the US Coast Guard plans to evaluate the feasibility of basing Fast Response Cutters in American...

![The Sentinel-class fast response cutter is a key component of the Coast Guard’s offshore fleet that is capable of deploying independently to conduct missions that include port, waterways and coastal security; fishery patrols; search and rescue; and national defense. They carry a crew of 24. [photo: USCG] The Sentinel-class fast response cutter](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sentinel_class_cutterweb.jpg?itok=5z3w4BLW)