The US Coast Guard (USCG) accepted delivery of the 54th fast response cutter (FRC), William Sparling, on 20 July 2023 in Key West, Florida. William Sparling will be the fifth FRC to be homeported in Boston.
The USCG has ordered 65 FRCs to date. Fifty-two are in service: 13 in Florida; seven in Puerto Rico; six in Bahrain; four in California; three each in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Texas, New Jersey and Massachusetts; and two each in Mississippi and North Carolina. Future FRC homeports include Astoria, Oregon, and Kodiak and Seward, Alaska.
