Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Vincent Moreno | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland | 02.11.2026
Petty Officer 3rd Class Kris Rodgers, an engineer aboard the USCGC Vincent Danz (WPC 1162), poses in the engine room during power trials offshore the Bollinger shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana, Feb. 11, 2026. The cutter is named for Vincent Danz, a New York City police officer and U.S. Coast Guard reservist who made the ultimate sacrifice on Sept. 11, 2001, while responding to the attacks on......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Vincent Moreno | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland | 02.11.2026
Ensign Johnathan Gonzalez, an officer aboard the USCGC Vincent Danz (WPC 1162), navigates the Danz during power trials with Bollinger instructors offshore the Bollinger shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana, Feb. 11, 2026. The Sentinel-class FRCs replace the 1980s Island-class 110-foot patrol boats and possess 21st-century command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence,......