The
United States Coast Guard has called upon Bollinger Shipyards to build many of its patrol vessels.
Marine Protector cutters raised. Bollinger secured the contract to build approximately fifty
Marine Protector cutters. These vessels were staffed by a crew of 10. Uniquely for Coast Guard vessels of this size they were designed to be capable of being crewed by crews of mixed sex. These high-speed vessels were lightly armed, mounting two
Browning M2 fifty caliber machine guns. They were equipped with a
stern launching ramp, capable of launching and retrieving a high-speed pursuit boat while the cutter was still in motion. The launch and retrieval of the pursuit boat required just one sailor to remain on deck. Over 70 vessels were constructed. Four were built for other nations. Four were built for the United States Navy, although those vessels are crewed and operated by the Coast Guard.
Island-class cutters Bollinger originally built 49 cutters, so called because each cutter was named after an island. These vessels were staffed by a crew of 18, and their primary armament was a 25 mm
autocannon. Bollinger secured a contract to refit eight of the Island-class cutters, adding thirteen feet to their stern, so they could launch and retrieve a pursuit boat from a rear launching ramp. The refit included replacing the original deckhouse and refitting the crew accommodation so they could carry a mixed-gender crew of 18. The conversion added 15 tons to each vessel. All of the eight refitted
Island-class cutters' hulls would crack when driven at high speed in a heavy seas, and proved to be so unseaworthy that they were all withdrawn from service, forcing the scrapping of the conversion program. As a result, in August 2011, the US government sued Bollinger over the failed modifications, alleging that the company made false statements about the hull strength that would result from its extensions to the patrol boats.
Sentinel-class cutters In September 2008, Bollinger was awarded US$88 million to build the prototype of the fast-response cutters. In 2008, Bollinger secured a contract to build the first group of 24 to 34 cutters. In May 2016 the U.S. Coast Guard signed a new contract with Bollinger to build 26 additional vessels, bringing the total on order to 58, at a cost of almost $3.8 billion. A news release said that the new ships will replace ones that Bollinger built more than 30 years previously. As of mid-2017, 23 had entered service, with deliveries occurring every 73 days.
Polar Security Class Icebreakers Bollinger was one of five contractors which bid to build new heavy polar
icebreakers for the United States Coast Guard. The five bidders were each awarded a $20 million contract for development work. Bollinger announced that, if it were the winning bidder, it would have built the icebreakers in its
Tampa, Florida shipyard, which it predicted would have employed 1,000 workers for ten years. The vessels were awarded to
VT Halter Marine. Bollinger Shipyard bought VT Halter including the USCG PSC Contract. ==United States Navy vessels==