[Tallguy]

I wonder about the overall sea-keeping ability of that hull design. The navy is buying the FREMM design for the next frigate. That might be a little large for a cutter, but there are smaller foreign frigate designs that would fit the bill.

[Yo-Yo]

I wonder about the overall sea-keeping ability of that hull design. The navy is buying the FREMM design for the next frigate. That might be a little large for a cutter, but there are smaller foreign frigate designs that would fit the bill.

The USCG already has a program of record to acquire the Offshore Patrol Cutter, so a new design has already been selected.

https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Programs/Surface-Programs/Offshore-Patrol-Cutter/

Current plans are to acquire 25 of the 360' OPCs at an estimated $411 million each. If half of those could be replaced with ex-Navy DCS hulls, that would be a significant savings to the U.S. Taxpayer.