The Bernard C. Webber arrives at Pier 7 at the Miami Beach Coast Guard Station on Thursday. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
Coast Guardsmen watch the Bernard C. Webber arrive at Pier 7 at the Miami Beach Coast Guard Station on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
The Bernard C. Webber arrives at Pier 7 at the Miami Beach Coast Guard Station on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2011. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
The CGC Bernard C. Webber, a 154-foot fast response cutter sails into Terminal Island in Miami Beach on Thursday. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
The CGC Bernard C. Webber, a 154-foot fast response cutter sails into Terminal Island in Miami Beach on Thursday. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
The Coast Guard's new $88 million 154-foot Fast Response Cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, arrives in Miami on Feb. 9, 2012. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
Lt. Cmdr. Herb Eggert is greeted by his children Sidney Eggert, 8, and Mitchell Eggert, 9, at left, on Feb. 9, 2012. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
The Coast Guard's new Fast Response Cutter has a 25mm machine gun near the bow that can be fired from the pilot house. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
The cutter's captain, Lt. Cmdr. Herb Eggert gives a tour of the bridge on Feb. 9, 2012. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
The ships captain, Lieutenant Commander Herb Eggert gives a tour of the ships bridge. It's faster, smarter and bigger than the old 110-foot Coast Guard cutters you're used to seeing off the coast. The U.S. Coast Guard is bringing its new $88 million 154-foot patrol boat to Miami, the first of 58 to be put into the fleet replacing the old patrol boats starting with six in Miami then six in Key West. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
The berthing room on the new US Coast Guard fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, at Terminal Island in Miami Beach on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
The dining room on the new US Coast Guard fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, at Terminal Island in Miami Beach on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
T.R. Hamelin, vice president of government programs for Bollinger Shipyards Inc., walks though the galley of the Coast Guard's new $88 million 154-foot fast response cutter. Bollinger was the shipbuilder. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
The kitchen, or galley, on the new US Coast Guard fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, at Terminal Island in Miami Beach on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A single use bathroom on the new US Coast Guard fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, at Terminal Island in Miami Beach on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Two 43KW MTU engines which are capable of reaching 28 knots, on the new US Coast Guard fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, at Terminal Island in Miami Beach on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A large private cabin for the commander or executive officer is on display aboard the new US Coast Guard fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, at Terminal Island in Miami Beach, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
The stern ramp and launch and recovery system aboard the new US Coast Guard fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, at Terminal Island in Miami Beach on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. DEEBA YAVROM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
It's faster, smarter and bigger than the old 110-foot Coast Guard cutters you're used to seeing off the coast. The U.S. Coast Guard'sts new $88 million 154-foot patrol boat, the first of 58 to be put into the fleet replacing the old patrol boats starting with six in Miami then six in Key West. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
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