Launched in 2008, the Legend-class Cutter was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding. Currently 9 ships have been commissioned out of a total of 11 planned. With a unit price of up to 735 million USD each, the Legend class is even more expensive than some 5,000-ton destroyers, showing that the US has invested a lot in this vessels. This class can be deployed in homeland security, law enforcement, patrolling, maritime safety, environmental protection, and national defence missions.