USCG Coastal Patrol Boat
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United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...
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The 87-foot-long vessels are based on the Stan 2600 design by Damen Group
Damen Group
Damen is a Dutch shipbuilding company which was founded in 1927 by Jan and Marinus Damen in a self-built workshop. In 1954 their 200th ship was delivered.-History:...
, and were built by Bollinger Shipyards
Bollinger Shipyards
Bollinger Shipyards is an American constructor of ships, workboats and patrol vessels.The firm was founded in 1946.Its thirteen shipyards and forty drydocks are located in Louisiana and Texas....
of Lockport, Louisiana
Lockport, Louisiana
Lockport is a town on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,624 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
. Each boat is named after a marine predator.
The Coast Guard placed its original order in 1999 for 50 boats, which were delivered by mid-2002.
Several additional orders brought the class to a total of 73 ships, with the last, , being completed in October 2009.
Four additional vessels were built for Foreign Military Sales
Foreign Military Sales
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, with two each going to Malta
Malta
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and Yemen
Yemen
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The Marine Protector class replaced the 82-foot Point class. These older boats had one small and one large berthing area, and they had to stop for five or more minutes to deploy or retrieve their pursuit inflatable boat via a small crane. The last Point class cutter was decommissioned in 2003.
General characteristics
Missions include combating smuggling, illegal immigration, marine fisheries enforcement and search and rescueSearch and rescue
Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...
support. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
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many have a homeland security
Homeland security
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mission in the form of ports waterways and coastal security (PWCS) patrols.
Boarding parties can be launched while the vessel is underway, through the cutter's stern launching ramp. The attached rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) has been upgraded since the initial inception of this class of cutter, in an effort to increase speed and sea state sustainability for boarding parties and rescue and assistance teams. The stern launching system requires just a single crewmember to remain on deck to launch or retrieve the boarding party.
The cutter burns approximately 165 gallons of diesel per hour at its max speed of 26 knots.
Like all new US Coast Guard vessels the Marine Protector-class are designed to accommodate crews of mixed gender with five separate small berthing spaces accommodating standard crews of ten with maximum berthing for 12.
Boats in class
| Name | Hull Number | Homeport |
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| WPB-87301 | Eureka, CA | |
| WPB-87302 | Woods Hole, MA | |
| WPB-87303 | Cape May, NJ | |
| WPB-87304 | Fort Myers Beach, FL | |
| WPB-87305 | Mobile, AL | |
| WPB-87306 | Crescent City, CA | |
| WPB-87307 | Port Townsend, WA | |
| WPB-87308 | New London, CT | |
| WPB-87309 | Little Creek, VA | |
| WPB-87310 | Tybee Island, GA | |
| WPB-87311 | Mobile, AL | |
| WPB-87312 | Monterey, CA | |
| WPB-87313 | Fort Pierce, FL | |
| WPB-87314 | Cape May, NJ | |
| WPB-87315 | Port Isabel, TX | |
| WPB-87316 | Lihue, HI | |
| WPB-87317 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| WPB-87318 | Fort Pierce, FL | |
| WPB-87319 | Charleston, SC | |
| WPB-87320 | Freeport, TX | |
| WPB-87321 | Panama City, FL | |
| WPB-87322 | Mayport, FL | |
| WPB-87323 | Carrabelle, FL | |
| WPB-87324 | Port Aransas, TX | |
| WPB-87325 | Little Creek, VA | |
| WPB-87326 | Oxnard, CA | |
| WPB-87327 | Abbeville, LA | |
| WPB-87328 | Montauk, NY | |
| WPB-87329 | Little Creek, VA | |
| WPB-87330 | Galveston, TX | |
| WPB-87331 | Jonesport, ME | |
| WPB-87332 | Gulfport, MS | |
| WPB-87333 | Port Angeles, WA | |
| WPB-87334 | Dania, FL | |
| WPB-87335 | Corona Del Mar, CA Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, California Corona del Mar or CdM is a neighborhood in the affluent city of Newport Beach, California. It generally consists of all land on the seaward face of the San Joaquin Hills south of Avocado Avenue to the city limits, as well as the development of Irvine Terrace, just north of Avocado... |
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| WPB-87336 | Grand Isle, LA | |
| WPB-87337 | Bodega Bay, CA | |
| WPB-87338 | Cape May, NJ | |
| WPB-87339 | Gulfport, MS | |
| WPB-87340 | Marina Del Rey, CA | |
| WPB-87341 | Pensacola, FL | |
| WPB-87342 | Port Canaveral, FL | |
| WPB-87343 | San Francisco, CA | |
| WPB-87344 | Sabine Pass, TX | |
| WPB-87345 | Port Angeles, WA | |
| WPB-87346 | Boston, MA | |
| WPB-87347 | San Diego, CA | |
| WPB-87348 | Corpus Christi, TX | |
| WPB-87349 | Portsmouth, VA | |
| WPB-87350 | San Diego, CA | |
| WPB-87352 | Bellingham, WA | |
| WPB-87353 | Galveston, TX | |
| WPB-87354 | Miami, FL | |
| WPB-87355 | St. Petersburg, FL | |
| WPB-87356 | Sandy Hook, NJ | |
| WPB-87357 | Key West, FL | |
| WPB-87358 | Port Angeles, WA | |
| WPB-87359 | Newport, RI | |
| WPB-87360 | Everett, WA | |
| WPB-87361 | Portsmouth, VA | |
| WPB-87362 | San Diego, CA | |
| WPB-87363 | Corpus Christi, TX | |
| WPB-87364 | Honolulu, HI | |
| WPB-87365 | San Francisco, CA | |
| WPB-87366 | Bellingham, WA | |
| WPB-87367 | Kings Bay, GA | |
| WPB-87368 | Bangor, WA | |
| WPB-87369 | St Petersburg, FL | |
| WPB-87370 | Miami Beach, FL | |
| WPB-87371 | San Juan, PR | |
| WPB-87372 | St. Petersburg, FL | |
| WPB-87373 | Kings Bay, GA | |
| WPB-87374 | Bangor, WA |
External links
- Globalsecurity.org - WPB 87' Marine Protector Class
- U.S. Coast Guard: 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat (WPB) - Marine Protector Class