Long Range Interceptor
The Long Range Interceptor (LRI) is an 11-meter (35 feet) high speed launch vessel designed to be deployed from United States Coast Guard cutters via a rear launching ramp.[1] The Long Range Interceptor is an aluminum boat, powered by Ultrajet brand water-jets, for intercepting and boarding suspect vessels.[2][3] It mounts a radar, special shock-proof seats, and can travel at Template:Convert. They can be armed with machine guns or grenade launchers, and can be equipped with ballistic panels for crew protection when required.
The National Security Cutters (NSC) have a rear launching/retrieval ramp, and carry two launches, either two of the smaller 7-meter USCG Short Range Prosecutors, or two USCG Long Range Interceptors, or one of each.[4][5]
Under the Integrated Deepwater System Program,[6] the US Coast Guard's outside private contracting company, Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS), signed a $2.9 million contract for the construction of one Long Range Interceptor in February 2006 with Willard Marine.[7][8][9] However, because the LRI's design did not meet Coast Guard's requirements, the Coast Guard planned to hold a full and open competition for additional LRIs that would comply with future NSCs requirements.[10]
In June 2012, the United States Coast Guard selected MetalCraft Marine U.S. in Cape Vincent, New York, and awarded a five-year production contract with a potential total value of up to $10.2 million with the option to build up to ten of the latest version of the Long Range Interceptor (LRI-II).[3] On December 12, 2013, the Coast Guard placed a delivery order valued at $3.973 million for the first four LRI-II cutter boats.[3] The first LRI-II was delivered on February 20, 2013, and commenced testing aboard the Coast Guard's first National Security Cutter, the Template:USCGC.[2][3] The LRI-II project was approved for full-rate production on June 27, 2013, after successful operational and interface testing activities with the Bertholf.[3] The third LRI-II was delivered in November 2014 to the Template:USCGC,[11] and the fourth LRI-II was delivered in February 2015 to the fourth NSC, the Template:USCGC.[12] By that time, the Coast Guard had ordered six LRI-IIs from MetalCraft.
Specification
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- Length: 36 ft (11 m)
- Displacement: 24,000 lb (10.89 t)
- Capacity: maximum of 14 passengers
- Speed: Template:Cvt
- Range: Template:Cvt
- Endurance: 10 hr
- Armament: 2 x M240 machine guns, Small Arms
- Propulsion: 2 diesel engines drive 2 water jet engines
See also
References
External links
- Video of the USCG Matagorda illustrating the use of her rear launching ramp, at speed, with a Short Range Prosecutor.
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- ↑ Willard Marine
- ↑ Figure 9: Long-Range Interceptor
- ↑ USCG Acquisition Update: Long-Range Interceptor Boat Delivered To Cutter Waesche Nov. 19, 2014
- ↑ USCG Acquisition Update: Long-Range Interceptor Boat Delivered To Cutter Hamilton Feb. 25, 2015
- ↑ LRI specification