Marine Protector-class patrol boat
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History
The Coast Guard placed its original order in 1999 for 50 boats, which were delivered by mid-2002.[2] Several additional orders brought the class to a total of 77 ships. Seventy-five were delivered under the original Coast Guard contract with Bollinger, with the last, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., being completed in October 2009.[3][4] Two of these were delivered to the Maritime Squadron of Malta.[1] A separate Coast Guard contract built two additional patrol boats for the Yemen Coast Guard.[5]
The Marine Protector class replaced the 82-foot Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., which had smaller accommodations and had to stop to deploy its pursuit inflatable boat via crane. The last Point-class cutter was decommissioned in 2003.[6][7]
In 2020, the Department of Homeland Security began to decommission the fleet, with eight Marine Protector cutters replaced by newer Sentinel class cutters.[8]
In May 2021, the United States announced that it would send three decommissioned ships to the Lebanese Navy[9]
In 2022, three decommissioned ships, Albacore, Cochito, and Gannet were donated to the Uruguayan Navy under the Excess Defense Articles program. As part of the transfer deal, Uruguay spent $4.99 million to refurbish the ships, on spare parts, and to train their crews. They were renamed Rio Arapey, Rio De La Plata, and Rio Yaguaron.[10][11]
In 2023, the United States delivered two former Coast Guard Marine Protector-class ships to the Ghanaian Navy. They were commissioned as GNS Aflao and GNS Half Assini.[12]
In May 2023, the United States government pledged to provide the Philippines at least two Marine Protector vessels, as well as two Island-class patrol boat and three Lockheed C-130H Hercules during President Bongbong Marcos' visit to Washington, D.C.[13][14] The transferred vessels will be operated by the Philippine Navy.[15][16]
General characteristics
Missions include combating drug smuggling, illegal immigration, marine fisheries enforcement and search and rescue support. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, many have had a homeland security mission in the form of ports, waterways and coastal security (PWCS) patrols.[17]
Boarding parties can be launched while the vessel is underway through the cutter's stern launching ramp.[1] The attached rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) has been upgraded in an effort to increase speed and sea state sustainability for boarding parties and rescue and assistance teams. The stern launching system requires only a single crew member to remain on deck to launch or retrieve the boarding party.
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Like all new U.S. Coast Guard vessels, the Marine Protector class is designed to accommodate crews of mixed gender with five separate small berthing spaces accommodating standard crews of ten with maximum berthing for 12.[1]
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Boats in class
| Image | Name | Hull Number | Homeport | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:USCG WPB 87301 Barracuda - at speed.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87301 | Eureka, California | Active | |
| File:The USCGC Hammerhead (WPB-87302) played a role in burying JFK Jr. -a.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87302 | Woods Hole, Massachusetts | ||
| File:USCGC Mako transits the Cape May Canal -b.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87303 | Cape May, New Jersey | ||
| File:Coast-Guard-Cutter-Marlin.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87304 | Fort Myers Beach, Florida | ||
| File:USCGC Stingray (WPB-87305) -a.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87305 | Mobile, Alabama | ||
| File:United States Coast Guard Cutter DORADO (WPB 87306).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87306 | Crescent City, California | Decommissioned on 25 May 2021. Donated to the Lebanese navy. | |
| File:USCGC Osprey (WPB-87307) patrols Puget Sound.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87307 | Port Townsend, Washington | ||
| File:Coast Guard Yard dry-docks Cutter Chinook -a.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87308 | New London, Connecticut | ||
| File:Lifting the USCGC Albacore (WPB-87308) out of the water, for maintenance - 150902-G-ZV332-003.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87309 | New London, Connecticut | Decommissioned on 6 April 2021. Donated to Uruguay, renamed ROU Rio Arapey.[19] | |
| File:USCGC Tarpon.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87310 | Tybee Island, Georgia | Decommissioned, transferred to MCAS Cherry Point | |
| File:USCGC Cobia (WPB-87311).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87311 | Mobile, Alabama | ||
| File:Marine Protector off Alameda.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87312 | Monterey, California | ||
| File:Aerial view of the USCGC Cormorant (WPB-87313).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87313 | South Padre Island, Texas | Decommissioned | |
| File:USCGC Finback (WPB-87314), at speed.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87314 | Cape May, New Jersey | ||
| File:USCGC Amberjack (WPB-87315) moored at South Padre Island -- 2001-02-07.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87315 | South Padre Island, Texas | ||
| File:USCGC Kittiwake, near Keehi Lagoon, Hawaii, in 2008.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87316 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Decommissioned on 7 June 2021. | |
| File:USCGC Blackfin counters Greenpeace.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87317 | Santa Barbara, California | ||
| File:USCGC Bluefin.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87318 | Fort Pierce, Florida | ||
| File:Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin moored at the pier of Sector Charleston in Charleston, S.C..jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87319 | Charleston, South Carolina | ||
| File:USCGC Manta (WPD-87320) carrying visitors on a tour of the Houston Ship Channel - 2016-04-21.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87320 | Freeport, Texas | Decommissioned on 7 June 2021. Donated to the Lebanese navy. | |
| File:Crane hoists the USCGC Coho (cropped).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87321 | Panama City, Florida | ||
| File:USCGC Kingfisher in front of the Sidney Lanier Bridge.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87322 | Mayport, Florida | ||
| File:USCGC Seahawk 2007-10-31 -b.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87323 | |||
| File:USCGC Steelhead & 41' (539142716).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87324 | Port Aransas, Texas | ||
| File:USCGC Beluga in Portsmouth, VA, 2011-08-06.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87325 | Little Creek, Virginia | ||
| File:Something crowded the stern of the USCGC Blacktip on 2004-01-21 -b.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87326 | Oxnard, California | ||
| File:USCGC Pelican, decorated with flags, on her commissioning day, 2001-01-08 -a.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87327 | Abbeville, Louisiana | ||
| File:USCGC Ridley (WPB 87328), patrols the Lower New York Bay -- 080521-G-8732C-020 (cropped).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87328 | Montauk, New York | ||
| File:USCGC COCHITO (WPB 87329) -a.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87329 | Little Creek, Virginia | Decommissioned on 11 May 2021. Donated to Uruguay, renamed ROU Rio De La Plata.[19] | |
| File:Manowar2.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87330 | Mobile, Alabama | ||
| File:USCGC Moray, under tow.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87331 | Jonesport, Maine | ||
| File:USCGC Razorbill enforces a safety zone in the vicinity of a vessel collision (cropped).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87332 | Gulfport, Mississippi | ||
| File:USCGC Adelie 87333 SFO-Bay.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87333 | Port Angeles, Washington | ||
| File:Speedy USCGC Gannet.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87334 | Dania, Florida | Decommissioned on 20 April 2021. Donated to Uruguay, renamed ROU Rio Yaguaron.[19] | |
| File:USCGC Narwhal.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87335 | Corona Del Mar, California | ||
| File:Janet Napolitano rides the USCGC Sturgeon, 2011-08-08 -a.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87336 | Grand Isle, Louisiana | ||
| File:USCGC Sockeye provides security after a barge allided with a bridge near San Francisco.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87337 | Bodega Bay, California | ||
| File:Ibis patrols the Potomac -a.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87338 | Cape May, New Jersey | ||
| File:USCGC Pompano.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87339 | Gulfport, Mississippi | ||
| File:USCGC Halibut-profile.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87340 | Marina Del Rey, California | ||
| File:Crew lines the rail of the USCGC Bonito.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87341 | Pensacola, Florida | ||
| File:USCGC Shrike, guardian of the space coast.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87342 | Port Canaveral, Florida | ||
| File:USCGC Tern.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87343 | San Francisco, California | ||
| File:USCGC Heron patrols the Potomac River during 58th Presidential Inauguration -a.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87344 | Sabine Pass, Texas | ||
| File:Coast Guard cutters Adelie and Wahoo, moored in Port Angeles, Washington -a.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87345 | Port Angeles, Washington | ||
| File:USCGC Flyingfish provides security during a remembrance of the Boston Marathon Bombing - 140421-G-VV362-633.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87346 | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| File:USCGC Haddock returns from a big drug bust -- 2014-10-02.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87347 | San Diego, California | ||
| File:USCGC Brant (WPB-87348) in Corpus Christi, Texas - 2003-10-30.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87348 | Corpus Christi, Texas | Decommissioned on 17 March 2022 | |
| File:USCGC Shearwater on the Elizabeth River -- 2012-06-06.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87349 | Portsmouth, Virginia | Decommissioned on 27 April 2021. Donated to the Lebanese navy. | |
| File:A USCGC Petrel of the Marine Protector class -- in San Diego.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87350 | San Diego, California | ||
| P51 | Hull number 87351 was assigned to a vessel that was given to the Malta Maritime Squadron, where it became Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[1] | ||||
| P52 | Malta Maritime Squadron Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[1] | ||||
| File:USCGC Tern.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87352 | Bellingham, Washington | ||
| File:USCGC Skipjack (WPB 87353) entering Corpus Christi, Texas.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87353 | Galveston, Texas | ||
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87354 | Miami, Florida | |||
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87355 | St. Petersburg, Florida | |||
| File:USCG Sailfish Roosevelt Is jeh.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87356 | Sandy Hook, New Jersey | ||
| File:USCGC Sawfish, sailing into the sunset.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87357 | Key West, Florida | ||
| File:US Coast Guard, Seattle-27Oct2010.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87358 | Port Angeles, Washington | ||
| File:Tiger Shark (2651242096).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87359 | Newport, Rhode Island | ||
| File:US Navy 050719-N-9293K-009 The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Blue Shark (WPB 87360) arrives at its new homeport of Everett, Wash.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87360 | Everett, Washington | ||
| File:USCGC Sea Horse on Virginia's Elizabeth River -- cropped from 141105-G-ZV557-045.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87361 | Portsmouth, Virginia | ||
| File:Interagency interdiction seizes more than half a ton of marijuana 150310-G-GV559-486.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87362 | San Diego, California | ||
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87363 | Corpus Christi, Texas | |||
| File:USCGC Ahi.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87364 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Decommissioned on 7 June 2021. | |
| File:Coast Guard Cutter Pike (3119832802).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87365 | Petersburg, Alaska[20] | ||
| File:Training tradition 110914-G-LS819-001.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87366 | Bellingham, Washington | ||
| File:USCGC Sea Dragon, shortly after her arrival at her base in King's Bay, Georgia - 2007-12-08.png | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87367 | Decommissioned 29 May 2024 at St. Marys, Georgia and transferred to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina.[18] | ||
| File:USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719) and USCGC Sea Devil (WPB-87368).jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87368 | Kings Bay, Georgia | In active service as of May 29, 2024.[18] | |
| File:USCGC Crocodile out front of the Tampa Convention Center - 2014-08-28.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87369 | St Petersburg, Florida | ||
| File:Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback relocates to Sector Jacksonville 130613-G-JG957-008.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87370 | Miami Beach, Florida | ||
| File:USCGC Reef Shark.jpg | Script error: No such module "anchor".Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87371 | Juneau, Alaska | ||
| File:Coast Guard Cutter Alligator conducts drug offload in St. Petersburg 2014-11-13 -c.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87372 | St. Petersburg, Florida | ||
| File:USCGC Sea Dog and USCGC Sea Dragon keep the USN's big subs safe at Kings Bay, Georgia, 2012-09-25.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87373 | Decommissioned 29 May 2024 at St. Marys, Georgia and transferred to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina.[18] | ||
| File:US Navy 090818-N-1325N-003 U. S. Coast Guardsmen man the rails as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sea Fox (WPB 87374) is brought to life at Naval Base Kitsap.jpg | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | WPB-87374 | Kings Bay, Georgia | In active service as of May 29, 2024.[18] | |
| Sana'a | Yemen Coast Guard vessel.[1][5] Reportedly sunk by a mine on 9 March 2017.[21] | ||||
| Aden | Yemen Coast Guard vessel.[1][5] |
References
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External links
- Globalsecurity.org – WPB 87' Marine Protector Class
- U.S. Coast Guard: 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat (WPB) – Marine Protector Class
- Bollinger Shipyards: USCG 87' “Marine Protector Class” Patrol Boats (CPB) > Principle Characteristics
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