Editing Marine Protector-class patrol boat (section)

{{Short description|United States Coast Guard ship class}}
{{other uses|Protector class (disambiguation){{!}}Protector class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
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| sclass = 2
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = USCG WPB 87301 Barracuda - at speed.jpg
| Ship caption = The class leader {{USCGC|Barracuda|WPB-87301|6}} underway. Note the boat launching ramp at the stern. The fifty caliber machine guns mount on pintles, port and starboard, just forward of the red stripe. The black smudge in the hull abaft the superstructure is the exhaust of the port engine.
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = Marine Protector-class
| Builders = [[Bollinger Shipyards]], [[Lockport, Louisiana]]
| Operators = 
*{{coast guard|United States}}
*{{navy|Ghana}}
*{{navy|Uruguay}}
*{{navy|Lebanon}}
| Class before = [[Point-class cutter|Point-class]]
| Class after = 
| Subclasses = 
| Cost = 
| Built range = 
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 1998–present<ref name=globalsecurityWpb87 />
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 
| Total ships completed = 77
| Total ships cancelled = 0
| Total ships active = 72
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 6
| Total ships preserved = 
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship class = 
| Ship type = 
| Ship tonnage = 
| Ship displacement = {{convert|91|long ton|lb kg|lk=in}}
| Ship length = {{convert|87|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|19|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draft = {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship depth = 
| Ship power = 
| Ship propulsion = 2 x [[MTU Friedrichshafen|MTU]] [[diesel engine]]s
| Ship speed = Over {{convert|25|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = {{convert|900|nmi|mi km|abbr=on|lk=in}}
| Ship endurance = 3 days
| Ship boats = 
| Ship complement = 10
| Ship sensors = 1 x AN/SPS-73 surface search radar
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = 2 × .50 caliber [[M2 Browning machine gun]]s
| Ship armor = 
| Ship notes = <ref name="cpb">{{Cite web |title=Coastal Patrol Boat |url=http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/programs/pdf/cpb.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827102402/http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/programs/pdf/cpb.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2009 |access-date=2 March 2011 |publisher=USCG Acquisition Directorate}}</ref>
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The '''Marine Protector-class patrol boat''' is a type of coastal [[patrol boat]] of the [[United States Coast Guard]]. The {{Convert|87|ft|m|-long|adj=mid}} vessels with hull based on the [[Stan 2600]] design by [[Damen Group]]. The vessels were built by [[Bollinger Shipyards]] of [[Lockport, Louisiana]]. Almost all of these boats have been delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard, which has named them after sea creatures that fly or swim. Four have been delivered to Malta and Yemen.<ref name=FlynnSmallCutters />