Editing Marine Protector-class patrol boat (section)

== References ==
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<ref name=dhsCGBudget2021>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Budget Overview, Fiscal Year 2021, Congressional Justification |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/9_u.s._coast_guard.pdf#page=27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211041517/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/9_u.s._coast_guard.pdf#page=27 |archive-date=11 February 2020 |access-date=13 February 2020 |website=[[Department of Homeland Security]] |page=27 |quote=This initiative decommissions eight 87-foot Marine Protector Class CPBs. This initiative is based on the acquisition of the Fast Response Cutter (FRC) and Response Boat – Medium (RB-M), both of which are more capable than the legacy assets that they replace. <!-- Decommissioning these assets focuses patrol boat funding on operating and supporting new assets, such as the FRCs, as well as other strategic priorities. Forecasted material condition as assessed by the Coast Guard’s Patrol Boat Product Line will be a factor in identifying the specific cutter hulls to be decommissioned, ensuring that the cutters with the best material condition remain operational. -->}}</ref>

<ref name="FlynnSmallCutters">{{Cite web |last=Flynn Jr. |first=James T. |date=23 June 2014 |title=U. S. Coast Guard: Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915–2012 |url=https://media.defense.gov/2018/Apr/11/2001901931/-1/-1/0/FLYNN_SMALL_CUTTERS_WPBS-2014.PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119173402/https://media.defense.gov/2018/Apr/11/2001901931/-1/-1/0/FLYNN_SMALL_CUTTERS_WPBS-2014.PDF |archive-date=19 November 2018 |publisher=[[US Coast Guard]] |quote=The four boats which are stationed at Kitsap, WA and Kings Bay, GA submarine bases have an extra remotely operated 50 cal. m.g.}}</ref>

<ref name="globalsecurityWpb87">{{Cite web |title=WPB 87' Marine Protector Class |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/wpb-87.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203043842/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/wpb-87.htm |archive-date=3 December 2016 |access-date=13 February 2020 |website=[[Globalsecurity.org]]}}</ref>

<ref name="cg532">{{Cite news |date=28 December 2016 |title=Office of Counterterrorism & Defense Operations Policy (CG-ODO) |url=http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg532/pwcs.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520183955/http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg532/pwcs.asp |archive-date=20 May 2017 |access-date=13 February 2020 |work=[[US Coast Guard]] |quote=The Homeland Security Act of 2002 divided the Coast Guard’s eleven statutory missions between homeland security and non-homeland security.  Reflecting the Coast Guard’s historical role in defending our nation, the Act delineated Ports, Waterways and Coastal Security (PWCS) as the first homeland security mission.}}</ref>

<ref name="Brower">{{Cite news |date=28 March 2003 |title="Last of the Class": USCGC PT BROWER (WPB 82372) |url=http://www.transquest.org/azerbaijan/PR.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030417105012/http://transquest.org/azerbaijan/pr.html |archive-date=17 April 2003 |access-date=13 February 2020 |work=[[Transquest]] |quote=On March 28th, 2003, the United States Coast Guard will transfer Coast Guard Cutter Point Brower (WPB 82372) to the country of Azerbaijan thus bringing an incredible era of “Point Class” vessels to an end.}}</ref>

<ref name=SeaDog-SeaDragon-Decom>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard cutters Sea Dog, Sea Dragon decommissioned in St. Marys, Georgia |url=https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3788815/photo-release-coast-guard-cutters-sea-dog-sea-dragon-decommissioned-in-st-marys/ |location=Jacksonville, Florida |publisher=PADET Jacksonville, United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security |date=29 May 2024 |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>}}

<ref name=Uscg2009-12-15>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/ACQUISITION/international/ |title=International Acquisition Programs |website=Acquisition Directorate |publisher=United States Coast Guard |date=15 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131040849/http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/international/ |archive-date=31 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>