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{{Short description|United States Coast Guard ship class}} {{other uses|Protector class (disambiguation){{!}}Protector class}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {|{{Infobox ship begin | sclass = 2 }} {{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. }} {{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 | Hide header = | Header caption = | 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> }} |} 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 /> == History == [[File:USCG Sailfish Roosevelt Is jeh.jpg|thumb|left|{{USCGC|Sailfish|WPB-87356|6}} in [[New York City]]]] [[File:USCGC Haddock tour.webm|thumb|left|Tour of USCGC ''Haddock'', {{circa}} 2020]] The Coast Guard placed its original order in 1999 for 50 boats, which were delivered by mid-2002.<ref name="MarineTalk1999-10-18">{{Cite news |date=18 October 1999 |title=Patrol Boat |url=http://www.marinetalk.com/articles-marine-companies/art/Patrol-Boat-121947N.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126073141/http://marinetalk.com/articles-marine-companies/art/Patrol-Boat-121947N.html |archive-date=26 November 2010 |work=[[Marine Talk]]}}</ref> 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, {{USCGC|Sea Fox|WPB-87374|6}}, being completed in October 2009.<ref name="LastMarineProtector">{{Cite news |last=Keyon K. Jeff |date=11 October 2009 |title=Bollinger Shipyards delivers final Marine Protector-class CPB |url=http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2009/05/11/business_news/239_50_bollinger.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091011180747/http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2009/05/11/business_news/239_50_bollinger.txt |archive-date=11 October 2009 |work=[[Tri-Parish Times]] |quote=We're very sad to see the Sea Fox leave. This contract was supposed to end at 51 vessels, and now we're at 75," said Christopher Bollinger, executive vice president of new construction.}}</ref><ref name="MarineNews2007-07">{{Cite news |date=July 2007 |title=USCG Contract for Bollinger |url=http://www.safetysea.org/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=155&lid=1277 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718022730/http://www.safetysea.org/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=155&lid=1277 |archive-date=18 July 2014 |access-date=17 July 2014 |publisher=[[Marine News]] |page=8 |quote=What began in 1996 as a contract from the U. S. Coast Guard to Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., to build an 87-foot Marine Protector Class Coastal Patrol Boat (CPB) with options, has led to the delivery of 67 of the CPBs, and the signing of eight more CPBs.}}</ref> Two of these were delivered to the Maritime Squadron of Malta.<ref name=FlynnSmallCutters /> A separate Coast Guard contract built two additional patrol boats for the [[Yemen Coast Guard]].<ref name="Uscg2009-12-15">{{Cite news |date=15 December 2009 |title=International Acquisition Programs |url=http://www.uscg.mil/ACQUISITION/international/ |work=[[United States Coast Guard]] |quote=The Coast Guard awarded a $28.2 million contract to Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., in Lockport, La., on September 11, 2009, to build two 87-foot Protector-class Coastal Patrol Boats for the Yemen Coast Guard.}}</ref> The Marine Protector class replaced the 82-foot {{sclass2|Point|cutter|4}}, 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.<ref name="USCG02">{{Cite web |title=87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat (WPB) – Marine Protector Class |url=http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/87wpb.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517223324/https://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/87wpb.asp |archive-date=17 May 2017 |access-date=16 January 2012 |website=Marine Protector Class datasheet |publisher=US Coast Guard Historian's Office}}</ref><ref name="Brower" /> In 2020, the Department of Homeland Security began to decommission the fleet, with eight Marine Protector cutters replaced by newer [[Sentinel-class cutter|Sentinel class cutters]].<ref name="dhsCGBudget2021" /> In May 2021, the United States announced that it would send three decommissioned ships to the [[Lebanese Navy]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2021 |title=The Lebanese Navy is Getting 7 New Offshore Patrol Vessels |url=https://www.the961.com/lebanese-navy-7-new-offshore-patrol-vessels/}}</ref> In 2022, three decommissioned ships, ''Albacore'', ''Cochito'', and ''Gannet'' were donated to the [[National Navy of Uruguay|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''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Montevideo |first=U. S. Embassy |date=18 November 2022 |title=U.S. Supports Uruguay Navy’s Fleet Modernization with $8.69 million Protector Class Donation |url=https://uy.usembassy.gov/protectorclassvessels/ |access-date=5 February 2024 |website=U.S. Embassy in Uruguay |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 January 2022 |title=Uruguayan Navy Modernizes Fleet with US Coast Guard Support |url=https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/uruguayan-navy-modernizes-fleet-with-us-coast-guard-support/ |access-date=5 February 2024 |website=Diálogo Américas |language=en-US}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghana Navy commissions new vessels |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/ghana-navy-commissions-new-vessels |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=Janes.com |language=en}}</ref> 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-130 Hercules|Lockheed C-130H Hercules]] during President [[Bongbong Marcos]]' visit to [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valmonte |first=Kaycee |date=2 May 2023 |title=US to transfer patrol boats, airplanes to Philippine military |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/05/02/2263176/us-transfer-patrol-boats-airplanes-philippine-military |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230503015323/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/05/02/2263176/us-transfer-patrol-boats-airplanes-philippine-military |archive-date=3 May 2023 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Philstar Global}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2023 |title=Philippines To Receive Four Ex-US Coast Guard Patrol Boats |url=https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/philippines-to-receive-four-ex-us-coast-guard-patrol-boats/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230503015514/https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/philippines-to-receive-four-ex-us-coast-guard-patrol-boats/ |archive-date=3 May 2023 |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=Baird Maritime}}</ref> The transferred vessels will be operated by the [[Philippine Navy]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nepomuceno |first=Priam |date=3 May 2023 |title=4 US patrol boats to beef up PH Navy's defense capabilities |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1200609 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230508070204/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1200609 |archive-date=8 May 2023 |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=Philippine News Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 2023 |title=Understanding the United States' Patrol Boat Pledges to the Philippine Navy |url=https://www.pitzdefanalysis.net/2023/05/understanding-us-patrol-boat-pledge-philippines.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Pitz Defense Analysis}}</ref> == General characteristics == [[File:USCGC Cochito launching small boat.jpg|thumb|{{USCGC|Cochito|WPB-87329|6}} launching a small boat from the stern ramp]] 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.<ref name=cg532 /> Boarding parties can be launched while the vessel is underway through the cutter's [[stern launching ramp]].<ref name=FlynnSmallCutters /> 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. The vessels consume approximately 165 gallons of diesel per hour at their maximum speed of {{convert|26|kn|lk=in}}. 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.<ref name=FlynnSmallCutters /> {{USCGC|Sea Devil|WPB-87368|2}} and {{USCGC|Sea Fox|WPB-87374|2}} are assigned to guard a [[United States Navy]] submarine base in [[Kings Bay, Georgia]], replacing the decommissioned {{USCGC|Sea Dragon|WPB-87367|2}} and {{USCGC|Sea Dog|WPB-87373|2}} at that station.<ref name=SeaDog-SeaDragon-Decom/> {{USCGC|Sea Devil|WPB-87368|2}} and {{USCGC|Sea Fox|WPB-87374|2}} earlier guarded another submarine base in [[Bangor, Washington]]. An additional machine gun operated by remote control was added to all four for this duty.<ref name=FlynnSmallCutters /> == Boats in class == {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" |- ! Image ! Name ! Hull Number ! Homeport ! Status |- | [[File:USCG WPB 87301 Barracuda - at speed.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Barracuda|WPB-87301|6}} | WPB-87301 | [[Eureka, California]] | Active |- | [[File:The USCGC Hammerhead (WPB-87302) played a role in burying JFK Jr. -a.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Hammerhead|WPB-87302|6}} | WPB-87302 | [[Woods Hole, Massachusetts]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Mako transits the Cape May Canal -b.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Mako|WPB-87303|6}} | WPB-87303 | [[Cape May, New Jersey]] | |- | [[File:Coast-Guard-Cutter-Marlin.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Marlin|WPB-87304|6}} | WPB-87304 | [[Fort Myers Beach, Florida]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Stingray (WPB-87305) -a.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Stingray|WPB-87305|6}} | WPB-87305 | [[Mobile, Alabama]] | |- | [[File:United States Coast Guard Cutter DORADO (WPB 87306).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Dorado|WPB-87306|6}} | WPB-87306 | [[Crescent City, California]] |Decommissioned on 25 May 2021. Donated to the Lebanese navy. |- | [[File:USCGC Osprey (WPB-87307) patrols Puget Sound.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Osprey|WPB-87307|6}} | WPB-87307 | [[Port Townsend, Washington]] | |- | [[File:Coast Guard Yard dry-docks Cutter Chinook -a.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Chinook|WPB-87308|6}} | WPB-87308 | [[New London, Connecticut]] | |- | [[File:Lifting the USCGC Albacore (WPB-87308) out of the water, for maintenance - 150902-G-ZV332-003.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Albacore|WPB-87309|6}} | WPB-87309 | [[New London, Connecticut]] | Decommissioned on 6 April 2021. Donated to Uruguay, renamed ROU ''Rio Arapey''.<ref name="navaltoday.com">{{Cite web |date=22 December 2021 |title=Uruguay receives three Marine Protector-class patrol boats from US Coast Guard |url=https://www.navaltoday.com/2021/12/22/uruguay-receives-three-marine-protector-class-patrol-boats-from-us-coast-guard/}}</ref> |- | [[File:USCGC Tarpon.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Tarpon|WPB-87310|6}} | WPB-87310 | [[Tybee Island, Georgia]] |Decommissioned, transferred to MCAS Cherry Point |- | [[File:USCGC Cobia (WPB-87311).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Cobia|WPB-87311|6}} | WPB-87311 | [[Mobile, Alabama]] | |- | [[File:Marine Protector off Alameda.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Hawksbill|WPB-87312|6}} | WPB-87312 | [[Monterey, California]] | |- | [[File:Aerial view of the USCGC Cormorant (WPB-87313).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Cormorant|WPB-87313|6}} | WPB-87313 | [[South Padre Island, Texas]] |Decommissioned |- | [[File:USCGC Finback (WPB-87314), at speed.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Finback|WPB-87314|6}} | WPB-87314 | [[Cape May, New Jersey]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Amberjack (WPB-87315) moored at South Padre Island -- 2001-02-07.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Amberjack|WPB-87315|6}} | WPB-87315 | [[South Padre Island, Texas]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Kittiwake, near Keehi Lagoon, Hawaii, in 2008.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Kittiwake|WPB-87316|6}} | WPB-87316 | [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] |Decommissioned on 7 June 2021. |- | [[File:USCGC Blackfin counters Greenpeace.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Blackfin|WPB-87317|6}} | WPB-87317 | [[Santa Barbara, California]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Bluefin.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Bluefin|WPB-87318|6}} | WPB-87318 | [[Fort Pierce, Florida]] | |- | [[File:Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin moored at the pier of Sector Charleston in Charleston, S.C..jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Yellowfin|WPB-87319|6}} | WPB-87319 | [[Charleston, South Carolina]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Manta (WPD-87320) carrying visitors on a tour of the Houston Ship Channel - 2016-04-21.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Manta|WPB-87320|6}} | WPB-87320 | [[Freeport, Texas]] | Decommissioned on 7 June 2021. Donated to the Lebanese navy. |- | [[File:Crane hoists the USCGC Coho (cropped).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Coho|WPB-87321|6}} | WPB-87321 | [[Panama City, Florida]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Kingfisher in front of the Sidney Lanier Bridge.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Kingfisher|WPB-87322|6}} | WPB-87322 | [[Mayport, Florida]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Seahawk 2007-10-31 -b.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Seahawk|WPB-87323|6}} | WPB-87323 | | |- | [[File:USCGC Steelhead & 41' (539142716).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Steelhead|WPB-87324|6}} | WPB-87324 | [[Port Aransas, Texas]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Beluga in Portsmouth, VA, 2011-08-06.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Beluga|WPB-87325|6}} | WPB-87325 | [[Little Creek, Virginia]] | |- | [[File:Something crowded the stern of the USCGC Blacktip on 2004-01-21 -b.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Blacktip|WPB-87326|6}} | WPB-87326 | [[Oxnard, California]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Pelican, decorated with flags, on her commissioning day, 2001-01-08 -a.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Pelican|WPB-87327|6}} | WPB-87327 | [[Abbeville, Louisiana]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Ridley (WPB 87328), patrols the Lower New York Bay -- 080521-G-8732C-020 (cropped).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Ridley|WPB-87328|6}} | WPB-87328 | [[Montauk, New York]] | |- | [[File:USCGC COCHITO (WPB 87329) -a.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Cochito|WPB-87329|6}} | WPB-87329 | [[Little Creek, Virginia]] | Decommissioned on 11 May 2021. Donated to Uruguay, renamed ROU ''Rio De La Plata''.<ref name="navaltoday.com"/> |- | [[File:Manowar2.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Manowar|WPB-87330|6}} | WPB-87330 | [[Mobile, Alabama]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Moray, under tow.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Moray|WPB-87331|6}} | WPB-87331 | [[Jonesport, Maine]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Razorbill enforces a safety zone in the vicinity of a vessel collision (cropped).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Razorbill|WPB-87332|6}} | WPB-87332 | [[Gulfport, Mississippi]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Adelie 87333 SFO-Bay.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Adelie|WPB-87333|6}} | WPB-87333 | [[Port Angeles, Washington]] | |- | [[File:Speedy USCGC Gannet.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Gannet|WPB-87334|6}} | WPB-87334 | [[Dania, Florida]] | Decommissioned on 20 April 2021. Donated to Uruguay, renamed ROU ''Rio Yaguaron''.<ref name="navaltoday.com"/> |- | [[File:USCGC Narwhal.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Narwhal|WPB-87335|6}} | WPB-87335 | [[Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, California|Corona Del Mar, California]] | |- | [[File:Janet Napolitano rides the USCGC Sturgeon, 2011-08-08 -a.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sturgeon|WPB-87336|6}} | WPB-87336 | [[Grand Isle, Louisiana]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Sockeye provides security after a barge allided with a bridge near San Francisco.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sockeye|WPB-87337|6}} | WPB-87337 | [[Bodega Bay, California]] | |- | [[File:Ibis patrols the Potomac -a.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Ibis|WPB-87338|6}} | WPB-87338 | [[Cape May, New Jersey]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Pompano.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Pompano|WPB-87339|6}} | WPB-87339 | [[Gulfport, Mississippi]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Halibut-profile.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Halibut|WPB-87340|6}} | WPB-87340 | [[Marina Del Rey, California]] | |- | [[File:Crew lines the rail of the USCGC Bonito.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Bonito|WPB-87341|6}} | WPB-87341 | [[Pensacola, Florida]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Shrike, guardian of the space coast.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Shrike|WPB-87342|6}} | WPB-87342 | [[Port Canaveral, Florida]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Tern.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Tern|WPB-87343|6}} | WPB-87343 | [[San Francisco, California]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Heron patrols the Potomac River during 58th Presidential Inauguration -a.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Heron|WPB-87344|6}} | WPB-87344 | [[Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas|Sabine Pass, Texas]] | |- | [[File:Coast Guard cutters Adelie and Wahoo, moored in Port Angeles, Washington -a.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Wahoo|WPB-87345|6}} | WPB-87345 | [[Port Angeles, Washington]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Flyingfish provides security during a remembrance of the Boston Marathon Bombing - 140421-G-VV362-633.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Flying Fish|WPB-87346|6}} | WPB-87346 | [[Boston, Massachusetts]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Haddock returns from a big drug bust -- 2014-10-02.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Haddock|WPB-87347|6}} | WPB-87347 | [[San Diego, California]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Brant (WPB-87348) in Corpus Christi, Texas - 2003-10-30.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Brant|WPB-87348|6}} | WPB-87348 | [[Corpus Christi, Texas]] | Decommissioned on 17 March 2022 |- | [[File:USCGC Shearwater on the Elizabeth River -- 2012-06-06.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Shearwater|WPB-87349|6}} | 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|90px]] | {{USCGC|Petrel|WPB-87350|6}} | WPB-87350 | [[San Diego, California]] | |- | | | P51 | | Hull number 87351 was assigned to a vessel that was given to the Malta [[Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta|Maritime Squadron]], where it became {{ship|Maltese patrol boat|P51||2}}.<ref name="FlynnSmallCutters"/> | |- | | | P52 | | Malta Maritime Squadron {{ship|Maltese patrol boat|P52||2}}<ref name="FlynnSmallCutters"/> | |- | [[File:USCGC Tern.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sea Lion|WPB-87352|6}} | WPB-87352 | [[Bellingham, Washington]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Skipjack (WPB 87353) entering Corpus Christi, Texas.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Skipjack|WPB-87353|6}} | WPB-87353 | [[Galveston, Texas]] | |- | | {{USCGC|Dolphin|WPB-87354|6}} | WPB-87354 | [[Miami, Florida]] | |- | | {{USCGC|Hawk|WPB-87355|6}} | WPB-87355 | [[St. Petersburg, Florida]] | |- | [[File:USCG Sailfish Roosevelt Is jeh.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sailfish|WPB-87356|6}} | WPB-87356 | [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Sawfish, sailing into the sunset.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sawfish|WPB-87357|6}} | WPB-87357 | [[Key West, Florida]] | |- | [[File:US Coast Guard, Seattle-27Oct2010.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Swordfish|WPB-87358|6}} | WPB-87358 | [[Port Angeles, Washington]] | |- | [[File:Tiger Shark (2651242096).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Tiger Shark|WPB-87359|6}} | 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|90px]] | {{USCGC|Blue Shark|WPB-87360|6}} | WPB-87360 | [[Everett, Washington]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Sea Horse on Virginia's Elizabeth River -- cropped from 141105-G-ZV557-045.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sea Horse|WPB-87361|6}} | WPB-87361 | [[Portsmouth, Virginia]] | |- | [[File:Interagency interdiction seizes more than half a ton of marijuana 150310-G-GV559-486.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sea Otter|WPB-87362|6}} | WPB-87362 | [[San Diego, California]] | |- | | {{USCGC|Manatee|WPB-87363|6}} | WPB-87363 | [[Corpus Christi, Texas]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Ahi.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Ahi|WPB-87364|6}} | WPB-87364 | [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] |Decommissioned on 7 June 2021. |- | [[File:Coast Guard Cutter Pike (3119832802).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Pike|WPB-87365|6}} | WPB-87365 | [[Petersburg, Alaska]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-Offices/District-Seventeen/17th-district-units/ |title=17th District Units |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=United States Coast Guard - Pacific Area, U.S. Department of Homeland Security |publisher=Defense Media Activity |access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref> | |- | [[File:Training tradition 110914-G-LS819-001.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Terrapin|WPB-87366|6}} | WPB-87366 | [[Bellingham, Washington]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Sea Dragon, shortly after her arrival at her base in King's Bay, Georgia - 2007-12-08.png|60px]] | {{USCGC|Sea Dragon|WPB-87367|6}} | WPB-87367 | |Decommissioned 29 May 2024 at [[St. Marys, Georgia]] and transferred to [[Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point|MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina]].<ref name=SeaDog-SeaDragon-Decom/> |- | [[File:USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719) and USCGC Sea Devil (WPB-87368).jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sea Devil|WPB-87368|6}} | WPB-87368 | [[Kings Bay, Georgia]] | In active service as of May 29, 2024.<ref name=SeaDog-SeaDragon-Decom/> |- | [[File:USCGC Crocodile out front of the Tampa Convention Center - 2014-08-28.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Crocodile|WPB-87369|6}} | WPB-87369 | [[St Petersburg, Florida]] | |- | [[File:Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback relocates to Sector Jacksonville 130613-G-JG957-008.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Diamondback|WPB-87370|6}} | WPB-87370 | [[Miami Beach, Florida]] | |- | [[File:USCGC Reef Shark.jpg|60px]] | {{anchor|USCGC Reef Shark}}{{USCGC|Reef Shark|WPB-87371|6}} | WPB-87371 | [[Juneau, Alaska]] | |- | [[File:Coast Guard Cutter Alligator conducts drug offload in St. Petersburg 2014-11-13 -c.jpg|90px]] | {{USCGC|Alligator|WPB-87372|6}} | 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|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sea Dog|WPB-87373|6}} | WPB-87373 | | Decommissioned 29 May 2024 at [[St. Marys, Georgia]] and transferred to [[Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point|MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina]].<ref name=SeaDog-SeaDragon-Decom/> |- | [[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|90px]] | {{USCGC|Sea Fox|WPB-87374|6}} | WPB-87374 | [[Kings Bay, Georgia]] | In active service as of May 29, 2024.<ref name=SeaDog-SeaDragon-Decom/> | |- | | ''Sana'a'' | | | Yemen Coast Guard vessel.<ref name="FlynnSmallCutters"/><ref name="Uscg2009-12-15"/> Reportedly sunk by a mine on 9 March 2017.<ref>{{cite report | first= Seth |last=George | date = 29 November 2018 | title = The Yemen Conflict & the Implications for Maritime Security | chapter-url = https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/mievom-notes-pdf/indian-ocean/2018/december/20181129-mievom_dubai_msay.pdf | chapter = Maritime Incidents | page = 8 | access-date = 7 December 2019 | quote = 9 Mar 17 – Yemen Coast Guard Vessel Sana’a sank after reportedly making contact with a mine (two crew killed).}}</ref> |- | | ''Aden'' | | | Yemen Coast Guard vessel.<ref name="FlynnSmallCutters"/><ref name="Uscg2009-12-15"/> |- |} == References == {{reflist|30em|refs= <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> == External links == *[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/wpb-87.htm Globalsecurity.org] – WPB 87' Marine Protector Class *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170517223324/https://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/87wpb.asp U.S. Coast Guard: 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat (WPB) – Marine Protector Class] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160704153403/http://www.bollingershipyards.com/Portfolio/Military--Government-Vessels/USCG-87-Marine-Protector-Class-Patrol-Boats-CPB/Principle-Characteristics Bollinger Shipyards: USCG 87' “Marine Protector Class” Patrol Boats (CPB) > Principle Characteristics] {{DEFAULTSORT:Marine Protector class}} [[Category:Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boats| ]] [[Category:Patrol vessels of the United States]]
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