Marine Protector-class patrol boat

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The Marine Protector-class patrol boat is a type of coastal patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard. The Template:Convert 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

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The Coast Guard placed its original order in 1999 for 50 boats, which were delivered by mid-2002.<ref name="MarineTalk1999-10-18">Template:Cite news</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, Template:USCGC, being completed in October 2009.<ref name="LastMarineProtector">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="MarineNews2007-07">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</ref>

The Marine Protector class replaced the 82-foot Template:Sclass2, 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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 cutters.<ref name="dhsCGBudget2021" />

In May 2021, the United States announced that it would send three decommissioned ships to the Lebanese Navy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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-130H Hercules during President Bongbong Marcos' visit to Washington, D.C.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The transferred vessels will be operated by the Philippine Navy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

General characteristics

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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 Template:Convert.

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 />

Template:USCGC and Template:USCGC are assigned to guard a United States Navy submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia, replacing the decommissioned Template:USCGC and Template:USCGC at that station.<ref name=SeaDog-SeaDragon-Decom/> Template:USCGC and Template:USCGC 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

Image	Name	Hull Number	Homeport	Status
File:USCG WPB 87301 Barracuda - at speed.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87301	Eureka, California	Active
File:The USCGC Hammerhead (WPB-87302) played a role in burying JFK Jr. -a.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87302	Woods Hole, Massachusetts
File:USCGC Mako transits the Cape May Canal -b.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87303	Cape May, New Jersey
File:Coast-Guard-Cutter-Marlin.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87304	Fort Myers Beach, Florida
File:USCGC Stingray (WPB-87305) -a.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87305	Mobile, Alabama
File:United States Coast Guard Cutter DORADO (WPB 87306).jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87306	Crescent City, California	Decommissioned on 25 May 2021. Donated to the Lebanese navy.
File:USCGC Osprey (WPB-87307) patrols Puget Sound.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87307	Port Townsend, Washington
File:Coast Guard Yard dry-docks Cutter Chinook -a.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87308	New London, Connecticut
File:Lifting the USCGC Albacore (WPB-87308) out of the water, for maintenance - 150902-G-ZV332-003.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87309	New London, Connecticut	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:USCGC Tarpon.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87310	Tybee Island, Georgia	Decommissioned, transferred to MCAS Cherry Point
File:USCGC Cobia (WPB-87311).jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87311	Mobile, Alabama
File:Marine Protector off Alameda.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87312	Monterey, California
File:Aerial view of the USCGC Cormorant (WPB-87313).jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87313	South Padre Island, Texas	Decommissioned
File:USCGC Finback (WPB-87314), at speed.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87314	Cape May, New Jersey
File:USCGC Amberjack (WPB-87315) moored at South Padre Island -- 2001-02-07.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87315	South Padre Island, Texas
File:USCGC Kittiwake, near Keehi Lagoon, Hawaii, in 2008.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87316	Honolulu, Hawaii	Decommissioned on 7 June 2021.
File:USCGC Blackfin counters Greenpeace.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87317	Santa Barbara, California
File:USCGC Bluefin.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87318	Fort Pierce, Florida
File:Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin moored at the pier of Sector Charleston in Charleston, S.C..jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87319	Charleston, South Carolina
File:USCGC Manta (WPD-87320) carrying visitors on a tour of the Houston Ship Channel - 2016-04-21.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87320	Freeport, Texas	Decommissioned on 7 June 2021. Donated to the Lebanese navy.
File:Crane hoists the USCGC Coho (cropped).jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87321	Panama City, Florida
File:USCGC Kingfisher in front of the Sidney Lanier Bridge.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87322	Mayport, Florida
File:USCGC Seahawk 2007-10-31 -b.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87323
File:USCGC Steelhead & 41' (539142716).jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87324	Port Aransas, Texas
File:USCGC Beluga in Portsmouth, VA, 2011-08-06.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87325	Little Creek, Virginia
File:Something crowded the stern of the USCGC Blacktip on 2004-01-21 -b.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87326	Oxnard, California
File:USCGC Pelican, decorated with flags, on her commissioning day, 2001-01-08 -a.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87327	Abbeville, Louisiana
File:USCGC Ridley (WPB 87328), patrols the Lower New York Bay -- 080521-G-8732C-020 (cropped).jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87328	Montauk, New York
File:USCGC COCHITO (WPB 87329) -a.jpg	Template:USCGC	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	Template:USCGC	WPB-87330	Mobile, Alabama
File:USCGC Moray, under tow.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87331	Jonesport, Maine
File:USCGC Razorbill enforces a safety zone in the vicinity of a vessel collision (cropped).jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87332	Gulfport, Mississippi
File:USCGC Adelie 87333 SFO-Bay.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87333	Port Angeles, Washington
File:Speedy USCGC Gannet.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87334	Dania, Florida	Decommissioned on 20 April 2021. Donated to Uruguay, renamed ROU Rio Yaguaron.<ref name="navaltoday.com"/>
File:USCGC Narwhal.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87335	Corona Del Mar, California
File:Janet Napolitano rides the USCGC Sturgeon, 2011-08-08 -a.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87336	Grand Isle, Louisiana
File:USCGC Sockeye provides security after a barge allided with a bridge near San Francisco.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87337	Bodega Bay, California
File:Ibis patrols the Potomac -a.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87338	Cape May, New Jersey
File:USCGC Pompano.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87339	Gulfport, Mississippi
File:USCGC Halibut-profile.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87340	Marina Del Rey, California
File:Crew lines the rail of the USCGC Bonito.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87341	Pensacola, Florida
File:USCGC Shrike, guardian of the space coast.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87342	Port Canaveral, Florida
File:USCGC Tern.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87343	San Francisco, California
File:USCGC Heron patrols the Potomac River during 58th Presidential Inauguration -a.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87344	Sabine Pass, Texas
File:Coast Guard cutters Adelie and Wahoo, moored in Port Angeles, Washington -a.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87345	Port Angeles, Washington
File:USCGC Flyingfish provides security during a remembrance of the Boston Marathon Bombing - 140421-G-VV362-633.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87346	Boston, Massachusetts
File:USCGC Haddock returns from a big drug bust -- 2014-10-02.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87347	San Diego, California
File:USCGC Brant (WPB-87348) in Corpus Christi, Texas - 2003-10-30.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87348	Corpus Christi, Texas	Decommissioned on 17 March 2022
File:USCGC Shearwater on the Elizabeth River -- 2012-06-06.jpg	Template:USCGC	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	Template:USCGC	WPB-87350	San Diego, California
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File:USCGC Tern.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87352	Bellingham, Washington
File:USCGC Skipjack (WPB 87353) entering Corpus Christi, Texas.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87353	Galveston, Texas
	Template:USCGC	WPB-87354	Miami, Florida
	Template:USCGC	WPB-87355	St. Petersburg, Florida
File:USCG Sailfish Roosevelt Is jeh.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87356	Sandy Hook, New Jersey
File:USCGC Sawfish, sailing into the sunset.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87357	Key West, Florida
File:US Coast Guard, Seattle-27Oct2010.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87358	Port Angeles, Washington
File:Tiger Shark (2651242096).jpg	Template:USCGC	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	Template:USCGC	WPB-87360	Everett, Washington
File:USCGC Sea Horse on Virginia's Elizabeth River -- cropped from 141105-G-ZV557-045.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87361	Portsmouth, Virginia
File:Interagency interdiction seizes more than half a ton of marijuana 150310-G-GV559-486.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87362	San Diego, California
	Template:USCGC	WPB-87363	Corpus Christi, Texas
File:USCGC Ahi.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87364	Honolulu, Hawaii	Decommissioned on 7 June 2021.
File:Coast Guard Cutter Pike (3119832802).jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87365	Petersburg, Alaska<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
File:Training tradition 110914-G-LS819-001.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87366	Bellingham, Washington
File:USCGC Sea Dragon, shortly after her arrival at her base in King's Bay, Georgia - 2007-12-08.png	Template:USCGC	WPB-87367		Decommissioned 29 May 2024 at St. Marys, Georgia and transferred to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina.<ref name=SeaDog-SeaDragon-Decom/>
File:USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719) and USCGC Sea Devil (WPB-87368).jpg	Template:USCGC	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	Template:USCGC	WPB-87369	St Petersburg, Florida
File:Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback relocates to Sector Jacksonville 130613-G-JG957-008.jpg	Template:USCGC	WPB-87370	Miami Beach, Florida
File:USCGC Reef Shark.jpg	Template:AnchorTemplate:USCGC	WPB-87371	Juneau, Alaska
File:Coast Guard Cutter Alligator conducts drug offload in St. Petersburg 2014-11-13 -c.jpg	Template:USCGC	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	Template:USCGC	WPB-87373		Decommissioned 29 May 2024 at St. Marys, Georgia and transferred to 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	Template:USCGC	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>Template:Cite report</ref>
	Aden			Yemen Coast Guard vessel.<ref name="FlynnSmallCutters"/><ref name="Uscg2009-12-15"/>

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