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What type of boats do the coast guard use. They are usually employed on major rivers in enclosed harbors near cities or in places where a stronger presence than that offered by the Harbourmaster or coast guard is needed. The most important pieces of equipment used by the Coast Guard are the naval vessels they use to patrol US. Originally a cutter was a specific kind of ship but now every ship of that size is a cutter no matter what its configuration.

The ASIS Coast Guard Rigid Inflatable Boats are specifically engineered for high speed vessel interdiction and non-compliant boarding team operations. Island Class Patrol Boat. These use a panga or yola fishing boat hull.

Ocean Craft Marines Navy and Coast Guard RIB Boats are built to exceed all these requirements. Manufactured to provide maximum. The Coast Guard is acquiring two types of boats to complement its cutter fleet.

The Coast Guard also operates one icebreaker on the Great Lakes the CGC Mackinaw WLBB 30 which replaced an older ship of the same name. All Coast Guard ships longer than 65 feet are cutters. Sizes range from 64 feet in length down to 12 feet.

COAST GUARD PHOTO 129 ICEBREAKERS The Coast Guard operates three oceangoing icebreakers the newest of which the CGC Healy WAGB 20 commis-sioned in July 2000 is the services largest ship. The service has about 1680 altogether although the number fluctuates. Manufactured to provide.

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Henry Dunphy Go-Slows. 47-Foot Motor Lifeboat - MLB. Along the way theres the added pleasure of making friends and meeting interesting people during stopovers at various marinas yacht.