Island-class patrol boat
Class of cutters of the U.S. Coast Guard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a United States Coast Guard patrol vessel class. For the Royal Navy 195 foot patrol vessel class, see Island-class patrol vessel.
The Island-class patrol boat is a class of cutters of the United States Coast Guard. 49 cutters of the class were built, of which 3 remain in commission. Their hull numbers are WPB-1301 through WPB-1349.[4]
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USCGC Knight Island, commissioned in 1992, is the second newest Island-class boat. | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Island class |
Builders | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana, U.S. |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Cape-class |
Succeeded by | Sentinel-class |
Built | 1985–1992[1] |
In service | 1985–present |
Completed | 49 |
Active | 3 |
Lost | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Displacement | 168 tons |
Length | 110 ft (34 m) |
Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Draft | 7.3 ft (2.2 m)[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 29.5 kn (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) |
Range | 2,900 nmi (5,400 km; 3,300 mi) |
Endurance | 5 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 – Cutter Boat Medium (Yamaha 90 HP outboard engine) |
Complement | 16 (2 officers, 14 enlisted) |
Sensors and processing systems | AN/SPS-73 radar |
Armament | |
Aircraft carried | None |
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