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USCG coastal patrol boat
*** Shopping-Tip: USCG coastal patrol boat
[[Image:USCG WPB 87301 Barracuda - at speed.jpg|right|thumb|400px|USCG Barracuda - at speed.
Note the ramp at the stern for the
USCG Short Range Prosecutor Short Range Prosecutor boarding party launch.
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 exhause of the port engine.]]
The
United States Coast Guard has maintained various classes of
patrol boat coastal patrol boats.
The USCG currently has fifty-six patrol boats in its ''Marine Protector class''. Their pennant numbers are ''WPB 87301'' through ''WPB 87356''. The 87 ft (26.5 m) ''Marine Protector'' class replaced the 82 foot ''Point'' class. The ''Point'' class had less spacious accommodation, and they had to stop to deploy or retrieve their pursuit boat via a small crane. As of 2004 only two ''Point'' class vessels remained in service.
| Length | 87 ft (26.5 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 5 in (5.9 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) |
| Maximum Range | 900 nautical miles (1,700 km) |
| Endurance | 3 days |
| Crew | 10 |
| Armament | 2x 0.50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns |
| Maximum speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
Among their missions are combating smuggling and illegal immigration, and
Search and Rescue.
Boarding parties can be launched while the vessel is at speed, through the cutter's stern launching ramp. The boarding party launch is powered by water jets, and is extremely fast. The initial design has given way to an updated version as several capsized due to lack of floatation in the bow section. The stern launching system requires just a single crewmember to remain on deck to launch or retrieve the boarding party.
The cutter burns approximately 140 gallons of diesel per hour at its max speed of 26 knots.
Like all recent US Coast Guard vessels the ''Marine Protector'' class were designed to be able to accommodate crews of mixed gender.
The same class also operate with the Armed Forces of Malta who have operated two examples (P51 & P52) since 2003.
