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Any Coast Guard crew with officers or petty officers assigned has law-enforcement authority (14 USC Sec. 89) and can conduct armed boardings. The Coast Guard operates 243 Cutters, [2] defined as any vessel more than 65 feet (20 m) long, that has a permanently assigned crew and accommodations for the extended support of that crew. [3]
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Thunder Bay (WTGB-108) clears a channel for vessels to navigate the frozen Hudson River Main article: Bay-class tugboat USCGC Katmai Bay (WTGB-101)
United States Coast Guard ship names (59 P) Ships transferred from the United States Coast Guard to other navies (19 C, 2 P) United States naval ship stubs (3 C, 563 P)
In her search and rescue function, Spar towed the disabled fishing vessel Equinox to Kodiak in 2008. [13] The ship was dispatched to the disabled fishing vessel Lady Gudny in January 2017. Spar was able to secure a tow line on the fishing boat, but it broke in the heavy seas and high winds.
The vessels consume approximately 165 gallons of diesel per hour at their maximum speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph). 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. [3]
The Heritage-class cutter, also known as the Offshore Patrol Cutter and the Maritime Security Cutter, Medium, is a cutter class of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), developed as part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program and built by Eastern Shipbuilding [4] and Austal USA. [5] Construction of the first vessel in the class began in ...
Coast Guard officials said at a news conference Monday afternoon that they have deployed two C-130 aircraft for an aerial search and that the sonar buoys can listen to a depth of 13,000 feet.
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker as well as the US Coast Guard's largest vessel. [1] She is classified as a medium icebreaker by the Coast Guard. [1] She is homeported in Seattle, Washington, and was commissioned in 1999. On 6 September 2001 Healy visited the North Pole for the ...