Marine Protector-class patrol boat
The class leader USCGC Barracuda underway. Note the boat launching ramp at the stern. 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 exhaust of the port engine. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Marine Protector-class |
| Builders | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Point-class |
| In commission | 1998–present |
| Completed | 77 |
| Cancelled | 0 |
| Active | 72 |
| Retired | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 91 long tons (204,000 lb; 92,000 kg) |
| Length | 87 ft (27 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x MTU diesel engines |
| Speed | Over 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 900 nmi (1,000 mi; 1,700 km) |
| Endurance | 3 days |
| Complement | 10 |
| Sensors & processing systems | 1 x AN/SPS-73 surface search radar |
| Armament | 2 × .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns |
| Notes | |
The Marine Protector-class patrol boat is a type of coastal patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard. The 87-foot-long (27 m) 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.