USCGC Sea Dragon
A grey tarpaulin covers the Sea Dragon's advanced remote control mount for its extra machine gun. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Sea Dragon |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Commissioned | January 2008 |
| Decommissioned | May 29, 2024 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat |
| Displacement | 91 long tons (92 t) |
| Length | 87 ft 0 in (26.5 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 5 in (5.9 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU diesels |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range | 900 nmi (1,700 km) |
| Endurance | 3 days |
| Complement | 10 |
| Armament | 3 × .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns |
USCGC Sea Dragon (WPB-87367) is a decommissioned Marine Protector-class cutter that was assigned to one of two special Maritime Force Protection Units. Each Maritime Force Protection Unit escorts nuclear submarines from one of the United States Navy's two main submarine bases. Sea Dragon was assigned to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. The other Maritime Force Protection Unit escorts submarines near Bangor, Washington.
Sea Dragon was commissioned in January 2008. She was joined by a sister ship, USCGC Sea Dog, in May, 2009.
Sea Dragon and Sea Dog were decommissioned on May 29, 2024 and transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. They were replaced by USCGC Sea Devil and USCGC Sea Fox, which had been carrying out the same duties in Washington.