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Patrol Boats

USCG U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Samuel Blasé

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) conducts cutter boat operations in

Winter Quarters Bay in McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze, Mar. 2, 2025.

A Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team South Portland 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat in Fore

A U.S. Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat

River, Maine. A BUSL is used to service buoys and can crew from Station Manasquan Inlet assists a also be used for ice breaking operations. sailboat that was taking on water off the coast of Spring Lake, New Jersey, April 29, 2025.

Five people were safely removed from the vessel, and the boat was dewatered and towed to Manasquan Inlet.

U.S. Coast Guard photo U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Of? cer 2nd Class Brandon Will

SV has a speci? c mission to escort high-value U.S. Navy range (227 nm at 25 knots) that expands the reach of the assets to and from port. The bow-mounted remote-con- 10 National Security Cutters (NSCs) in the ? eet. Each trolled gun gives the SPC-SV some teeth. The 12 SPC- NSC has an LRI as one of its three boats carried.

SV boats have been procured by the Navy and operated by Coast Guard crews at Maritime Force Protection 15’ SKIFF - ICE RESCUE (SKF-ICE) -

Units (MFPU). OCEANID, Bow, WA

This small craft is included in this list for contrast. The 35’ CUTTER BOAT - LONG RANGE Coast Guard has 47 of these small 15-foot boats for use in

INTERCEPTOR (CB-LRI II) - very cold conditions. The 2.3 HP engine is designed for

METALCRAFT MARINE, Cape Vincent, NY cold conditions. These boats are especially useful for rescue

The second generation LRI has speed (35+ knots) and on ice ? oes in the Great Lakes.

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