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2. List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard - Wikipedia

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   The Coast Guard has signed a multi-year contract for 180 Response Boat – Medium (RB-M) boats that were delivered starting in 2008 to replace the 41′ UTB boats. These aluminum boats are 45 feet (14 m) in length, with twin diesel engines (total 825 hp), are self-righting, have a four crew, six passenger capacity, are equippable with two .50 ...

3. Patrol Craft Fast - Wikipedia

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   The Patrol Craft Fast (PCF), [6] also known as Swift Boat, [6] were all-aluminum, 50-foot (15 m) long, shallow-draft vessels operated by the United States Navy, initially to patrol the coastal areas and later for work in the interior waterways as part of the brown-water navy [7] to interdict Vietcong movement of arms and munitions, transport South Vietnamese forces and insert SEAL teams for ...

4. Point-class cutter - Wikipedia

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   Point-class cutter. The Point-class cutter was a class of 82-foot patrol vessels designed to replace the United States Coast Guard 's aging 83-foot wooden hull patrol boat being used at the time. The design utilized a mild steel hull and an aluminum superstructure. The Coast Guard Yard discontinued building the 95-foot Cape -class cutter to ...

5. Airboat - Wikipedia

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   An airboat. Airboating is a popular ecotourism attraction in the Florida Everglades. An airboat (also known as a planeboat, swamp boat, bayou boat, or fanboat) is a flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine. [ a] They are commonly used for fishing, bowfishing, hunting ...

6. Reynolds Group Holdings - Wikipedia

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   Reynolds Group Holdings was a New Zealand based packaging company with roots in the former Reynolds Metals Company, which was the second-largest aluminum company in the United States, and the third-largest in the world. Reynolds Metals was acquired by Alcoa in June 2000.[ 1][ 2] Reynolds Group Holdings became Pactiv Evergreen through an IPO in ...

7. Crash boats of World War II - Wikipedia

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   Crash boats, at the time known as "aircraft rescue boats" or "air-sea rescue boats", were United States high speed boats built to rescue the crew of downed Allied aircraft during World War II. US boats came from the observation of British experience with high-speed launches (HSL) by the Royal Air Force Marine Branch during the Battle of Britain ...