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In the 1980s, the U.S. Navy developed a requirement for a replacement for the Vietnam War-era PB Mk III small (65 ft (20 m)) patrol boats used to transport SEAL teams. The first attempt to replace the PB Mk IIIs led to an order being placed in 1984 for a stealthy surface effect ship , the Special Warfare Craft, Medium, or SWCM, with a length of ...
A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), while others have been struck from the register.
This is a list of patrol vessels of the United States Navy. Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P]. Ships in the inactive category include only ships in the inactive reserve, ships which have been disposed from US service have no listed status.
Navy PT Boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two, Washington Navy Yard DC December 1940 Patrol torpedo boat PT-30 PT-9 torpedo boat in Washington DC in 1940 Patrol torpedo boat PT-59 afrer gunboat conversion Solomon Islands The crew of PT 59 inspects the wreckage of the Japanese submarine I-1, sunk on 29 January 1943 at Kamimbo on Guadalcanal by HMNZS Kiwi and Moa after Operation Ke
As part of American efforts to help rebuild Ukraine's naval capabilities after the Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, the U.S. State Department approved a Foreign Military Sales case for the supply of up to 16 MK VI patrol boats and associated equipment to Ukraine in June 2020. 12 boats out of the 16 approved for sale were ...
USS Tornado (PC-14) is the fourteenth and last Cyclone-class patrol ships, notable for being the only ship in the class designed with shaping features for signature management. She was laid down by Bollinger Shipyards , Lockport, Louisiana 25 August 1998 and launched 7 June 1999.
Ton-class Hong Kong patrol craft Beachampton (1953) Monkton (1956) Wasperton (1956) Wolverton (1957) Yarnton (1956) Brave-class fast attack craft Brave Swordsman (1959) Brave Borderer (1960) Endurance ice patrol ship (converted 1968) Tenacity fast patrol craft (1973) Scimitar-class fast training craft Scimitar (1970) Cutlass (1970) Sabre (1971 ...
Costa Rican Coast Guard – two ships via EDA in 2017 [21] [22] Sea Shepherd Conservation Society – purchased former USCGC Block Island and Pea Island, June 2015, [23] and Bainbridge Island, November 2017. [24] Ukrainian Navy – five acquired from the USCG [25] Hellenic Navy – four ships via EDA in 2023 [26] [27] [28]