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Her anti-aircraft weaponry consisted of three quad-mounted Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft autocannons [2] and six Oerlikon 20 mm autocannons. She also carried six K-gun depth charge projectors and a Hedgehog as anti-submarine weapons. After the war her aft 5” mount was replaced by a helicopter deck, and by 1951 her forward mount had also been ...
65-ft Aids to Navigation Boat: 64' 64-ft Screening Vessel 64' 55-ft Aids to Navigation Boat: 55' 52-ft Motor Lifeboat: 52' The Coast Guard currently has four of the 52-foot motor life boats, a craft designed from the ground up to serve in challenging surf conditions. All four craft are currently assigned to surf stations in the Pacific ...
The 95-foot patrol boat was originally developed as a search and rescue boat to replace the less capable 83-foot boat. With the outbreak of the Korean War and the requirement by the Coast Guard to secure port facilities in the United States under the Moss-Magnuson Act, the complete replacement of the 83-foot boat was deferred and the 95-foot ...
A boater rescued in a dramatic U.S. Coast Guard video as a rogue wave capsizes his vessel faces criminal charges, Oregon police say. Jericho Labonte, 35, is accused of stealing the boat in the ...
A four-man sailing crew injured and suffering from near hypothermia out in the Atlantic Ocean had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after a "rogue wave" thrashed and tossed about their 39-foot ...
The USCG 65' small harbor tug is a class of fifteen tugs used by the United States Coast Guard for search and rescue, law enforcement, aids-to-navigation work and light icebreaking. The tugs are capable of breaking 18 in (0.46 m) of ice with propulsion ahead and 21 in (0.53 m) of ice backing and ramming. [ 2 ]
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) is a 240-foot (73 m) multi-purpose vessel with a primary mission as a heavy Great Lakes icebreaker [3] specifically built for operations on the North American Great Lakes for the United States Coast Guard. [4] Her IMO number is 9271054.
USCGC Raritan (WYT-93/WYTM-93) was a United States Coast Guard 110 ft (34 m) harbor tug that was in service from 1939 to 1988. She served on the Greenland Patrol during World War II and after the war on the Great Lakes.