The USCG-The Small Boats
The USCG also operates several hundred small patrol craft and auxiliaries, these include:
27 Balsam-class Seagoing Buoy Tenders
5 Red-class Coastal Buoy Tenders
6 White-class Coastal Buoy Tenders
1 Buckthorn-class Inland Buoy Tender
2 Bayberry-class Inland Buoy Tenders
2 Blackberry-class Inland Buoy Tenders
1 Cosmos-class Inland Buoy Tender
2 Kankakee-class River Buoy Tenders
9 Gasconade-class River Buoy Tenders
6 Ouachita-class River Buoy Tenders
1 Sumac-class River Buoy Tender
4 Pamlico-class Inland Construction Tenders
9 Anvil-class Inland Construction Tenders
3 Cosmos-class Inland Construction Tenders
9 Katmai Bay-class Icebreaking Tugs
14 65-ft class Small Harbor Tugs
2 ex U.S. Army Ferries
1 former Puget Sound Ferry
1 Former New York City Ferry
1 US Navy Floating Dry Dock
5 Fast Coastal Interceptors
1 49-ft Search and Resuce Boat
207 41-fr Utility Boats
2 38-ft Utility Boats
365 32-ft Ports and Waterways Boats
28 31-ft Port Security Boats
1 Lake Champlain Patrol Craft
4 21-ft Search and Rescue Boats
24 Raider Patrol Craft
6 Whaler Patrol Craft
1 Cable Repair Craft
25 55-ft Aids to Navigation Boats
9 46-ft Stern-loading Buoy Boats
32 45-ft Aids to Navigation Boats
50 21-ft Aids to Navigation Boats
1 46-ft Oil-Spill Clearance Boat
1 +105 47-ft Motor Lifeboats
105 44-ft Motor Lifeboats
4 52-ft Motor Lifeboats
19 30-ft Surf Rescue Boats
206 25ft Surf Boats
Source material is the “13th and 14th Editions, The Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet” and “Combat Fleets of the World: 1993”
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