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USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), formerly the Horst Wessel and also known as the Barque Eagle, is a 295-foot (90 m) barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in the United States military today, along with USS Constitution which is ported in Boston Harbor.
Originally, the Coast Guard used the term cutter in its traditional sense, as a type of small sailing ship. [1]Larger cutters, over 181 feet (55 m) in length, are controlled by Area Commands, the Atlantic Area or Pacific Area.
47-foot Motor Lifeboat. The 47-foot MLB is the standard lifeboat of the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The 47′ MLB is the successor to the 44′ MLB. [ 5] At Station Chatham where the new 47-foot boat would draw too much to get over the bar, the 42-foot Near Shore Lifeboat was designed to replace the 44' MLB. [ 6]
USCG seagoing buoy tender. USCGC Sundew (WLB-404) The USCG seagoing buoy tender is a type of United States Coast Guard Cutter used to service aids to navigation throughout the waters of the United States and wherever American shipping interests require. The U.S. Coast Guard has maintained a fleet of seagoing buoy tenders dating back to its ...
175' Keeper-class coastal buoy tender (WLM) USCGC Joshua Appleby (WLM-556), a 175' USCG coastal buoy tender. USCGC Ida Lewis (WLM-551) USCGC Katherine Walker (WLM-552) USCGC Abbie Burgess (WLM-553) USCGC Marcus Hanna (WLM-554) USCGC James Rankin (WLM-555) USCGC Joshua Appleby (WLM-556) USCGC Frank Drew (WLM-557)
The 110 feet (34 metres) Island-class patrol boats are a U.S. Coast Guard modification of a highly successful British-designed Vosper Thornycroft patrol boat built for Qatar, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore. [ 3] With excellent range and seakeeping capabilities, the Island class, all named after U.S. islands, replaced the older 95 feet (29 metres ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 44 subcategories, out of 44 total. Ships built by the United States Coast Guard Yard (64 P) Ships of the United States Lighthouse Service (1 C, 49 P) Ships of the United States Revenue Cutter Service (3 C, 92 P)
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) maintains a fleet of sea and lake going vessels, hovercraft, and aircraft. The variety of equipment allows the CCG to perform its mandated functions of navaids and sea-going transportation management, search and rescue, marine pollution response and the support of other Canadian federal authorities.