Coast Guard orders seven response boats

PRINT | E-MAIL

Oct. 3, 2018 —

A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska

A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, tests the capabilities of a new 29-foot response boat-small II (RB-S II) near the station July 10, 2018. The Coast Guard placed a delivery order for seven additional RB-S IIs Sept. 26, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios.

The Coast Guard placed a delivery order for seven response boats-small II (RB-S IIs), worth approximately $3.0 million, with Metal Shark Boats of Jeanerette, Louisiana, Sept. 26. The boats are targeted for delivery starting in spring 2019 and will be primarily stationed in the Seattle, Washington area.

The 29-foot RB-S IIs are replacing the 25-foot RB-S which is being phased out. The new boats can reach a top speed of over 40 knots and are used for a range of missions, including search and rescue, vessel boarding team deployment and law enforcement missions, port security, drug and migrant interdiction, and environmental response operations.

This brings the total of RB-S IIs ordered to 350; 318 RB-S IIs have been delivered.

For more information: Boat Acquisition Program page

Keyword

The U.S. Department of Defense is committed to making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended in 1998. DoD websites use the WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standard.

For persons with disabilities experiencing difficulties accessing content on a particular website, please use the form DoD Section 508 Form. In this form, please indicate the nature of your accessibility issue/problem and your contact information so we can address your issue or question. If your issue involves log in access, password recovery, or other technical issues, contact the administrator for the website in question, or your local helpdesk.