The response boat-small is a multi-mission platform, used for the full range of Coast Guard missions, including: search and rescue; vessel boarding team deployment and law enforcement missions; port security; drug and migrant interdiction and environmental response operations.
Characteristics
- Length: 28 feet 8 inches
- Beam: 8 feet 5 inches
- Draft: 1 foot 8 inches
- Displacement: 8,300 pounds
- Maximum Speed: 40+ knots
- Range: 150 nautical miles at cruising speed
Features
- Functional design and focus on crew comfort
- Standardized communications and navigation suite
- 360 degrees visibility
- State-of-the-art shock-mitigating seats
- Fore and aft gun mounts with a forward shock-mitigating gunners seat
- Crew restraints
- Lowering cabin windows
- 2 NAVNET 3D displays for secondary navigation
- Cabin integrated ballistics panels for crew protection
- Left-side coxswain placement