
Crew members of the USCGC Reef Shark standing at attention as the cutter is commissioned at Coast Guard Station San Juan in Puerto Rico. (Photo by Ricardo Castrodad/United States Coast Guard)
The 87' Coastal Patrol Boat (CPB) replaces the aging fleet of 82' Point Class cutters and improves mission performance in the areas of Search and Rescue, Enforcement of Laws and Treaties, Marine Environmental Protection and Port Security and Safety. Learn more about the CPB>>
Reef Shark, commissioned on March 23, 2009 is the final CPB to be commissioned in Coast Guard Service. The project also has delivered two of a total of four boats for the U.S. Navy and two Republic of Malta CPBs (sold through the Acquisition Directorate's Foreign Military Sales program).
The Coast Guard awarded a $28.2 million contract to Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., in Lockport, La., on September 11, 2009, to build two 87-foot Protector-class Coastal Patrol Boats for the Yemen Coast Guard. Read more>>
I had the recent opportunity to visit Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana. The reason for my visit was to celebrate the pending delivery of the 75th Coastal Patrol Boat (CPB), Sea Fox, and the completion of the successful 87-foot Marine Protector-class CPB project.
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