The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) replaces the aging fleet of 41’ Utility Boats (UTB with improvements in performance, crew efficiency and operational availability. Learn more about the RB-M Project>>
RB-M 45680 was delivered to Station San Francisco, Calif. on Jan. 19, 2012. To date, 80 of 126 boats ordered have been delivered. View map of RB-M locations>>
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a delivery order valued at approximately $24 million on September 20 to Marinette Marine Corporation for the production of 11 additional Response Boats-Medium (RB-M). Read more>>
The Coast Guard has had a busy summer for Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) deliveries. The service delivered new 45-foot RB-Ms to stations in Seattle, Boston and Curtis Bay, Md., in June and to Sabine, Texas, and Juneau, Alaska, in July. Read more>>

Capt. Joel Dolbeck knows a Coast Guard Response
Boat-Medium (RB-M) when he sees one. As project manager for the 45-foot
RB-Ms, he might even see them in his sleep. So when he spotted an RB-M in
the movie trailer for the newly released film, “The Adjustment Bureau,”
Dolbeck knew instantly what he had seen.
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