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Response Boat-Medium
Characteristics:
Number
Planned: 180
Prime Contractor: Marinette Marine Corp
Length: 44 feet, 10.5 inches
Beam: 14 feet, 7.75 inches
Draft: Full Load 3 feet, 4 inches
Full Load Displacement: 36,500 pounds
Max Sustained Speed: 42.5 knots
Range: 250 nautical miles at 30 knots
Towing: 100 tons
Mission Limits: 8 foot seas / 30 knot winds Survivability Limits: 12 foot seas / 50 knot winds
The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) will provide greater effectiveness on Search And Rescue missions. It will also be a more capable platform for Enforcement of Laws and Treaties, Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security, Defense Operations, Recreational Boating Safety, and Marine Environmental Protection missions. Interoperability of the RB-Ms with other Coast Guard assets will greatly enhance the overall Coast Guard command and control in the Coastal Zone..
Features
- Self-righting stability (in intact condition)
Check out video - Twin diesel engines, twin water jet-drive
- Fore and aft machine gun mounts Inter-operational with rescue 21 communications system
- Port, Starboard, and Aft recovery platforms
- 5-person - environmentally-controlled survivor compartment
- Infrared and thermal imaging capability
- Secure, shock-mitigating crew seats