Coast Guard Assets

Explore the aircraft, cutters and boats used by the Coast Guard to conduct various missions throughout the world.

Members of Coast Guard Station Juneau test the capabilities of their new 29-foot Response Boat — SMALL II, in Juneau, Alaska, July 10, 2018. The RB-S II is an upgrade to the current 25-foot Response Boat — SMALL and is due to phase it out soon.

April 26, 2019

29-foot response boat-small II

The 29-foot response boat-small II is an upgrade to the current 25-foot response boat-small.

Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Los Angeles conducts vessel maneuver training near Santa Barbara on Monday, October 24, 2016. The MSST operates several 25-foot Response Boat-Small platforms to complete a variety of law enforcement, security and vessel safety missions.

April 26, 2019

25-foot response boat-small

The 25-foot response boat-small features a reinforced bow, full shock-mitigating seating and a large cabin.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Sheltra prepares to haul aboard a tow line after receiving a heaving line from a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew in the Port of Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 10, 2018. The Station Valdez crews conducted training that included search patterns and vessel towing.

April 26, 2019

45-foot response boat-medium

The 45-foot response boat-medium is a multi-mission capable boat, operable from shore stations. The RB-M can respond rapidly to Coast Guard missions or conduct planned patrols and training. It's missions are search and rescue, living marine resources, recreational boating safety, enforcement of laws and treaties and port, waterways, and coastal security.

A Coast Guard boat crew aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat with a mounted M-240 weapon system returns to its base in Ilwaco, Wash., after a training exercise was cancelled, Aug. 29, 2018. The live-fire training exercise was cancelled because the required three miles of visibility was not available.

April 26, 2019

47-foot motor life boat

The 47-foot motor lifeboat is designed as a fast-response rescue vessel for high seas, surf and heavy weather environments.

April 26, 2019

Unmanned aircraft system

The unmanned aircraft system consists of an unmanned aircraft, its mission payloads, launch and recovery equipment, ground control station and control and data links.

April 26, 2019

HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft

The HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft provide heavy air transport and meet long-range maritime patrol requirements.

April 26, 2019

C-37B Gulfstream long range command and control aircraft

The C-37B Gulfstream long range command and control aircraft is used to provide transportation to high-level Coast Guard and government officials.

April 26, 2019

C-27 medium range surveillance aircraft

The Coast Guard medium range surveillance aircraft is instrumental in helping the Coast Guard fulfill its maritime patrol, drug and migrant interdiction, disaster response and search and rescue missions more effectively.

April 26, 2019

HC-144 medium range maritime patrol aircraft

The HC-144 medium range maritime patrol aircraft is equipped with a new command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance suite designed to serve as an on-scene command platform for search and rescue and homeland security operations and perform transport missions.

April 24, 2019

MH-60 medium range recovery helicopter

The MH-60 medium range recovery helicopter that is capable of variety of missions that can fly in all-weather conditions.