USCGC ''Blue Shark'' (WPB-87360) is an long
Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat
The Marine Protector class is a class of coastal patrol boats of the United States Coast Guard.
The 87-foot-long vessels are based on the Stan 2600 design by Damen Group, and were built by Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana. Each boat ...
of the
United States Coast Guard
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built by
Bollinger Shipyards
Bollinger Shipyards is an American constructor of ships, workboats and patrol vessels.
Its thirteen shipyards and forty drydocks are located in Louisiana and Texas. Its drydocks range in capacity from vessels of 100 tons displacement to 22,000 to ...
in
Lockport, Louisiana
Lockport is a town on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,490 in 2020. It is part of the Houma– Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.
History
Lockport, founded in 1835, ...
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History
''Blue Shark'', one of the newest cutters in the U.S. Coast Guard's fleet, is homeported at
Everett, Washington
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and her primary missions are ports, waterways and coastal security, search and rescue, law enforcement, marine environmental response, recreational boating safety and military readiness.
See also
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List of United States Coast Guard cutters
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Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boats
Patrol vessels of the United States
Ships of the United States Coast Guard
Ships built in Lockport, Louisiana
2005 ships