USCGC ''Galveston Island'' (WPB 1349) is an used by the
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mult ...
for law enforcement and search and rescue duties. She was commissioned on 5 June 1992 and was the last of the Island-class patrol boats built. Her original homeport was
Apra Harbor, Guam
Apra Harbor, also called Port Apra, is a deep-water port on the western side of the United States territory of Guam. It is considered one of the best natural ports in the Pacific Ocean. The harbor is bounded by Cabras Island and the Glass Breakwa ...
, but later changed to
Honolulu
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, Hawaii, where she was decommissioned.
The 110-foot Island-class patrol boat is a Coast Guard modification of the British shipbuilder,
Vosper Thornycroft patrol boat design.
[Scheina, p 63] With range and seakeeping capabilities, the Island class, all named after U.S. islands, replaced the older 95-foot s. These cutters are equipped with advanced electronics and navigation equipment.
Design
The
Island-class patrol boat
The Island-class patrol boat is a class of cutters of the United States Coast Guard. 49 cutters of the class were built, of which 37 remain in commission. Their hull numbers are WPB-1301 through WPB-1349.
Overview
The Island-class patrol boat ...
s were constructed in
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 ...
,
Lockport, Louisiana. ''Galveston Island'' has an overall length of . It had a
beam
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Streams of particles or energy
*Light beam, or beam of light, a directional projection of light energy
**Laser beam
*Particle beam, a stream of charged or neutral particles
**Charged particle beam, a spatially localized grou ...
of and a
draft of at the time of construction. The patrol boat has a displacement of at full load and at half load. It is powered two
Paxman Valenta
The Paxman Valenta was an engine made by Paxman, Colchester for the High Speed Train, and is still in use in various marine applications, such as the ''Upholder''/''Victoria''-class submarines, additionally 4 Paxman Valenta engines provide the ...
16 CM diesel engines or two Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines. It has two 3304T diesel generators made by Caterpillar; these can serve as
motor–generator
A motor–generator (an M–G set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form. Motor–generator sets are used to convert frequency, voltage, or phase of power. They may also be used to isolate electrical loads from the electr ...
s. Its hull is constructed from highly strong steel, and the superstructure and major deck are constructed from aluminium.
History
''Galveston Island'' was decommissioned in Honolulu on 16 March 2018 and it is anticipated that she will be transferred to a foreign government via the Foreign Assistance Act
The Foreign Assistance Act (, et seq.) is a United States law governing foreign aid policy. It outlined the political and ideological principles of U.S. foreign aid, significantly overhauled and reorganized the structure U.S. foreign assistance p ...
.
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Island-class patrol boats
Patrol vessels of the United States
Ships of the United States Coast Guard
1992 ships
Ships built in Lockport, Louisiana
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