The Long Range Interceptor (LRI) is an 11-meter (35 feet) high speed launch vessel designed to be deployed from
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, mu ...
cutters via a rear launching ramp.
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The Long Range Interceptor is an aluminum boat, powered by Ultrajet brand water-jets, for intercepting and boarding suspect vessels.
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The ]National Security Cutter
The Legend-class cutter, also known as the National Security Cutter (NSC) and Maritime Security Cutter, Large, is the largest active patrol cutter class of the United States Coast Guard. Entering into service in 2008, the Legend-class is the la ...
s (NSC) have a rear launching/retrieval ramp, and carry two launches, either two of the smaller 7-meter USCG Short Range Prosecutors, or two USCG Long Range Interceptors, or one of each.[
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Under the Integrated Deepwater System Program
The Integrated Deepwater System Program (IDS Program or Deepwater) was the 25-year program to replace all or much of the United States Coast Guard's equipment, including aircraft, ships, and logistics and command and control systems. The $24 billi ...
, the US Coast Guard's outside private contracting company, Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS), signed a $2.9 million contract for the construction of one Long Range Interceptor in February 2006 with Willard Marine.[
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] However, because the LRI's design did not meet Coast Guard's requirements, the Coast Guard planned to hold a full and open competition for additional LRIs that would comply with future NSCs requirements.
In June 2012, the United States Coast Guard selected MetalCraft Marine U.S. in Cape Vincent, New York, and awarded a five-year production contract with a potential total value of up to $10.2 million with the option to build up to ten of the latest version of the Long Range Interceptor (LRI-II).[
] On December 12, 2013, the Coast Guard placed a delivery order valued at $3.973 million for the first four LRI-II cutter boats.[ The first LRI-II was delivered on February 20, 2013, and commenced testing aboard the Coast Guard's first National Security Cutter, the .][ The LRI-II project was approved for full-rate production on June 27, 2013, after successful operational and interface testing activities with the ''Bertholf''.][ The third LRI-II was delivered in November 2014 to the , and the fourth LRI-II was delivered in February 2015 to the fourth NSC, the . By that time, the Coast Guard had ordered six LRI-IIs from MetalCraft.
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SpecificationLRI specification
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*Length: 36 ft (11 m)
*Displacement: 24,000 lb (10.89 t)
*Capacity: maximum of 14 passengers
*Speed:
*Range:
*Endurance: 10 hr
*Armament: 2 x M240 machine guns, Small Arms
*Propulsion: 2 diesel engine
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s drive 2 water jet Water jet may refer to:
* A jet of water under pressure, like in an ornamental fountain
* Pump-jet, a marine propulsion mechanism for jetskis and other types of boats
* Water jet cutter, a tool for cutting and the machining of engineering material ...
engines
See also
*Equipment of the United States Coast Guard
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References
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External links
Video of the USCG Matagorda illustrating the use of her rear launching ramp, at speed
with a Short Range Prosecutor.
Long Range Interceptor
Long Range Interceptor