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U.S.C.G. Small Craft

The purpose of this table is to list the small craft (<65 feet) built for the U.S. Coast Guard, sorted by length. It does not include boats transferred from other Government agencies or acquired from the private sector but it is still far from complete. In addition, it only includes significant multi-boat procurements: it's too hard to track all the small lots and individual boats. If you have any additional data or see any errors, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 17 January 2016.

Type Old Boat #s New Boat #s # of Boats Boatbuilder LOA Built Disposition
Small Craft Built Before or During WWII
Fire Boats 30032-30131 100 Hanley Engineering Service 30 1942-43
Fire Boats 30137-30139 3 Hanley Engineering Service 30 1942-43
DUKW Amphibians 31300-313__ ? 31 1944
Motor Life Boats - Type H ? Coast Guard Yard 32 1928
Motor Life Boats - Type T 27 Coast Guard Yard 36 1929-31
Motor Life Boats - Type TR 69 Coast Guard Yard 36 1931-37
Motor Life Boats - Type ? 36001-36050 50 Coast Guard Yard 36 1937-45
Motor Life Boats - Type TRS 36416-36474 59 Coast Guard Yard 36 1937-46
Motor Life Boats - Type TRS 36479-36554 75 Coast Guard Yard 36 1947-56
Fire Boats 36024-36029 6 Perry E. Bass Boat Works 36 1943
Picket Boats 2200-2229 30 Coast Guard Yard 36 1922-25
Picket Boats 2300-2372 73 Coast Guard Yard 36 1922-25
Picket Boats 2385-2399 38300-38314 15 Gibbs Gas Engine Co. 38 1931
Picket Boats 4300-4305 38315-38319 6 Corsair Boat Co. 38 1931-32
Picket Boats 4306-4320 38320-38334 15 Freeport Point Shipyard 38 1936
Picket Boats 4321-4326 38335-38340 6 Stephens Bros. 38 1937
Picket Boats 4327-4346 38341-38360 20 Palmer, Scott & Co. 38 1939
Picket Boats 4347-4352 38361-38366 6 Robinson Marine Construction Co. 38 1940
Picket Boats 4353-4372 38367-38386 20 Stephens Bros. 38 1942
Picket Boats 38387-38433 47 Richardson Boat Co. 38 1942
Picket Boats 38434-38453 20 James E. Graves, Inc. 38 1942
Picket Boats 38454-38473 20 Henry R. Hinckley 38 1942
Picket Boats 38474-38503 30 Palmer, Scott & Co. 38 1942
Picket Boats 38504-38517 14 James E. Graves, Inc. 38 1942
Picket Boats 38518-38531 14 Henry R. Hinckley 38 1942
Picket Boats 38532-38536 5 Palmer, Scott & Co. 38 1942
Picket Boats 38537-38606 70 Richardson Boat Co. 38 1942-43
Picket Boats 38607-38636 30 James E. Graves, Inc. 38 1942-43
Picket Boats 38637-38666 30 Palmer, Scott & Co. 38 1942-43
Picket Boats 38667-38697 31 Henry R. Hinckley 38 1942-43
Picket Boats 38698-38765 68 Ballinger Boat Works 38 1942-43
Picket Boats 38766-38836 71 Palatka Shipbuilding Corp. 38 1942-43
Picket Boats 28 Henry R. Hinckley 38 1942-43
Buoy Boats 40300-403?? ?? Coast Guard Yard 40 1940-41
Fire Boats 40335-40364 30 Wheeler Shipyard 40 1944-45
Harbor Patrol Boats 50017-50018 2 Shain Manufacturing Co. 50 1943
Harbor Patrol Boats 50032-50043 12 Washington Boat Works 50 1943
Harbor Patrol Boats 50044-50053 20 Barbee Marine Yard 50 1943
Harbor Patrol Boats 50054-50057 4 Olsen & Winge 50 1943
Harbor Patrol Boats 50058-50061 4 Jensen Motorboat Co. 50 1943
Harbor Patrol Boats 50062-50069 8 Grandy Boat Works 50 1943
Harbor Patrol Boats 50070-50081 12 Shain Manufacturing Co. 50 1943
Fire Boats 50300-50313 14 50 1942-43
Motor Life Boats 52300-52301 2 Coast Guard Yard 52 1935
Fire Boats 60012-60019 8 Walter W. Johnson Co. 60 1943
Harbor Motor Boats 28 63 1930s
Air-Sea Rescue Boats 63019-63105 60 63 1944
Motor Boats 64300-64305 6 Patchogue Yacht Builders 64 1944
Motor Boats 64306-64311 6 Elscot Boat 64 1944
Motor Boats 64312-64314 3 Nunes Bros. 64 1944
Small Craft Built Since WWII
Type Type Boat #s # of Boats Boatbuilder LOA Built Disposition
ATON Skiffs AB-SKF 60 Metal Shark Boats 16 2007-09 Active
Utility Boats 40 Munson Manufacturing 18 1993 Active
Cutter Boats - Medium CB-M 70 Zodiac of North America 18 2003 Active
Cutter Boats - Medium CB-M 134 Avon Inflatables 19 1999-00 Active
ATON Boats - Small AB-S 95 North River Boats 20 2007-09 Active
Transportable Port Security Boats TPSB 21401-21566 166 Zodiac of North America 21 1992-96 Active
Trailerable ATON Boats TANB 21___-21___ 90 SeaArk Marine 21 1991-92 Active
Air Boats SPC-AIR 35 Midwest Rescue Airboats LLC 22 2009- Active
Cutter Boats - Large CB-L 36 Aluminum Chambered Boats 24 2008-09 Active
Shallow Water Boats SPC-SW 47 Metal Shark Boats 24 2008-09 Active
Transportable Port Security Boats TPSB 25300-25343 44 Boston Whaler 25 1996-99 Active
Surf Rescue Boats SRB 25301-25506 206 Coast Guard Yard 25 1969-83 Replaced by 30-ft. SRBs
Response Boats (Small) RB-S 25401-25___ 700 Safe Boats International 25 2003-10 Replaced by 29-ft. RB-S IIs
Cutter Boats - Over-the-Horizon CB-OTH-III 53 Zodiac of North America 25 2005 Active
Short-Range Prosecutors SRP 91 Zodiac of North America 25 Active
Surf Rescue Boats SRB 26501-26555 55 Ocean Technical Services 26 1995-97 Replaced by 47-ft. MLBs
Trailerable ATON Boats TANB 90 Metal Shark Boats 26 2006 Active
Cutter Boats - Over-the-Horizon CB-OTH-IV 101 Safe Boats International 26 2015 Active
Response Boats (Small) RB-S II 500 Metal Shark Boats 29 2012- Active
Oil Spill Control Boats Mk. III OSCB 30___-30___ 30 1950s Retired
Surf Rescue Boats SRB 30201-30___ 206 Coast Guard Yard 30 1983-20__ Replaced by 47-ft. MLBs
Utility Boats UTB 30401-30___ Zodiac of North America 30 1998-00
DUKW Amphibians DUKW 313__-31327 Coast Guard Yard 31 1948
Ports and Waterways Boats PWB 32301-32356 56 Willard Marine 32 1974-76 Retired
Oil Spill Control Boats Mk. IV OSCB 32701-32752 52 Munson Manufacturing 32 1974-76 Retired
Transportable Port Security Boats TPSB 80 Aluminum Chambered Boats 32 2011-14 Contract terminated
Transportable Port Security Boats TPSB 32101-32180 80 Kvichak Marine 32 2012-17 Building - 52 total
Law Enforcement Vessels SPC-LE 58 Safe Boats International 33 2006-07 Active
Land Amphibious Rescue Craft LARC 35 1963-67 Retired
Training Boats SPC-TB 16 MetalCraft Marine USA 35 2010- Active
Long-Range Interceptors CB-LRI-II 10 MetalCraft Marine USA 35 2012 Active
Long-Range Interceptors CB-LR-I 33 Willard Marine 36 2007 Replaced by LRI-IIs
Boarding Team Delivery Boats SPC-BTD 2 Zodiac of North America 36 2010 Active
Motor Life Boats MLB ?? Coast Guard Yard 37 1950s Replaced by 44-ft. MLBs
Air Cushion Vehicles ACV 38101-38103 3 38 1969-71
Deployable Pursuit Boats DPB 38 Retired
Utility Boats UTB 40369-40609 241 Coast Guard Yard 40 1950-66 Replaced by 44-ft. MLBs
Utility Boats UTB 41300-41527 228 Coast Guard Yard 41 1973-82 Replaced by RB-Ms
Near-Shore Boats SPC-NSB 44 Safe Boats International 42 2008 Active
Fast Coastal Interceptors FCI 43501-43505 6 Tempest Marine 43 1987 Retired
Motor Life Boats MLB 44300-44410 111 Coast Guard Yard 44 1963-72 Replaced by 47-ft. MLBs
Stern-Loading Buoy Boats BUSL 45301-44332 32 Coast Guard Yard 45 1957-62 Replaced by 49-ft. BUSLs
Response Boats (Medium) RB-M 45601-45780 180 Marinette Marine/Kvichak 45 2008-15 Active
Stern-Loading Buoy Boats BUSL 46301-46306 6 Hunt Shipyard 46 Replaced by 49-ft. BUSLs
Stern-Loading Buoy Boats BUSL 46307-46309 3 Coast Guard Yard 46 1969 Replaced by 49-ft. BUSLs
Motor Life Boats MLB 47200-47322 123 Textron Marine Systems 47 1990-03 Active
Aids-to-Navigation Boats ANB 49___-49___ 49
Stern-Loading Buoy Boats BUSL 49401-49428 28 Coast Guard Yard 49 1997-01 Active
Heavy-Weather Boats SPC-HWX 52312-52315 4 Coast Guard Yard 52 1956-61
Aids-to-Navigation Boats ANB 55101-55112 12 Robert E. Derecktor 55 1977-79 Active
Aids-to-Navigation Boats ANB 55113-55122 10 Coast Guard Yard 55 1980-88 Active
Aids-to-Navigation Boats ANB 64501-64503 3 Owen-Short Marine 64 1996-97 Active
Screening Vessels SPC-SEV 64101-64112 12 Gladding-Hearn SB 64 2009-11 Active
Aids-to-Navigation Boats ANB 1 65 1997 Active

 

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