U.S. Coast Guard Small Craft

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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