Engineering:Island-class patrol boat

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Short description: Class of cutters of the U.S. Coast Guard
USCGC Knight island.jpg
USCGC Knight Island, commissioned in 1992, is the second newest Island-class boat.
Class overview
Name: Island class
Builders: Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana, U.S.
Operators:
Preceded by: Cape-class
Succeeded by: Sentinel-class
Built: 1985–1992[1]
In service: 1985–present
Completed: 49
Active: 7
Lost: 1
General characteristics
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement: 168 tons
Length: 110 ft (34 m)
Beam: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft: 7.3 ft (2.2 m)[2]
Propulsion:
Speed: 29.5 kn (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph)
Range: 2,900 nmi (5,400 km; 3,300 mi)
Endurance: 5 days
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 1 – Cutter Boat Medium (Yamaha 90 HP outboard engine)
Complement: 16 (2 officers, 14 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems:		 AN/SPS-73 radar
Armament:
Aircraft carried: None

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 7 remain in commission. Their hull numbers are WPB-1301 through WPB-1349.[4]

Overview

The 110 feet (34 metres) Island-class patrol boats are a U.S. Coast Guard modification of a highly successful British-designed Vosper Thornycroft patrol boat built for Qatar, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore.[2] With excellent range and seakeeping capabilities, the Island class, all named after U.S. islands, replaced the older 95 feet (29 metres) Cape-class cutters. These cutters are equipped with advanced electronics and navigation equipment, and are used in support of the Coast Guard's maritime homeland security, migrant interdiction, drug interdiction, defense operations, fisheries enforcement, and search and rescue missions.[5]

The 58 ordered Sentinel-class cutters, selected under the Fast Response Cutter (FRC) program, are slated to replace the Island class. Six Island class cutters are currently stationed in Manama, Bahrain, as a part of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia to provide the Navy's Fifth Fleet with combat ready assets.[6] The cutters have 10 tons worth of space and weight reservations for additional weapons.[7]

Conversion problems

As built, these vessels were all 110 feet (34 m) in length. In 2002 as part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program, the Coast Guard began refitting some of these vessels, adding 13 feet (4.0 m) to the stern to make room for a high-speed stern launching ramp, and replacing the superstructure so that these vessels had enough room to accommodate mixed-gender crews. The refit added about 15 tons to the vessel's displacement, and reduced its maximum speed by approximately one knot. The eight cutters[8] modified were;

In 2005, then-Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thomas H. Collins made the decision to stop the contractor's conversion at eight hulls when sea trials revealed intractable structural flaws.[9][10]

In August 2006, a Lockheed Martin engineer went public with allegations that the company and the Coast Guard were ignoring serious security flaws in the refitting project, and that they were likely to repeat the same mistakes on similar projects. The flaws included blind spots in watch cameras, FLIR equipment not suitable for operating under extreme temperatures, and the use of non-shielded cables in secure communications systems, a violation of TEMPEST standards.[11]

In late November 2006 all eight of the 123 ft (37 m) WPBs were taken out of service due to debilitating problems with their lengthened hulls – all eight hulls were cracking when driven at high speed in heavy seas. These as well as other issues – such as C4ISR problems – drove the program $60 million over budget, triple the original bid for the eight boats converted. The 41 unmodified 110s are now being pressed harder to take up the slack.[12] The eight modified were moved to the United States Coast Guard Yard and moored in Arundel Cove.[13]

Transfers to foreign operators

Unloading of P191 "Starobilsk" of the Ukrainian Navy

The U.S. Coast Guard has transferred several ships to foreign navies and coast guards via the Defense Security Cooperation Agency's Office of International Acquisition's Excess Defense Articles Program (EDA).[14]

In May 2023, the United States government pledged to provide the Philippines at least two Island-class patrol vessels which was agreed by both sides, as it was offered alongside two Marine Protector-class patrol boats and three Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft during President Bongbong Marcos' visit to Washington D.C.[15][16] The recipient of the transferred vessels will be the Philippine Navy. [17][18]

Operators

  • United States Coast Guard
  • Georgian Coast Guard – two ships via EDA in September 2016[19]
  • Pakistan Maritime Security Agency – two ships via EDA in 2016[20]
  • Costa Rican Coast Guard – two ships via EDA in 2017[20][21]
  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society – purchased former USCGC Block Island and Pea Island, June 2015,[22] and Bainbridge Island, November 2017.[23]
  • Ukrainian Navy – five acquired from the USCG[24]
  • Hellenic Navy – four ships via EDA in 2023[25]

Dispositions

disposition of Island class cutters
image name commissioned decommissioned notes
USCGC Farallon (WPB 1301).jpg Farallon (WPB-1301)
Manitou (WPB-1302) Directed to be removed from operational service November 2006
Matagordawpb.jpg Matagorda (WPB-1303) Directed to be removed from operational service November 2006
USCGC Maui (WPB-1304) with MH-60S of HSC-26 off Bahrain in December 2014.JPG Maui (WPB-1304) 22 March 2022 in Manama, Bahrain
Monhegan (WPB-1305) Directed to be removed from operational service November 2006
Nunivak (WPB-1306) Directed to be removed from operational service November 2006
USCG Okracoke, Guantanamo.jpg Ocracoke (WPB-1307) transferred to Ukraine, renamed P192 Sumy
Vashon (WPB-1308) Directed to be removed from operational service November 2006
USCGC Aquidneck (WPB 1309).jpg Aquidneck (WPB-1309) 15 June 2021 in Manama, Bahrain
USCGC Mustang (WPB-1310).jpg Mustang (WPB-1310)
2009 Photo Contest - Second Place (4320540278).jpg Naushon (WPB-1311) 3 October 1986 Homeport - Homer, Alaska
US Navy 050804-C-2023P-569 Patrol Boat from Woods Hole, Mass., patrols the Portland Harbor as part of security measures for Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff's visit.jpg Sanibel (WPB-1312)
Engine swap 121203-G-JY570-018.jpg Edisto (WPB-1313)
USCGC Sapelo moored next to a cruise liner in San Juan.jpg Sapelo (WPB-1314) transferred to Greece
Mantinicus (WPB-1315)
Coast-Guard-Cutter-Nantucket-WPB-1316.jpg Nantucket (WPB-1316) Mar 2017
Attu (WPB-1317) Directed to be removed from operational service November 2006
USCGC Baranof (WPB 1318) -- COMBAT CAMERA 140221-N-QP268-491.jpg Baranof (WPB-1318)
United States Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur.jpg Chandeleur (WPB-1319)
US Coast Guard Cutter Chincoteague (WPB-1320) passes Fort San Felipe del Morro.jpg Chincoteague (WPB-1320)
USCGC Cushing (WPB-1321) on Potomac River 03 Nov 2015.jpg Cushing (WPB-1321) transferred to Ukraine, renamed P190 Sloviansk, sunk due to Russian action 3 March 22
US Navy 030807-N-6477M-213 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter CuttyHunk (WPB 1322) escorts the Ohio-class strategic missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) through the strait of Juan De Fuca.jpg Cuttyhunk (WPB-1322) Decommissioned in Port Angeles, Washington, on May 5, 2022.
P191 Starobilsk.jpg Drummond (WPB-1323) transferred to Ukraine, renamed P191 Starobilsk
Key Largo (WPB-1324) 01 December 1988 27 February 2023
Metompkin (WPB-1325) Directed to be removed from operational service November 2006
US Navy 040809-G-1034C-216 The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy (WPB 1326) is off-loaded as part of a six-boat force representing the Coast Guard operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf.jpg Monomoy (WPB-1326) 19 May 1989 22 March 2022 Transferred to Greece
San Francisco USCGC Orcas (WPB-1327)1.jpg Orcas (WPB-1327)
USCGC Padre Island (WPB 1328) - 1999-11-30.jpg Padre (WPB-1328) Directed to be removed from operational service November 2006
USCGC Sitanak with refugees -a.jpg Sitkanak Island (WPB-1329)
Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returns to homeport following 54-day patrol.jpg Tybee (WPB-1330)
USCGC Washington (WPB-1331).JPG Washington (WPB-1331) transferred to Ukraine, renamed P193 Fastiv
USCGC Wrangell (WPB-1332) underway in the Arabian Sea on 7 February 2018 (180207-N-TB177-0417).JPG Wrangell (WPB-1332) 22 March 2022 in Manama, Bahrain Transferred to Greece
Liberty22.jpg Adak (WPB-1333) 15 June 2021 in Manama, Bahrain
USCGC Liberty Island (WPB-1334).jpg Liberty (WPB-1334)
USCGC Anacapa (WPB-1335).jpg Anacapa (WPB-1335)
RIMPAC 2000 DVIDS1081891.jpg Kiska (WPB-1336) transferred to Ukraine, renamed P194 Vyacheslav Kubrak
USCGC Assateague.jpg Assateague (WPB-1337)
USCGC Grand Isle (WPB-1338), off Crete.jpg Grand Isle (WPB-1338) transferred to Pakistan
2009-12-06 USCGC Key Biscayne WPB1339.jpg Key Biscayne (WPB-1339) transferred to Pakistan
USCG-1340-Jefferson-Island.jpg Jefferson Island (WPB-1340) Decommissioned in Portland, Maine on September 19, 2014. transferred to Georgia (country)
USCGC Kodiak Island.jpg Kodiak Island (WPB-1341)
United States Coast Guard Cutter Long Island (WPB 1342).jpg Long Island (WPB-1342) transferred to Costa Rica, renamed Juan Rafael Mora Porras
US Navy 030828-C-5313L-543 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bainbridge Island (WPB 1343), home ported in Sandy Hook, NJ., stands watch over the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.jpg Bainbridge Island (WPB-1343) purchased by Sea Shepherd, renamed MV Sharpie
WPB 1344, USCG Block Island, an Island Class 110 foot cutter, and USCG helicopter.jpg Block Island (WPB-1344) purchased by Sea Shepherd, renamed MY Jules Verne and later MV John Paul DeJoria
USCGC Staten Island leaves Washington DC -a.jpg Staten Island (WPB-1345) transferred to Georgia
Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island (WPB 1346) slices through the waters of Prince William Sound at full speed.jpg Roanoke Island (WPB-1346) transferred to Costa Rica, renamed Gen. Jose M. Canas Escamilla
Pea Island (WPB-1347) purchased by Sea Shepherd, renamed MY Farley Mowat
USCGC Knight island.jpg Knight Island (WPB-1348)
USCGC Galveston Island - 170214-G-CA140-1001.jpg Galveston Island (WPB-1349)

Gallery

  • USCG Sanibel moored in Boston Harbor

  • Four WPBs transported to the Mediterranean aboard MV BBC Spain

  • USCGC Anacapa sinks derelict Ryou-Un Maru fishing vessel with fire hose, 5 April 2012.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WPB 110' Island Class". Global Security. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/wpb-110.htm. "There are three variants of the Island Class. The A & B classes use two Paxman-Valenta 16 CM engines as there propulsion plants while the C class uses two Caterpillar 3516s." 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 McCarthy, Frank N. (1986). "The Coast Guard's New Island in the Drug War". Proceedings (United States Naval Institute) 112 (2): 109&110. 
  3. ↑ Carr, Richard (31 March 2014). "Valenta and VP185 applications – Valenta (Y3J or RP200) applications". Richard Carr's Paxman history pages. https://paxmanhistory.org.uk/applics1.htm#y3j. 
  4. ↑ "USCG: 110 ft Patrol Boat". http://uscg.mil/datasheet/110wpb.asp. 
  5. ↑ "Patrol Forces Southwest Asia". US Coast Guard. https://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/PATFORSWA/. 
  6. ↑ "Patrol Forces Southwest Asia". US Coast Guard. https://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/PATFORSWA/. 
  7. ↑ "United States Coast Guard AntiSubmarine Warfare (ASW) in the Maritime Defense Zone (MDZ)". http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a217340.pdf. "The new Island Class of 110-foot Patrol Boat (WPB) was designed with "a ten-ton space and weight reservation for additional weapon systems."" 
  8. ↑ Bruce Alpert (August 18, 2011). "Feds Sue Bollinger Shipyards Over 'Unseaworthy' Coast Guard Ships". New Orleans Business News. http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2011/08/feds_sue_bollinger_shipyards_o.html. "The suit contends that Lockport-based Bollinger exaggerated the structural hull strength of the eight boats it had contracted to lengthen from 110 feet to 123 feet." 
  9. ↑ Nathaniel R. Helms (2005-06-23). "Coast Guard Scramble Over Deepwater Snag". Military.com. http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Defensewatch_062305_Helms,00.html. 
  10. ↑ "Coast Guard ends cutter conversion program". MarineLog. 2005-07-18. http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMV/2005jul0181.html. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
  11. ↑ Griff Witte (2006-08-29). "On YouTube, Charges of Security Flaws". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/28/AR2006082801293.html. 
  12. ↑ Eric Lipton (2006-11-30). "Coast Guard to Idle 8 Cutters After $100 Million Renovation". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/washington/30ship.html. 
  13. ↑ U. S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft . HMC James T. Flynn, Jr. USNR(ret). 2012.
  14. ↑ "EDA". dsca.mil. http://www.dsca.mil/programs/excess-defense-articles-eda. 
  15. ↑ Valmonte, Kaycee (2 May 2023). "US to transfer patrol boats, airplanes to Philippine military". https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/05/02/2263176/us-transfer-patrol-boats-airplanes-philippine-military. 
  16. ↑ "Philippines To Receive Four Ex-US Coast Guard Patrol Boats". 3 May 2023. https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/philippines-to-receive-four-ex-us-coast-guard-patrol-boats/. 
  17. ↑ Nepomuceno, Priam (3 May 2023). "4 US patrol boats to beef up PH Navy's defense capabilities". https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1200609. 
  18. ↑ "Understanding the United States' Patrol Boat Pledges to the Philippine Navy". 5 June 2023. https://www.pitzdefanalysis.net/2023/05/understanding-us-patrol-boat-pledge-philippines.html. 
  19. ↑ "U.S. Donates Two Patrol Boats to Georgian Coast Guard". Civil Georgia (Tbilisi). 1 October 2016. http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=29475. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "USCG Transfers Cutters". dcms.uscg.mil. http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/EDA_101617/. 
  21. ↑ "Costa Rica to commission former US Coast Guard cutters in April". Naval Today. 2018-03-07. https://mobile.navaltoday.com/2018/03/07/costa-rica-to-commission-former-us-coast-guard-cutters-in-april/. "The Coast Guard formally transferred the two patrol boats – the former cutters Long Island and Roanoke Island – to Costa Rica through the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Program in October 2017." 
  22. ↑ "Sea Shepherd Welcomes the Farley Mowat and the Jules Verne to its Fleet - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society". http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2015/06/01/sea-shepherd-welcomes-the-farley-mowat-and-the-jules-verne-to-its-fleet-1697. 
  23. ↑ "Sea Shepherd Launches New Anti-poaching Vessel M/V Sharpie" (in en-GB). Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-commentary/news/sea-shepherd-launches-new-anti-poaching-vessel-mv-sharpie.html. 
  24. ↑ "Ukraine to receive two former U.S. Coast Guard Island-class cutters". navaltoday.com. 3 April 2018. https://navaltoday.com/2018/04/03/ukraine-to-receive-two-former-us-coast-guard-island-class-cutters/. 
  25. ↑ "ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΟ: Οι ΗΠΑ παραχωρούν 3 περιπολικά κλάσης Island στο Πολεμικό μας Ναυτικό, άλλα 5 προς διάθεση στο άμεσο μέλλον - Πτήση" (in el). 2022-01-20. https://flight.com.gr/despite-covid19-china-intensifies-tensions-taiwan-2/,%20https://flight.com.gr/despite-covid19-china-intensifies-tensions-taiwan-2/. 

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