 USCGC Knight Island, commissioned in 1992, is the second newest Island-class boat.
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| 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 | 3 |
| 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)[3] |
| Propulsion |
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| 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 3 remain in commission. Their hull numbers are WPB-1301 through WPB-1349.[4]
- ^ "WPB 110' Island Class". GlobalSecurity.org. Global Security. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
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.
- ^ Carr, Richard (31 March 2014). "Valenta and VP185 applications – Valenta (Y3J or RP200) applications". PaxmanHistory.org.uk. Richard Carr's Paxman history pages. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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