Island-class patrol boat

This article is about a United States Coast Guard patrol vessel class. For the Royal Navy 195 foot patrol vessel class, see Island-class patrol vessel.
USCGC Knight Island, commissioned in 1992, is the second newest Island-class boat.
Class overview
NameIsland class
BuildersBollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana, U.S.
Operators
Preceded byCape-class
Succeeded bySentinel-class
Built1985–1992[1]
In service1985–present
Completed49
Active3
Lost1
General characteristics
TypePatrol boat
Displacement168 tons
Length110 ft (34 m)
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft7.3 ft (2.2 m)[2]
Propulsion
Speed29.5 kn (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph)
Range2,900 nmi (5,400 km; 3,300 mi)
Endurance5 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		1 – Cutter Boat Medium (Yamaha 90 HP outboard engine)
Complement16 (2 officers, 14 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems		AN/SPS-73 radar
Armament
Aircraft carriedNone

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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference fnm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "USCG: 110 ft Patrol Boat". USCG.mil. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.