Showing posts with label coast guard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coast guard. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

How Many Ships Are There In the U S Coast Guard

US Coast Guard.

It would be unfair just to mention only the ships
How Many Ships Are There In the U S Coast Guard
U S Coast Guard Ship and Boat
that the us coast guard has since there are many other equipment that are integrated to work together with the ships to make any missions successful. Ships (cutters), air craft, boats, small arms, communications and personnel all contribute immensely towards smooth operation during any mission. With one of the biggest coast guard fleets in the world the US coast guard was a huge fleet of vessels as well as equipment that patrols its 88,633 miles of tidal shore lines on a daily basis.


The nation’s cutter fleet of is made up of a staggering 560 ships with the biggest measuring 420’ where as the smallest 65’. Different cutter types as integrated in to the fleets making up of  ice breakers, small harbor tugs, inland buoy tenders, inland construction tenders, patrol boats, surface effect ships, auxiliary tugs among many other vessels that are used for different operations during coast guard patrols and rescue missions on inland water ways as well as coastal waters.