USCGC Grand Isle (WPB-1338)
| USCGC Grand Isle (WPB-1338) off Crete in 2003
USCGC Grand Isle (WPB-1338) off Crete in 2003
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| Name: | USCGC Grand Isle (WPB-1338) |
| Namesake: | Grand Isle, Louisiana |
| Builder: | Bollinger Shipyards[1] |
| Commissioned: | 1991 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | C-series Island-class patrol boat[2] |
| Displacement: | 153 long tons (155 t) |
| Length: | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draft: | 6.5 ft (2.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 16-cylinder Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines |
| Speed: | 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) |
| Range: | 3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) |
| Endurance: | 5 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
1 × Cutter Boat Medium (90 HP outboard engine) |
| Complement: | 16 (2 officers, 14 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-64V radar |
| Armament: | |
The USCGC Grand Isle (WPB-1338) is an Island-class patrol boat operated by the United States Coast Guard.[3] She is based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and named after Grand Isle, Louisiana.
In January 2012 the Grand Isle returned to Gloucester after repairs that took six months.[4] When she entered the Baltimore dockyard in the summer of 2011 she was estimated to require $1.6 million USD in repairs, repairs that would take eight weeks.[5] However more extensive repairs were required, which took longer, and cost $2.7 million USD.
Design
The Island-class patrol boats were constructed in Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana. Grand Isle has an overall length of 110 feet (34 m). It had a beam of 21 feet (6.4 m) and a draft of 7 feet (2.1 m) at the time of construction. The patrol boat has a displacement of 154 tonnes (152 long tons; 170 short tons) at full load and 137 tonnes (135 long tons; 151 short tons) at half load. It is powered two Paxman-Valenta 16 CM diesel engines or two Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines. It has two 99 kilowatts (135 PS; 133 shp) 3304T diesel generators made by Caterpillar; these can serve as motor–generators. Its hull is constructed from highly strong steel, and the superstructure and major deck are constructed from aluminium.[6][7]
The Island-class patrol boats have maximum sustained speeds of 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph). It is fitted with one 25 millimetres (0.98 in) machine gun and two 7.62 millimetres (0.300 in) M60 light machine guns; it may also be fitted with two Browning .50 Caliber Machine Guns. It is fitted with satellite navigation systems, collision avoidance systems, surface radar, and a Loran C system. It has a range of 3,330 miles (2,890 nmi; 5,360 km) and an endurance of five days. Its complement is sixteen (two officers and fourteen crew members). Island-class patrol boats are based on Vosper Thornycroft 33 metres (108 ft) patrol boats and have similar dimensions.[6][7]
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