USCGC Manowar (WPB-87330)

History
United States
Name: USCGC Manowar
Commissioned: 2001
Homeport: Galveston, Texas
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Displacement: 91 lt
Length: 87 ft (27 m)
Beam: 19 ft 5 in (5.92 m)
Draft: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Propulsion: 2 x MTU diesels
Speed: 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range: 900 nmi (1,700 km)
Endurance: 5 days
Complement: 10
Armament: 2 × .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns

USCGC Manowar (WPB-87330) is an 87-foot (27 m) long Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard built by Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana and was the thirtieth vessel commissioned in her class. Manowar is homeported at Galveston, Texas and her primary missions are ports, waterways and coastal security, search and rescue, law enforcement, marine environmental response, recreational boating safety and military readiness. She was commissioned in 2001.[1]


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References

  1. ↑ "USCGC Manowar". USCG cutter history. U.S. Coast Guard Historians Office. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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