Response Boat-Medium
Characteristics:
Number
Planned: 180
Prime Contractor: Marinette Marine Corp
Length: 44 feet, 10.5 inches
Beam: 14 feet, 7.75 inches
Draft: Full Load 3 feet, 4 inches
Full Load Displacement: 36,500 pounds
Max Sustained Speed: 42.5 knots
Range: 250 nautical miles at 30 knots
Towing: 100 tons
Mission Limits: 8 foot seas / 30 knot winds Survivability Limits: 12 foot seas / 50 knot winds
The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) will provide greater effectiveness on Search And Rescue (SAR) missions. It will also be a more capable platform for Enforcement of Laws and Treaties (ELT), Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security (PWCS), Defense Operations (DO), Recreational Boating Safety (RBS), and Marine Environmental Protection (MEP) missions. Interoperability of the RB-Ms with other Coast Guard assets will greatly enhance the overall Coast Guard command and control in the Coastal Zone..
Features
- Self-righting stability (in intact condition)
- Twin diesel engines, twin water jet-drive
- Fore and aft machine gun mounts Inter-operational with rescue 21 communications system
- Port, Starboard, and Aft recovery platforms
- 5-person - environmentally-controlled survivor compartment
- Infrared camera
- Secure, shock-mitigating crew seats