USCGC Assateague (WPB-1337) was an Island-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Assateague was constructed at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana and commissioned on 15 June 1990.
Service history While operating in the Coast Guard 14th District, the cutter reported to Sector Guam. Assateague supported multi-mission operations throughout Sector Guam’s vast area of responsibility, which includes the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zones surrounding Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and an international SAR area that includes the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia, conducting search and rescue response missions, and ports, waterways & coastal security operations.
Design The Island-class patrol boats were constructed in Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana. Assateague had an overall length of . It had a beam of and a draft of at the time of construction. The patrol boat had a displacement of at full load and at half load. It was powered two Paxman Valenta 16 CM diesel engines. It had two 3304B diesel generators made by Caterpillar; these served as motor–generators. Its hull was constructed from highly strong steel, and the superstructure and major deck were constructed from aluminium.
The Island-class patrol boats have maximum sustained speeds of . It was fitted with one machine gun and two M60 light machine guns; it may also be fitted with two Browning .50 Caliber Machine Guns. It was fitted with satellite navigation systems, collision avoidance systems, surface radar, and a Loran C system. It had a range of and an endurance of five days. Its complement was sixteen (two officers and fourteen crew members). Island-class patrol boats are based on Vosper Thornycroft patrol boats and have similar dimensions. Coast Guard Cutter Assateague was decommissioned on 13 October 2017.
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