USCGC Sea Fox
USCGC Sea Fox was the last Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat to be built. Her home port is Bangor, Washington.
Sea Fox at Naval Base Kitsap. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Sea Fox |
| Namesake | USS Sea Fox |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Acquired | 2009 |
| Homeport | Bangor, Washington |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Semper Infensus |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat |
| Displacement | 91 long tons (92 t) |
| Length | 87 ft 0 in (26.5 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 5 in (5.9 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU diesels |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range | 900 nmi (1,700 km) |
| Endurance | 5 days |
| Complement | 10 |
| Armament | 3 × .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns |
Unlike most cutters in her class she is owned by the United States Navy, although she is staffed by United States Coast Guard personnel. She and her sister ship, USCGC Sea Devil are employed to protect the Navy's largest submarines, the nuclear-armed Ohio class, while in and near their moorings in Puget Sound. USCGC Sea Dragon and USCGC Sea Dog guard the submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia. These four vessels mount an additional gyro-stabilized remotely controlled machine gun.
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