Response Boat – Medium

The Response Boat – Medium (RB-M) is a utility boat used by the United States Coast Guard. It is a replacement for the Coast Guard's retired fleet of utility boats (UTB), which had been in use by the Coast Guard since the 1970s. On June 21, 2006 the USCG awarded the RB-M contract to Marinette Marine of Marinette, Wisconsin and Kvichak Marine Industries of Seattle, Washington. The RB-M was designed by Camarc Design in the UK. Between June of 2006 and March of 2015 Marinette, in Green Bay Wisconsin and Kvichak in Kent, Washington partnered to build and deliver 174 RB-Ms to the USCG. Kvichak developed and delivered several police boat variants to several cities including Seattle and New York.

In the summer of 2017, the Canadian Coast Guard purchased a used 45 RBM from the United States Coast Guard. It is based in Vancouver British Columbia under the name CCGS Laredo Sound.

According to the US Coast Guard, "While primarily a search and rescue asset when the 41' UTB was first fielded, the evolution of missions has increased the requirement to perform many missions including recreational boating safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ports, waterways, and coastal security, and defense operations, including those traditional missions associated with Homeland Security."

On March 17, 2015, the U.S. Coast Guard received the 174th and final RB-M into service.

General characteristics The boat has a deep-V, double chine hull, which provides a balance of performance and stability. The vessel is self-righting if it capsizes in rough seas. Below the pilot house are six compartments: Lazarette Auxiliary machinery compartment Engine room Survivors' Compartment Forepeak Head

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Electronics FLIR navigator thermal imager Furuno scalable integrated navigation system Furuno radios Gentex LVIS digital intercom system Taiyo TD-L1550A VHF Direction Finder Motorola 5000 digital mobile radio Mount for KY-99 makes RB-M ready for secure communications L3 Communications automatic identification system

Hull numbering In keeping with standard USCG practice, boats of this size have hull numbers and are not named. This type of boat has a hull number beginning with the length of the boat (45′) and then a sequential number. In the case of the RB-M boats, the hull numbers begin with 601. Thus the first boat will be RB-M 45601.

Boats

Boat Station Delivery date45601 Little Creek, Virginia 45602 Cape Disappointment, Washington 45603 Key West, Florida 45604 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 45605 Staten Island, New York 45606 Port Aransas, Texas 45607 Yorktown, Virginia 45608 Boston, Massachusetts 45609 San Juan, Puerto Rico 45610 Staten Island, New York 45611 Port Aransas, Texas 45612 Staten Island, New York 45613 Maui, Hawaii 45614 Staten Island, New York 45615 Little Creek, Virginia 45616 Staten Island, New York 45617 Cortez, Florida 45618 Galveston, Texas 45619 Honolulu, Hawaii 45620 Castle Hill, Rhode Island 45621 Panama City, Florida 45622 Staten Island, New York 45623 St. Petersburg, Florida 45624 Cleveland Harbor, Ohio 45625 Lake Worth Inlet, Florida 45626 Belle Isle, Michigan 45627 Honolulu, Hawaii 45628 Duluth, Minnesota 45629 Castle Hill, Rhode Island 45630 Galveston, Texas 45631 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 45632 Belle Isle, Michigan 45633 Panama City, Florida 45634 Fort Pierce, Florida 45635 Calumet Harbor, Illinois 45636 New Orleans, Louisiana 45640 Annapolis, Maryland 45641 Curtis Bay, Maryland 45643 Los Angeles/Long Beach, California 45645Seattle, WashingtonJanuary 201045651 Los Angeles/Long Beach, California 45652 Los Angeles/Long Beach, California 45664Seattle, WashingtonJune 201145658Seattle, WashingtonAugust 201145690Buffalo, New YorkMay 201245703 Essexville, Michigan45721Charlevoix, MichiganApril 201345723 Youngstown, New York45744 Hobucken, North Carolina45745 Hudgins, Virginia45742 Crisfield, Maryland45749Port Angeles, Washington45754 St. Joseph, Michigan 45771 Destin, Florida45772 Charleston, South Carolina45773 New Orleans, Louisiana45774 St. Petersburg, FloridaSources:

Media

RB-M 45771 at Station Destin, Florida was featured at Smarter Every Day channel Why Jet Boats are AWESOME

See also

Equipment of the United States Coast Guard

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