USCGC Halibut (WPB-87340)

The USCGC Halibut is a Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat, based in Marina del Rey, California. Her patrol area is the 300 mi from Morro Bay to Dana Point, and several important offshore islands.

Like her sister ships, the Halibut was built at the Bollinger Shipyards, in Lockport, Louisiana. Commissioned on April 26, 2002, she replaced the Point-class cutter USCGC Point Bridge.

In the early morning of December 2, 2012, the Halibut encountered a suspicious vessel, and dispatched her pursuit boat to investigate. The crew of the pursuit boat hailed the vessel and attempted to board her for an inspection, upon which the suspicious vessel rammed the Halibut's boat. Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne, the Halibut's second in command, is credited with heroically pushing a colleague to safety at the cost of his own life.