| USCGC Dorado (WPB-87306) | |
|---|---|
| Career (USA) |  |
| Name: | USCGC Dorado (WPB-87306) |
| Operator: | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Commissioned: | April 1999 |
| Motto: |
Per Officium Virtus ("Virtue Through Duty")[1] |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2013[update] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class & type: | Marine Protector class coastal patrol boat |
| Displacement: | 91 long tons (92 t) |
| Length: | 87 ft (27 m) |
| Beam: | 19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) |
| Draft: | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 1,500 hp (1,119 kW) MTU twin-turbocharged, eight-cylinder diesels |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)+ |
| Range: | 900 nmi (1,700 km) |
| Endurance: | 3 days |
| Complement: | 11 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 1 × AN/SPS-73 surface search radar |
| Armament: | 2 × .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns |
USCGC Dorado (WPB 87306) is the sixth cutter of the Marine Protector class coastal patrol boat. Dorado was built at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana and commissioned in April 1999. Dorado is home ported in Crescent City, California and serves under Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay in the Eleventh Coast Guard District.
References
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- ↑ "Dorado Photo Gallery". United States Coast Guard. 2012. http://www.uscg.mil/d11/cgcdorado/photos.asp. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ "Cutter Dorado (WPB 87306)". United States Coast Guard. 2012. http://www.uscg.mil/d11/cgcDorado/default.asp. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
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