USCGC Dorado
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.jpg) USCGC Dorado (WPB-87306)
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| Name | USCGC Dorado |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Commissioned | April 1999 |
| Decommissioned | 10 March 2021 |
| Homeport | Crescent City, California |
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| Fate | Decommissioned, awaiting sale to a foreign military partner |
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| Class and type | Marine Protector-class 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 × 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 | 12 |
| Sensors and processing systems | 1 × AN/SPS-73 surface search radar |
| Armament | 2 × .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns |
USCGC Dorado (WPB-87306) was the sixth cutter of the Marine Protector-class patrol boats. Dorado was built at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana and commissioned in April 1999 and decommissioned on 10 March 2021.[3] Dorado's home port was in Crescent City, California and served under Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay in the Eleventh Coast Guard District.
After decommissioning, Dorado will be transferred to the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales Program and is awaiting sale to an allied partner.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dorado Photo Gallery". United States Coast Guard. 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Cutter Dorado (WPB 87306)". United States Coast Guard. 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ a b "U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay Patrol Boat Decommissioned After 21 Years of Service". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
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