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Class overview | |
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Name | Near Coastal Patrol Vessel |
Builders | Metal Shark Boats, Louisiana |
Cost | US$9 million |
Built | 2018–present |
Planned | 13 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Displacement | 55 tonne |
Length | 26.59 m (87 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 6.05 m (19 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar C32 diesels, 2 shafts |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 706 nmi (1,308 km; 812 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 10 |
The United States is building 13 small patrol vessels, based on the Damen Stan 2606 patrol vessel design, for small Caribbean nations, to be known as the Defiant class.[1][2][3] The United States Navy, which will play an oversight role in the ship's construction, also calls the design Near Coastal Patrol Vessels. The $54 million contract was awarded to Metal Shark Boats of Louisiana.[4]
Partner nations include Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama and Guatemala.[5][6]
Like the United States Coast Guard's very successful Marine Protector class, also based on the Damen 2606 design, the Defiant-class vessels are to be equipped with a stern launching ramp.[7][8][9]
The vessels will be able to accommodate a crew of ten or more—similar to the Marine Protector class.[3] The vessels are powered by a pair of C32 Caterpillar 2,000 shaft horsepower (1,500 kW) diesel engines.
name | operator | homeport | commissioned | retirement | notes |
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Betelgeuse | Dominican Navy | Santo Domingo | 2020-08-06[10] |
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Río Aguán | Honduran Navy | 2021-07-09[12] | |||
Patrullero 15 | Navy of El Salvador | 2021-07-22[13] | |||
Gral. Omar Torrijos | National Aeronaval Service of Panama | 2021-12-02[14] | |||
Soberanía I | Costa Rican National Coast Guard Service | 2023-04-01[15] |