Average Day with The U.S. Coast Guard
Each day, the men and women of the 35,000 plus active duty Coast Guard, 8,000 Reservists and 32,000 Auxiliarists provide services over 3.4 million square miles of Exclusive Economic Zones..

1. Conduct 109 Search and Rescue Cases.
2. Save 10 lives.
3. Assist 192 people in distress.
4. Protect $2,791,841 in property.
5. Small boats are underway for 396 sorties/missions.
6. Aircraft fly 164 missions, logging 324 hours, of which 19 hrs are flown off patrolling cutters.
7. Law enforcement teams board 144 vessels.
8. Seize 169 pounds of marijuana and 306 pounds of cocaine worth $9,589,000.00.
9. Seize 1 drug smuggling vessel every five days
10. Cutter and small boat crews interdict and rescue 14 illegal migrants.
11. Marine Safety personnel open 8 new cases for marine violation of federal statutes
12. Process 238 Seaman licenses and documents.
13. Marine Inspectors board 100 large vessels for port safety checks.
14. Vessel examiners conduct 20 commercial fishing vessel safety exams and issue 11 fishing vessel compliance decals.
15. Pollution investigators respond to 20 oil or hazardous chemical spills totaling 2,800 gallons.
16. Investigate 6 vessel casualties involving collisions, allisions or groundings.
17. Buoy tenders and Aids to Navigational Teams service 135 aids to navigation.
18. Vessel Traffic Service controllers assist 2,509 commercial ships entering & leaving U.S. ports.
19. Icebreakers and buoy tenders assist 196,938 tons of shipping daily during the Great Lakes ice season.
20. International Ice Patrol sorties provide ice safety information to facilitate the 163,238 tons of shipping during the North Atlantic ice season.
21. Auxiliarists conduct 377 vessel safety checks and teach boating safety courses to 550 boaters.

About The Boat

Length: 47 feet
Special Characteristics: Self-righting (if overturned, the vessel
will return to an upright position in 8 seconds or less).
The 47' motor lifeboat is designed as a first response rescue resource in high seas, surf & heavy weather environments. They are built to withstand the most severe conditions at sea and are capable of effecting a rescue at sea even under the most difficult circumstances. They are self-bailing, self-righting, almost unsinkable, and have a long cruising radius for their size. It is the replacement for the aging 44' MLB fleet.

There are (presently) 81 operational, being added to monthly.  The total (to be delivered over 5 years) will be about 200.