APatrol & mine warfare vessels
25-foot Transportable Port Security Boat
inshore/harbor surface interdiction response asset
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APatrol & mine warfare vessels
inshore/harbor surface interdiction response asset
At a glance
25-foot Transportable Port Security Boatlarger figure on 0 of 2
Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 25-foot Transportable Port Security Boat | Ambassador MK III missile boat |
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| Displacement | — | 600 tons[source] |
| Complement | — | 36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38[source] |
| Name | Transportable Port Security Boat[source] | Ambassador MK III[source] |
| Builders | Boston Whaler[source] | VT Halter Marine[source] |
| Operators |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
United States Coast Guard[source]
Egyptian Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | 22-foot Raider boat[source] | — |
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| Succeeded by | 32 ft Transportable Port Security Boat (TPSB)[source] | — |
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| In service | 1997-present[source] | — |
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| Armament | 2 × M240B 7.62mm machine gun 1 x M2HB .50-caliber machine gun[source] | 8 × RGM-84 Boeing Harpoon SSM Block 1G in 2 quad canister launchers 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun 1 × Mk 31 Mod 3 RIM-116 RAM (21 missiles) 1 × Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 21 Phalanx (Block 1B) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × deck-mounted 7.62 mm M60 machine guns[source] |
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| Role | inshore/harbor surface interdiction response asset[source]Exact source-described subject/configuration, not equipment carried by it | — |
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| Alternative designation | Transportable Port Security Boat[source] | — |
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| Cost | — | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2008–2013[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2013–[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | — | Missile boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 4 shafts[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 8 days at sea[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Thales MRR-3D NG G band multi-role radar Thales Scout ( I / J band ) Maritime Surveillance Radar Thales STING-EO Mk2 fire control Radar Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14 and Link 11 data links IFF TACTICOS Combat Management System with Model 033-2T/066-2T Tracking Pedestals.[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source]Ambassador MK III missile boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard |
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