Ambassador MK III missile boat vs Cabrini-class patrol boat

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Ambassador MK III missile boat — licensed reference photograph

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Ambassador MK III missile boat

Missile boat

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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Antonio Garcia · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Cabrini-class patrol boat

Patrol boat

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ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

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Ambassador MK III missile boatLength

63 m

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Cabrini-class patrol boatLOA

44.16 m

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Measured figures

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63m

44.16mLOA

Length

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63 m

Length

Single source

63 m (206 ft 8 in)^[source]

44.16 m

LOA

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Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and Cabrini-class patrol boat configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	Cabrini-class patrol boat
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Cabrini class^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]	Intermarine /Rodriguez, ( Messina )^[source]
Operators	Egyptian Navy^[source]	Italian Navy^[source]
Cost	US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)^[source]

Built	2008–2013^[source]	2016–2019^[source]

In commission	2013–^[source]	2019–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	2^[source]

Active	4^[source]	2^[source]

Type	Missile boat^[source]	Patrol boat^[source]

Propulsion	4 shafts^[source]	—

Endurance	8 days at sea^[source]	10 days with 9 crew/troops; 3 days with 27 crew/troops^[source]

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]	Leonardo CMS SADOC Mk4 1 × GEM Elettronica MM/SPN-760, navigation dual-band radar, X/Ku 1 × Leonardo Janus-N IRST system satellite communications^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM^[source]	—

Armament	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]	1 × Oto Melara Hitfist -N 12.7 mm, remotized 1 × Spike LR missile launcher 2 × 7.62 mm gatling machine gun Dillon Aero M134D up to 12 machine guns^[source]

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	—

Notes	—	stern ramp for RHIB 7.33 m (24 ft 1 in) with automatic recovery and launching system fuel tank: 35 m 3 (1,200 cu ft) F76 fresh water tank: 4 m 3 (140 cu ft) ammunition depot: about 1 t (0.98 long tons) ballistic resistance: STANAG 4569 Level II^[source]