Completed 49 Length 34 m Displacement 152,400 kg Endurance 5 days 0 hours | Active ≈37 Weight 170.7 tons Range 5.310835 million m | |
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Name Island-class patrol boat Builders Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana Operators United States Coast Guard Class and type Island-class patrol boat | ||
The MY John Paul DeJoria is a cutter class vessel owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It is being used in their direct action campaigns against whaling and against illegal fisheries activities.
In January 2015, Sea Shepherd purchased two recently decommissioned Island-class patrol boats from the U.S. Coast Guard, capable of a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). They were the USCG Block Island and the USCG Pea Island, and were renamed MY Jules Verne and MY Farley Mowat, respectively. The ship was again renamed to MY John Paul DeJoria.
Under the new name, the ships first mission is an ongoing search for a missing man in the Florida Keys.
References
MY Jules Verne Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA