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USCGC Marlin (WPB 87304)

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Name
  
USCGC Marlin

Status
  
in active service

Beam
  
19 ft 5 in (5.92 m)

Endurance
  
5 days 0 hours

Homeport
  
Fort Myers, Florida

Displacement
  
91 lt

Length
  
26 m

USCGC Marlin (WPB-87304)

Class and type
  
Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat

Builder
  
Bollinger Shipyards, L.L.C.

The USCGC Marlin is the fourth Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat. Her home port is Fort Myers, Florida.

In 2010 the Marlin was assigned to help clean up oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

In 2013 the Marlin searched for David Lashley, a Florida resident whose boat broke down 15 miles off Cedar Key.

On November 3, 2015, the Marlin and the USCGC Kathleen Moore participated in the interception and repatriation of 85 individuals who tried to flee Cuba, by sea.

References

USCGC Marlin (WPB-87304) Wikipedia