“USCGC Grand Isle (WPB-1338)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

She is based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and named after Grand Isle, Louisiana.

In January 2012 Grand Isle returned to Gloucester after repairs that took six months.^[4]

When she entered the Baltimore dockyard in the summer of 2011, she was estimated to require $1.6 million in repairs, repairs that would take eight weeks.^[5]

However, more extensive repairs were required, which took longer, and cost $2.7 million.

As of December 2016, the United States Government transferred Grand Isle from the United States Coast Guard to the Pakistan Navy's Maritime Security Agency under the Office of International Acquisition’s Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Program, together with sister ship Key Biscayne.

Design

The {{sclass2-|Island|patrol boat|`}}s were constructed in Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana. Grand Isle has an overall length of {{convert|110|ft|m}}. It had a beam of {{convert|21|ft|m}} and a draft of {{convert|7|ft|m}} at the time of construction. The patrol boat has a displacement of {{convert|154|t|LT ST}} at full load and {{convert|137|t|LT ST}} at half load. It is powered by two Paxman Valenta 16 CM diesel engines or two Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines. It has two {{convert|99|kW|PS shp}} 3304T diesel generators made by Caterpillar; these can serve as motor–generators. Its hull is constructed from highly strong steel, and the superstructure and major deck are constructed from aluminum.^[6]^[7]

The Island-class patrol boats have maximum sustained speeds of {{convert|29.5|kn|km/h mph}}. It is fitted with one {{convert|25|mm}} machine gun and two {{convert|7.62|mm}} M60 light machine guns; it may also be fitted with two Browning .50 caliber machine guns. It is fitted with satellite navigation systems, collision avoidance systems, surface radar, and a Loran C system. It has a range of {{convert|3330|mi|nmi km}} and an endurance of five days. Its complement is sixteen (two officers and fourteen crew members). Island-class patrol boats are based on Vosper Thornycroft {{convert|33|m}} patrol boats and have similar dimensions.^[6]^[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/wpb-110-unit.htm |title=WPB 110' Island Class : Ship list |work=globalsecurity.org |year=2012 |accessdate=30 July 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/wpb-110.htm |title=WPB 110' Island Class |work=globalsecurity.org |year=2012 |accessdate=30 July 2012}}
3. ^{{cite news| url = http://www.usskidd.com/ships-grand-uscg.html| title = USCGC Grand Isle| publisher = Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission| date = 2006| accessdate = 2012-01-31| quote = | page = | author = }}
4. ^{{cite news| url = http://www.gloucestertimes.com/fishing/x647576001/Local-cutters-entire-Coast-Guard-class-has-troubled-repair-history| title = Local cutter's entire Coast Guard class has troubled repair history| publisher = Gloucester Times| date = 2012-01-28| accessdate = 2012-01-31| quote = The Grand Isle, meanwhile, is returning to service after undergoing repairs in Baltimore. It cost $2.7 million to replace 530 square feet of the vessel's hull, which was badly pitted and 85 percent deteriorated. That damage was why the Grand Isle, originally scheduled for eight weeks of repairs to cost $1.6 million last summer, remained in Baltimore for so long. | page = | author = Stephanie Bergman}}
5. ^{{cite news| url = http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/wheres-the-grand-isle-been-we-got-the-pics-from-gloucesters-cutter-rebuild-at-the-coast-guards-baltimore-yard/| title = Where’s The Grand Isle Been? We Got The Pics From Gloucester’s Cutter Rebuild At The Coast Guard’s Baltimore Yard| publisher = Good Morning Gloucester| date = 2011-12-22| accessdate = 2012-01-31| quote = Gloucester’s Coast Guard Cutter The Grand Isle was supposed to go for a simple overhaul lasting 8 weeks down in the Coast Guard’s Baltimore Shipyard. 26 weeks later and a ginormous laundry list of unexpected repairs has the Grand Isle crew eager to get back in the water and home to Gloucester.| page = | author = }}
6. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/d13/docs/factsheets/110.pdf|title=110-foot Island Class Patrol Boat (WPB)|publisher=United States Coast Guard|accessdate=24 August 2015}}
7. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.bollingershipyards.com/Portfolio/Military--Government-Vessels/USCG-110-34Island-Class34-Patrol-Boats-WPB|title=USCG 110' "Island Class" Patrol Boats (WPB)|publisher=Bollinger Shipyards|accessdate=24 August 2015}}