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The United States Coast Guard uses cutters and small boats on the water, and fixed- and rotary wing (helicopters) aircraft in the air. The Coast Guard employs various small arms including handguns, shotguns, rifles, and machine guns. ==Cutters== Originally, the Coast Guard used the term ''cutter'' in its traditional sense, as a type of small sailing ship. Today it officially uses the term for any vessel which has a permanently assigned crew and accommodations for the extended support of that crew, and includes only and all vessels of or more in length.〔(USCG Regulations ). Chapter 10. Accessed 11 December 2006.〕 Larger cutters (over 181 feet (55 m) in length) are controlled by Area Commands (Atlantic Area or Pacific Area). Smaller cutters come under control of District Commands. Cutters usually carry a motor surf boat and/or a rigid-hulled inflatable boat. ''Polar''-class icebreakers (WAGB) carry an Arctic Survey Boat (ASB) and Landing Craft. The Coast Guard formerly leased three 179-foot Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships from the U.S. Navy. All are homeported in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These vessels were used primarily for counterdrug patrols.〔PA3 Brian Leshak, "CG Leases Navy Ships, Fights Drug War". ''Coast Guard Magazine'' 2/2006, pp. 32–33.〕〔http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/179wpb.asp WPC Fact Sheet〕〔http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/S_B_08.htm Naval Vessel Register〕 All have now been returned to the Navy. Any Coast Guard crew with officers or petty officers assigned has law-enforcement authority (14 USC Sec. 89) and can conduct armed boardings. * For a complete list of Cutters see: United States Coast Guard Cutter and List of United States Coast Guard cutters *''Polar''-class icebreaker (WAGB): There are three WAGB's, all home ported in Seattle, Washington. Two are icebreakers (the ''Polar Sea'' and the ''Polar Star''), and one newer icebreaker, the ''Healy''. *National Security Cutter (WMSL)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Northrop Grumman to Supply Polar Ice Breaker Navigation Support for U.S. Coast Guard )〕 *High Endurance Cutter (WHEC): These are Hamilton class cutters, along the waterline. There are 12 WHECs (homeports are: Charleston, South Carolina (2); Seattle, Washington (2); Alameda, California (3); Kodiak, Alaska(1); San Diego, California (2); and Honolulu, Hawaii (2).) *USCGC ''Mackinaw'' (WLBB-30): The ''Mackinaw'' is a heavy icebreaker built for operations on the North American Great Lakes and home ported at Cheboygan, Michigan. *USCGC ''Eagle'' (WIX-327): The ''Eagle'' is home ported at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. It is used for training voyages for Coast Guard Academy cadets and Coast Guard officer candidates. The USCGC ''Eagle'' was built in Germany as the ''Horst Wessel'', and was taken by the United States as a war reparation in 1945. *Offshore Patrol Cutter (Still in development) *Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC): These include fourteen ''Reliance''-class cutters, thirteen ''Famous''-class cutters, and the ''Alex Haley''. *Seagoing Buoy Tender (WLB): There are 16 ''Juniper''-class buoy tenders being commissioned. *USCG coastal buoy tender *USCG Katmai Bay class icebreaking tug *156-foot Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter *110-foot Island Class Cutter (WPB): There are currently 41 110′ patrol boats in active duty service in the U.S. Coast Guard. Eight additional 110-foot patrol boats were extended to but structural issues developed shortly after these conversions and the cutters were deemed unsafe to operate. The Coast Guard the USCG was seeking a $50 million refund from Bollinger Shipyards. Six of the WPB fleet are assigned to the Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) in the Persian Gulf to assist guarding Iraq's waters. *87-foot Marine Protector Class Cutter (WPB): This is a class of patrol boats. *65-foot Small Harbor Tug (WYTL): This is a class of fifteen tugs used by the United States Coast Guard for search and rescue, law enforcement, aids-to-navigation work and light icebreaking. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Equipment of the United States Coast Guard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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