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Fog cutter
By adamg on Wed, 11/12/2014 - 3:08pm
Eileen Murphy watched a Coast Guard cutter just off Castle Island this morning.
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Eileen Murphy watched a Coast Guard cutter just off Castle Island this morning.
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Not a cutter actually, it's a
Not a cutter actually, she's a patrol boat since she's under 210ft. (she's a 110 actually)
E: Actually, been a while since I've been out and forgot some of my nomenclature. She is indeed a cutter, but classified as a patrol boat. 210s/270s are medium endurance, 378s high endurance. Too many days spent explaining to people that anything over 65ft is a cutter.
That would be
USCGC Grand Isle (WPB-1338)
Huh, she's not one of the
Huh, she's not one of the ones typically stationed here in Boston. I was thinking she might be the Spencer until you actually looked up the number.
She's out of Gloucester...
Spencer is a 270.