U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Small Boats

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Douglas R. Meier
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Boats and cutters covered in this book -

Ocean going cutters
125 ft. Active class - 143 ft. Sotoyono class - 180 ft. Cactus class - 180 ft. Cactus class - 205 ft. Cherokee class - 210 ft. Reliance class -213 ft. Diver class -230 ft. Storis - 255 ft. Owasco class - 270 ft. Famous class - 282 ft. Edenton class - 311 ft. Casco class -327 ft. Treasury class -387 ft. Hamilton class - 360 ft. Heritage class - 418 ft. Legend class

Icebreakers, polar, lake, harbor
65 ft. small harbor tug - 85 ft Yard tug - 110 ft. tug 140 ft. Bay class - 240 ft. Heavy icebreaker - 269 ft. Wind class - 290 ft Mackinaw - 309 ft. Glacier - 399 ft. Polar class - 418 ft. Healy

Patrol boats
73 ft. Flagstaff - 82 ft. Point class ft. Point class squadron 146 - 87 ft. Protector class - 95 ft. Cape class - 110 ft. Island class - 110 ft. Seabird class - 123 ft. Island class - 154 ft. Sentinel class - 179 ft. Cyclone class

Training cutters
125 ft. Active class - 180 ft. Gentian - 295 ft. Eagle5 - 338 ft. Courier
Motor Lifeboat, cutter boat, survey boat
25 ft. Motor surf boat - 30 ft. Surf rescue craft - 36 ft. Motor lifeboat - 42 ft. Nearshore lifeboat - 44 ft. Motor lifeboat - 47 ft. Motor lifeboat - 52 ft. Motor lifeboat - 18ft. Aides to navigation boat - 25 ft. Motor cargo boat - 26 ft. Over the horizon cutter boat - 26 ft. Over the horizon cutter boat - 26 ft. Motor surf boat - 35 ft. Long range interceptor - 38 ft. arctic survey boat - 39 ft. arctic survey boat

Ports and waterways, utility, response, special purpose craft
25 ft. Security boat - 25 ft. Homeland security boat - 31 ft. Port security boat - 32 ft. Port security boat - 32 ft. port & waterways boat - 18ft. Ice rescue boat - 21ft. Ice rescue boat - 24 ft. shallow water patrol craft - 25 ft. Homeland security - 27 ft. Presidential security - 27 ft. Shallow Water craft - 29 ft. Response boat -30 ft. Utility boat medium - 30 ft. Nonstandard boat - 30 ft. Utility boat medium - 33 ft. Law Enforcement boat - 35 ft. Amphibious rescue craft - 38 ft. air cushion vehicle - 38 ft. Training boat - 40 ft. Utility boat medium - 40 ft. Utility boat medium - 41 ft. Utility boat large - 43 ft. Fast coastal interceptor - 45 ft. Response boat Medium - 64 ft. Special purpose craft

Aton boat, inland tender, coastal tender, seagoing tender, Construction tender
21 ft. Aton boat - 26 ft. Aton boat - 45 ft. Buoy boat - 46 ft. Buoy boat - 49 ft. Buoy utility boat - 55 ft. Aton navigation boat 117LCM56 ft. cable laying landing craft 118WLR65 ft. construction tender - 65 ft. inland buoy tender - 128 ft. lightship - I75 ft. inland construction tender - 75 ft. river buoy tender - 100 ft. Cosmos class - 100 ft. class - 160 ft. Construction tender - 133 ft. White class - 157 ft. Red class - 175 ft. Hollyhock class - 175 ft. Keeper class - 180 ft. class A,B,C - 225 ft. Juniper class

Helicopters
HH 52Seaguard – H 3FPelican - H 60Jayhawk - MH 65Dolphin - MH 90Enforcer - MH 68AStingray

Enlisted, Warrant, officer ranks
Insignias - Enlisted - Warrant officer - Commissioned officer

Contributor Bio

Doug has spent his life going to sea. It started at the age of 16 attending Naval boot camp with the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets, and closely followed up with joining the Coast Guard, all before the age of 20. Serving onboard the WHEC Duane out of Portland ME in the early 80's was followed by training at Yorktown BM "A" school. As a newly promoted 3rd class boatswain's mate, Doug was transferred to district 7 and conducted search and rescue and law enforcement operations in the Miami area. This was at the height of the drug war and just after the Mariel boatlift, hectic to say the least. At the age of 26 Doug Moved into the private sector and immediately took command of a 106 ft. yacht that cruised globally.

Over the past 30 years Doug has run some very popular and high-profile mega yachts Doug was honored by winning five Antiqua Charter Yacht Show awards and four Boat International/US Classic Yacht awards. His latest awards include the 2017 Newport charter show for Best Charter Crew at the "Charter Yacht Hop Event" and the 2019 Newport charter show for Best Charter Crew. Doug is well known in yachting circles and has spent the last 13 years on his current command, the Motor Yacht Renaissance, starting as build captain.