The Navy is known for its big ships. It has a lot of smaller boats and craft, too—3,200 of them. The three primary stakeholders for these craft are the Surface Fleet, Commander Navy Installations ...

February 19, 2019: The U.S. Navy has rediscovered the usefulness of coastal patrol boats. This was first realized back in 2005 with the creation of NECC (Navy Expeditionary Combat Command) that ...

US Naval Forces Central Command transferred three Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships to the Egyptian Navy during a formal ceremony in Alexandria, Egypt, on 21 March. (US Navy) The Egyptian Navy has ...

The Dominican Navy has received its second 85’ x 19.5’ welded aluminum Near Coastal Patrol Vessel (NCPV), built by Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark. Christened ARCTURUS CG-114 in keeping with ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces signed a deal worth AED35,494,740 with Al Fattan Marine Services for an undisclosed number of coastal patrol boats for the protection of “vital ...