Constructing the hull of a Yemeni patrol vessel based on a Damen Stan design

The Yemeni Coast Guard is the

coast guard A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to ...

service of

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

and was founded in 2003. It has constabulary and navigation role in

's ports and regional waters, as the country has of coastline. Since the start of the Yemeni civil war in 2015, the Coast Guard functions under the internationally recognised government backed by the

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

n-led coalition. Several ports and coastal facilities in areas controlled by the Saudi-backed government of Yemen are under the authority of the Yemeni Coast Guard, which has its headquarters in

Mukalla Mukalla ( ar, ٱلْمُكَلَّا, ') is a seaport and the capital city of Yemen's largest governorate, Hadhramaut. The city is in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden, on the shores of the Arabian Sea, about east o ...

Role and organisation

The Coast Guard's duties include countering smuggling, illegal immigration, and piracy. The ''

Yemen Post Yemen Postal Authority is the national postal authority of Yemen. It has the sole privilege of providing domestic and international postal services such as letter post, parcel post, money orders, savings bank, EMS, fax, philately etc. Ministry o ...

'' reports that Yemeni Coast Guard forces have engaged in combat with corrupt elements of other Yemeni security organs. According to the ''

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'' shipping firms can hire US trained Yemeni Coast Guard personnel to help guard their vessels during their transit of Yemeni waters. Since the start of the Saudi intervention in Yemen in 2015, the Coast Guard has cooperated with the naval forces section of the Joint Forces Command. The Coast Guard's area of responsibility is divided into sectors based on the country's governorates.

Ships

Some of its fleet were formerly

United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mu ...

vessels, or were built to the same design as USCG vessels. Since 2015, the Coast Guard also includes boats and equipment provided by Saudi Arabia, which gave Yemen 37 boats.The Arab Coalition Hands Over the Port of Hadramout and Coastal Duties to Yemen’s Coast Guard
Saudi Embassy in the United States. Published 2 December 2018

Incidents

On 13 March 2017, two people were killed when a Coast Guard ship was struck by a mine that was left by

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forces.Rider, David (13 March 2017)
Yemeni CG vessel hits mine

References

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Role and organisation

Ships

Incidents

See also

References