The Cutter Boat – Over the Horizon (CB-OTH), is a cutter-deployed

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in service with the

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. It is designed to pursue and interdict fast, non-compliant vessels. As of March 2018, 78 boats have been delivered, and deployed on a variety of cutters, including the Maritime Security Cutters, ''Hamilton''-class High Endurance Cutters, and Famous and ''Reliance''-class Medium Endurance Cutters, and the s. Eventually, at least 101 boats will be deployed.

Design

The Over the Horizon boat is in length. Its fourth generation is manufactured by

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of Port Orchard, Washington. It is part of a 101-boat order worth up to $58.9 million. The hull is fabricated 5086 marine grade

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and it has a foam collar. It is an inboard/outboard design powered by a

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diesel inboard engine with a Hamilton jet drive. The boats are equipped with

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, electronic compass,

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, and other electronic navigation systems, loud-hailer, and both HF and VHF-FM radios. The boats come equipped with five special shock-absorbing seats, necessary because proceeding at high speed, over waves, could injure crewmember's spines. A version of the boat with an all-black sponson and forward machine gun mount is used by

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s and the

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Use

The Coast Guard's newer cutters, the National Security Cutter, Sentinel-class cutter, and the smaller are designed with a stern launching ramp. Stern launching ramps permit the cutters to deploy and retrieve water-jet propelled boats, without first coming to a stop. The Marine Protector-class cutters require just a single crew member to remain on deck to control the deployment and retrieval of its jet boat. File:CGC-Bernard-C.-Webber-cutterboat.jpg, This Cutter Boat was photographed through the open door of 's stern launching ramp

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