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Some modern patrol vessels
A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and they ...
are equipped with a stern launching ramp, for deploying smaller rescue or pursuit boats without requiring the parent ship to first come to a halt.
Typically the smaller craft are powered by water-jets, and can drive themselves up the ramp by their own power.
The stern launching ramps on the 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 ...
's Marine Protector cutters
The Marine Protector class is a class of coastal patrol boats of the United States Coast Guard.
The 87-foot-long vessels are based on the Stan 2600 design by Damen Group, and were built by Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana. Each bo ...
developed by David Cannell naval architects require only a single crewmember to remain on deck when its short range prosecutor
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Short Range Prosecutor is a 7-meter, high speed launch designed to be launched from cutters, at speed, from a stern launching ramp.
The Short Range Prosecutor is a rigid-hull inflatable, powered by water-jet ...
boat is deployed or retrieved.
When the brand new USCGC ''John F. McCormick'' visited Astoria, Oregon
Astoria is a port city and the seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1811, Astoria is the oldest city in the state and was the first permanent American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains. The county is the northwest corn ...
, the station of its namesake John F. McCormick
John F. McCormick was a sailor in the United States Coast Guard who was recognized for his courage. McCormick was born in Portland, Oregon, and served much of his 26 year Coast Guard career in Oregon. After his 1947 retirement, he made his hom ...
, Jeff Heffernan, of the '' Daily Astorian'' described how a stern launching ramp allowed a parent vessel to launch her boat in larger swells.
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