USCGC Washington

USCGC Washington (WPB-1331) is an Island-class patrol boat cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Washington was constructed at Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, and commissioned on 15 June 1990.

Currently operating in the Coast Guard 14th District, the cutter reports to Sector Guam. Washington supports multi-mission operations throughout Sector Guam's vast area of responsibility, which includes the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zones surrounding Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and an international SAR area that includes the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia, conducting search and rescue response missions, and ports, waterways and coastal security operations.

Washington was decommissioned at Naval Base Guam on 18 December 2019.

Design
The Island-class patrol boats were constructed in Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana. Washington has an overall length of 110 ft. she has a beam of 21 ft and a draft of 7 ft at the time of construction. The patrol boat has a displacement of 154 t at full load and 137 t at half load. It is powered two Paxman Valenta 16 CM diesel engines or two Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines. It has two 99 kW 3304T diesel generators made by Caterpillar; these can serve as motor–generators. Its hull is constructed from highly strong steel, and the superstructure and major deck are constructed from aluminum.

The Island-class patrol boats have maximum sustained speeds of 29.5 kn. It is fitted with one 25 mm machine gun and two 7.62 mm M60 light machine guns; it may also be fitted with two Browning .50 caliber machine guns. It is fitted with satellite navigation systems, collision avoidance systems, surface radar, and a Loran C system. It has a range of 3330 mi and an endurance of five days. Its complement is sixteen (two officers and fourteen crew members). Island-class patrol boats are based on Vosper Thornycroft 33 m patrol boats and have similar dimensions.

Operational career
In October 2019 the Washington participated in a joint fisheries patrol, off Palau, in cooperation with the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency.