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COAST GUARD SHIP MODELS
The US Coast
Guard plays a critical role in the well being of the US
citizens yet few could appreciate the service enough.
The Coast
Guard is the lead federal agency protecting our Nation’s
maritime critical infrastructure and maritime
transportation system.
More than 90 percent of
the world’s goods and over $4 trillion of economic
activity is supported by networked domestic and global
maritime supply chain.
Coast
Guard ships protect our homeland by severing the finance
of criminal networks by interdicting drugs where they
are most vulnerable – at sea.
The United
States is one of eight Arctic nations, and the Coast
Guard is the lead service asserting national security
interests in this region where our sovereignty extends
beyond our traditional 200 nautical mile EEZ and into
our Extended Continental Shelf (ECS). Receding Arctic
sea ice exposed the sea bed to exploration and
extraction of vast natural resources.
With all those important
tasks, yet the Coast Guard is in an unwell state.
Urgent threats from China and Russia force the US
government to direct more resources to the Navy and
Marine Corps. The Coast Guard is the only armed service
funded below Budget Control Act levels.
The Coast Guard must be
ready to protect American security and economic
interests wherever called. With some cutters exceeding
50 years of service, the Coast Guard must be upgraded to
meet daily challenges and remain prepared for major
contingencies. Acquiring National Security and Fast
Response Cutters; beginning production of Offshore
Patrol Cutters, and constructing heavy icebreakers are
crucial to national and homeland security.
The Coast
Guard needs three heavy and three medium icebreakers to
ensure national year-round access to the polar regions
and to provide self-rescue capability. Russia's militarization of
the Arctic region and ECS claims are on the rise. While
America only has one heavy icebreaker,
Russia has two operational with four more in refit.
In 2016,
Russia launched the
most powerful icebreaker
in the world--the heavy
nuclear icebreakers
Arktika.
The ship is monsterous, weighing in at around 33,000 tons,
more than three times that of the USCGC Polar Star.
To support the Coast
Guard, ModelShipMaster.com will put extra effort in
helping the agency gain more public's interest by
presenting absorbing facts and stories about each type
of its cutters as well as the special ships. One of our
main tasks is to build the most accurate models of the
cutters. Although we by far the best makers of model
ships, we always appreciate the help from members of the
service and ship builders. Thank you for your support and patronage that
continue to help us make astounding models. Please send us
an email anytime, at Services@ModelShipMaster.com
PS: great news! on April
23, 2019, the Coast Guard and U.S. Navy awarded VT
Halter Marine a contract for the design and construction
of the lead Polar Security Cutter. Construction on the
first ship is planned to begin in 2021 with delivery
planned for 2024. The contract includes financial
incentives for earlier delivery!
When you are choosing
a reputable builder for your favorite
Coast Guard model,
look for large photos showing details to verify if a
model is worth the title "museum quality" as wildly
claimed by some. Also spend some time looking at
photos of the real ship to see if that model lacks many
details. Remember that a model that looks good from afar but
might disappoint big time when
held in your hands (the two-foot test.)
Click to read
ModelShipMaster.com's guarantee on the most accurate
Coast Guard models in the world by a far margin:
things to consider before purchasing a ship model.
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USCGC Polar
Star
coast guard model
The only
heavy icebreaker in the US fleet.
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Icebreaker Healy
Coast Guard model
The United States' largest and most
technologically advanced icebreaker.
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Icebreaker coast guard model USCGC Westwind
WAGB-281
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COAST GUARD model
USCG Cutter USS BEAR AG-29
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COAST GUARD model USS WAKEFIELD
A model
of the largest
vessel ever operated by the US Coast Guard.
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Legend-class maritime security cutter model
Also known as the
National Security Cutter is the largest active patrol cutter class
of the United States Coast Guard.
A difficult model and only our team
can tackle it accurately. |
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Sentinel-class cutter
Features a bow thruster for manoeuvering in
narrow anchorages and channels.
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Reliance-class cutter
Designed specifically to meet the needs of open
ocean search and rescue work. The 210' cutters
feature a high degree of crew habitability.
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Famous-class cutter
model
The only medium endurance cutters in the Coast Guard
equipped with a helicopter hanger which can
accommodate either a HH-65 Dolphin or HH-60J Jayhawk. |
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Coast Guard
36500 model
The CG 36500 is famous for
the rescue of 32 men from the tanker SS Pendleton.
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Coast Guard
Small II
The Response boat - Small II was designed
to operate year-round in waters along coastal borders.
The boat has a range of 150 nautical miles at
cruising speed and a maximum Speed of 40 knots.
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Island class
patrol boats
The 110-ft Island-class patrol
boats are a US Coast Guard modification of a highly
successful British-designed Vosper Thornycroft patrol
boat.
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Juniper class buoy tender
At 225
feet and 2,000 tons, she was the first cutter to
fully leverage and implement many technological
advances.
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87-foot Marine
Protector class
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Hamilton-class cutter
model
Designed and built during the Cold War, equipped
with the capability to find, track and destroy enemy
submarines, the
Hamilton-class cutters commonly deployed with Carrier
Battle Groups.
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Coast Guard Eagle
When
it comes to tall ship models, nobody in the USA
comes close to our accuracy and beauty.
Let us build this Coast Guard model ship for you. |
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