45 Foot Response Boat Medium

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new 45-foot response boat medium (RB-M) passes by the Washington Monument on the Potomac River during a capabilities demonstration, Sept. 24, 2008. This boat was the first model put into t More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new 45-foot response boat medium (RB-M) passes by the Washington Monument on the Potomac River during a capabilities demonstration, Sept. 24, 2008. This boat was the first model put into t More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new 45-foot response boat medium (RB-M) cruises on the Potomac River during a capabilities demonstration, Sept. 24, 2008. This boat was the first model put into testing and is currently as More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new 45-foot response boat medium (RB-M) cruises on the Potomac River during a capabilities demonstration, Sept. 24, 2008. This boat was the first model put into testing and is currently as More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new 45-foot response boat medium (RB-M) cruises on the Potomac River during a capabilities demonstration, Sept. 24, 2008. This boat was the first model put into testing and is currently as More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new 45-foot response boat medium (RB-M) cruises on the Potomac River during a capabilities demonstration, Sept. 24, 2008. This boat was the first model put into testing and is currently as More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new 45-foot response boat medium (RB-M) passes by the Washington Monument on the Potomac River during a capabilities demonstration, Sept. 24, 2008. This boat was the first model put into t More

KENT, Wash. - A contractor at Kvichak Marine Industries welds a separate component critical to hull construction for a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium(RB-M) in the initial phase of manufacture Oct. 12, 2010. The R More

BALTIMORE - Julie Brown, a boating safety coordinator with Maryland Natural Resources Police, shows event attendees how to properly fit children of various ages with a life jacket during a National Safe Boating More

BALTIMORE - Crewmembers of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Annapolis, Md., and the Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Portsmouth, Va., host tours during More

BALTIMORE - Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Hammersmith, the drillmaster of the Coast Guard's Silent Drill Team based in Alexandria, Va., walks down the suicide line for a performance during a National Safe Boat More

BALTIMORE - Natalie Holloway smiles with her mom, Rachael Holloway, as she receives a sticker from Coastie, a robot controlled by the Coast Guard Auxiliary, during a National Safe Boating Week kickoff event at More

BALTIMORE - Cmdr. Brian Roche, the deputy commander of Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, talks about boating safety during a National Safe Boating Week kickoff event at the Annapolis City Dock in Annapolis, Md., Ma More

BALTIMORE - Coast Guard Auxiliarists demonstrate how an inflatable life jacket works when it enters the water during a National Safe Boating Week kickoff event at the Annapolis City Dock in Annapolis, Md., May More

NEW YORK - Coast Guard members aboard a Coast Guard Station New York 45-foot Response Boat-Medium Oct 13, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.

NEW YORK - Mrs. Debbie Leavitt rides aboard a Coast Guard Station New York 45-foot Response Boat-Medium Oct. 13, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.

NEW YORK - Coast Guard Station New York 45-foot Response Boat-Medium Oct 13, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.

HOUSTON - (From left) Petty Officer 3rd Class Tye Berry and Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Ibarra, machinery technicians at Station Galveston, perform routine preventative maintenance on a 45-foot Response B More

HOUSTON - (From left) Petty Officer 3rd Class Tye Berry, Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Ibarra and Petty Officer 3rd Class Keith Long, machinery technicians at Station Galveston, perform routine preventative More

Bellingham, Wash. - A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium based at Station Bellingham is taken for a test drive by Representative Rick Larsen, Tuesday, during a Coast Guard Station Bellingham open house. The event was More

Bellingham, Wash. - A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium based at Station Bellingham is taken for a test drive by Representative Rick Larsen, Tuesday, during a Coast Guard Station Bellingham open house. The event was More

SAN DIEGO -- Seaman Jorge Arreola, a boat crewmember at U.S. Coast Guard Station San Diego, throws a heaving line to another boat crew during a towing exercise in San Diego Bay, May 21, 2012. Boat crews maintai More

SAN DIEGO -- Seaman Jorge Arreola, a boat crewmember at U.S. Coast Guard Station San Diego, tends the towing line during an exercise in San Diego Bay, May 21, 2012. Boat crews maintain proficiency in towing tec More

SAN DIEGO -- Seaman Jorge Arreola, a boat crewmember at U.S. Coast Guard Station San Diego, tends the towing line during an exercise in San Diego Bay, May 21, 2012. Boat crews maintain proficiency in towing tec More

SEATTLE - Petty Officer 2nd Class Dan Backman, a machinery technician and 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crewmember, watches boaters while on patrol during the annual Seattle Seafair event on Lake Washington, W More

Coast Guardsmen assigned to Station St. Ignace, Mich., inspect the station's new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium, after officially accepting the boat at the station August 13, 2012. The RB-M, built by Marinette M More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Christensen, a boatswain mate at Coast Guard Station Cape Charles, Va., handles lines while mooring the station's new 45-foot Response Boat - Medium at the pier, Friday, Aug. 24, More

Coast Guard Station Cape Charles' new 45-foot Response Boat - Medium is shown moored next to the station's 41-foot Utility Boat (UTB), Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The RB-M marks the 100th boat of 166 being delivered More

A life ring is shown aboard a 45-foot Response Boat - Medium from Coast Guard Station Cape Charles, Va., Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The station's RB-M is the 100th boat of 166 being delivered to the Coast Guard to More

Coast Guard Station Cape Charles' new 45-foot Response Boat - Medium is shown moored at the station, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The RB-M marks the 100th boat of 166 being delivered to the Coast Guard to replace the More

PORT ARANSAS, Texas - The recreational boat Barracuda sits hard aground on the Port Aransas south jetty, Aug. 25, 2012.The captain of the grounded boat contacted Sector Corpus Christi with his VHF radio at 4:55 More

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Michigan City, Ind., get underway, in Trail Creek Channel, Michigan City, in the new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium delivered to them, Sept. 6, 2012. The 45-foot RB-M will rep More

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Michigan City, Ind., get underway, in Trail Creek Channel, Michigan City, in the new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium delivered to them, Sept. 6, 2012. The 45-foot RB-M will rep More

NEW HAVEN, Conn., - Coast Guard Station New London crews make preparations for Hurricane Sandy by moving their boats to a safe haven in Mystic, Conn., Oct. 27, 2012. Coast Guard units along Connecticut and Long More

Members of the Washington State Patrol, aboard the Washington State Ferry motor vessel Salish, prepare to board a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Seattle during an emergency preparedness e More

Crews aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small and a 45-foot Response Boat - Medium responded to a report of two capsized kayaks with people in the water off Kiptopeke State Park in Cape Charles, Va., Thursday, D More

Crews aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small and a 45-foot Response Boat - Medium responded to a report of two capsized kayaks with people in the water off Kiptopeke State Park in Cape Charles, Va., Thursday, D More

(Left to right) Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon Desalle, Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephanie Wood, Lt. Dylan Sapia and Lt. Garrett Barker, stop to take a photograph with a father and his two sons in front of an MH-65 More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Schwartz, Seaman Alexandrea Thomas and Fireman Marian Tyler, aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Honolulu, assist in towing disabled sailing vessel Kilolani to a fue More

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, underway in Lake Erie near Put-In-Bay, Ohio, in the new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium delivered Sept. 12, 2013. The RB-M can respond faster than previous b More

Crew members aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Honolulu rescue "Oscar" during a man overboard drill while 13-year-old Donovan Lindo mans the helm Sept. 20, 2013. Make-a-Wish Foundat More

A 41-foot Utility Boat sits at the Coast Guard Station Brunswick, Ga., pier Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. A brand new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium, a vessel with state-of- the-art technology and enhanced capabilities More

A boat crew aboard a new 45-foot response boat makes its way in Lake Michigan toward Coast Guard Station St. Joseph, Mich., May 8, 2014. The new boat will increase the crew's ability to respond to search-and-re More

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich., pull Mike Tobin, a national news correspondent, into the rescue boat during a search-and-rescue demonstration in Lake Hur More

A 45-foot Response-Boat Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis escorts the Coast Guard cutter Eagle as she sails to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to participate in the Star Spangled Spectacular Sept. 11, 201 More

A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crew provides a tow to the 24-foot Bayliner Herrisea near Whittier, Alaska, March 8, 2015. The rescue boatcrew assisted the three mariners aboard the More

Coast Guard Station Honolulu crewmembers conduct tactical small boat training in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, March 25, 2015. Crewmembers conducted training on two 25-foot Response Boat-Small vessels and a 45-foot Respo More

A Coast Guard boatcrew aboard a Station Emerald Isle 45-foot Response Boat - Medium, conducts hoist training off the coast of Elizabeth City with an MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City More

A 50-year-old woman with a knee injury is transferred to EMS at Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg, Fla., Saturday, June 20, 2015. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from the station medevaced the woman f More

The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help in identifying the owner of an adrift kayak located approximately 15 miles southeast of Oahu, July 9, 2015. The Coast Guard advises the public to register and label More

Capt. Joe Raymond, commander of Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound in Seattle, pins the Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award medal to Grace Meek during a ceremony, where both her and her father Sean receive More

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Capt. Michael Day, commander Coast Guard Sector New York, look as Jeh Johnson Jr., college student participating in the Coast Guard College Student Pre-Commissioni More

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Honolulu moor a 24-foot sailboat at Keehi Lagoon pier, Sept. 29, 2015. Crew members responded to the distressed mariner after receiving a mayday call over VHF radio channel More

The Norwegian Gem transits beneath the Verrazano Bridge in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. The Norwegian Gem, a cruise ship transiting from New York, returned to New York to assist with transferring two injur More

From left to right: Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Peterson, Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Kovack, Seaman Apprentice Bry Huebel, and Seaman Thomas Magness pose with the rescued boater and the other three boaters More

A 29-year-old man arrived in good condition to Honolulu May 4, 2016, aboard a Coast Guard small boat after being rescued by merchant mariners in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean and surviving a two- month ordeal More

Show here is the capsized boat after four people were rescued by the Coast Guard Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, 24 miles southwest of Matanzas Pass Preserve, Fla. A 45-foot Response Boat–Medium boat crew from Station More

The Coast Guard safely towed a disabled 46-foot commercial fishing vessel with three persons aboard back to the Port of Honolulu, Aug. 19, 2016. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station More

A Coast Guard crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Fort Myers Beach tows a disabled fishing boat Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 after they lost steering capability 58 miles west lost of Sanibel Island More

Two kayakers recover from the seas and weather aboard a Coast Guard Station Maui 45-foot Response Boat-Medium Dec. 15, 2016. Coast Guard crews responded to a call for assistance from the kayakers when they were More

Coast Guard crew members from Station Fort Myers Beach rescue three boaters and dewater a 35-foot boat Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, 12 miles west of Sanibel Island, Florida. U.S. Coast Guard photo

U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium patrol offshore during Operation Kohola Guardian in Maui, Hawaii, Feb. 14, 2017. Operation Kohola Guardian is a cooperative operation between state and More

Pictured here is Boomer, the mascot of Coast Guard Station Crisfield, Maryland, sitting on the deck of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium Feb. 28, 2017. Boomer was rescued from a shelter and reported to Station Cri More

Coast Guard Seaman Sebastian Orozco, a crew member aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, searches for a missing kayaker in San Carlos Bay, Florida, Saturday, April 9, 201 More

A Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles crew aboard a MH 65-Dolphin helicopter prepares to hoist three mariners after their vessel ran aground near Boulder Island, Wash., Apr. 22, 2017. The three mariners, who w More

Boat crew members aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Bellingham rescue seven children and three adults from a raft taking on water in the vicinity of Point Francis in Bellingham Bay, More

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of a bodyboard with an attached cooler found adrift approximately six miles off Olowalu Beach, Maui, Sept. 22, 2017. Anyone with information th More

A Coast Guard Station Miami Beach 45-foot Response Boat—Medium boatcrew takes a photo with some boaters they assisted, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017 in the vicinity of Sands Key after the 24-foot pleasure craft became More

A 24-foot pleasure craft, with three adults and two children, is being towed by a Coast Guard Station Miami Beach 45-foot Response Boat—Medium boatcrew after becoming disabled in the vicinity of Sands Key, Flor More

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an adrift orange dive float and flag found approximately 500 yards off La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii, March 8, 2019. Anyone with information More

A Coast Guard boat crewmember aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium, from Station St. Petersburg, Florida, assists two adults and three children Monday, March 12, 2018 from their disabled 18-foot pontoon boat 1 More

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an adrift yellow and white kayak found approximately 4 miles south of Pearl Harbor, April 14, 2018. Anyone with information that may help id More

A Coast Guard Station Tybee Island boatcrew rescued three men after their vessel capsized Wednesday, June 6, 2018, eight miles east of Tybee Island, Georgia. The men were taken to Station Tybee Island where EMS More

A Coast Guard engineer guides a crane carrying an engine head to a Coast Guard Station Miami 45-foot Response Boat-Medium to repair an engine at Coast Guard Station Miami, July 19, 2018. Coast Guard Sector Miam More

A Coast Guard Station Seattle boat crewmember watches the activity on Lake Washington prior to getting underway for patrols on Aug. 4, 2018. Coast Guard crews worked with federal and local law enforcement partn More

A Coast Guard Station Miami Beach 45-foot Response Boat-Medium sits moored to the dock at Station Miami Beach. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Erik Villa Rodriguez

A crew of a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., lower a rescue swimmer onto a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station New York, in New York Harbor Oct. 5, 2018. U.S. Coa More

The crew aboard a Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach 45-foot Response Boat-Medium pulls alongside the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward (WPC-1130) to conduct a personnel transfer in the San Pedro Channel, More

A Coast Guard Station Sand Key 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew assists three people aboard a 22-foot boat 6 miles west of Clearwater Pass, Florida, Saturday, April 13, 2019. The Sand Key boat crew used a More

A U.S. Coast Guard 45-foot Motor Life-Boat crew from Station Cape Charles, Virginia transports five people back to shore after their boat capsized near the Old Plantation Flats Light near Cape Charles, June 20, More

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium is moored up to STANT Burlington Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Burlington, Vermont on Lake Champlain. This boat adds another search and rescue resource to the lake and can operate in More

A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rests on the side of the Golden Ray, a 656-foot vehicle carrier, to drop off supplies for Coast Guard crews and port partners who attempt to locate an More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Gade, a boatswain's mate from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan, gathers a heaving line during tow training in the Tongass Narrows, Alaska, Jan. 24, 2020. Regular training in various e More

A Coast Guard Station Miami Beach 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew patrols a security zone in Miami, Florida, Jan. 27, 2020. A security zone was set up in the Biscayne Bay in preparation for Super Bowl traffic More

A Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral 45-foot Response Boat – Medium crew medevacs a 70-year-old man from a fishing vessel 20 miles east of Cape Canaveral, Florida, Feb. 18, 2020. The RBM crew rendezvoused with More

A Coast Guard Station Tybee Island 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew assists in dewatering a 22-foot vessel taking on water 8 miles southeast of Tybee Island, Georgia, June 6, 2020. The RBM crew used a P6 pump More

A Coast Guard Station Tybee Island 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew assists in dewatering a 17-foot vessel taking on water five miles offshore of St.Catherines Sound, Georgia, June 22, 2020. The RBM crew used More

Medical personnel from Anacortes Fire Department evaluate survivors of a capsized vessel which occurred near Guemes Island, Washington, late Thursday evening. The crew of three were recovered by a Station Belli More

Capt. Scott Ferguson (left), commander of Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, and Lt. Kris Tsairis, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Seattle, discuss capabilities of the Coast Guard's 45-foot Response Boat More

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, underway in Lake Eire, in the new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium delivered Sept. 12, 2013. The RB-M can respond faster than previous boats of similar size w More

13-year-old Donovan Lindo mans the helm of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Honolulu during a man overboard drill, Sept. 20, 2013. Make a Wish Foundation partnered with the Coast Guard to More

Senior Chief Petty Officer William Bennett, a boatswains mate, the officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Brunswick, Ga., addresses guests at a ceremony Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. The ceremony was held to commem More

A boat crew aboard a new 45-foot response boat maneuvers the boat near the St. Joseph, Mich., Lighthouse as the crew of Coast Guard Station St. Joseph accepts the new platform, May 8, 2014. The new boat will in More

Crew members aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich., pull Mike Tobin, a national news correspondent, into the rescue boat during a search-and-rescue demonstration in Lake Hur More

Coast Guard Station Honolulu crewmembers conduct tactical small boat training in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, March 25, 2015. Crewmembers conducted training on two 25-foot Response Boat-Small vessels and a 45-foot Respo More

A crewmember aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, keeps a close eye on the crew aboard Station Emerald Isle's 45-foot Response Boat - Medium during flight operations off the More

The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help in identifying the owner of an adrift kayak located approximately 15 miles southeast of Oahu, July 9, 2015. The Coast Guard advises the public to register and label More

Sean and Grace Meek look over their Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award, which they just received during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Seattle, July 24, 2015. The award is the second-highest public se More

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson stands with U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Michael Day, commander Sector New York, while underway aboard a Station New York 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in the New York Harbor More

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Honolulu take a 24-foot sailboat in tow from a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium near Kalihi Channel, Sept. 29, 2015. Crew members responded to the distressed mariner after recei More