43-Foot Fast Coastal Interceptor
Number: 43501 through 43505
Completed: April 1987
Remarks: Used primarily for LE; stationed at Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Islamorada
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Cost: N/A
Hull
Displacement (lbs): N/A
Length: 43’ 6" (oa)
Beam: 9’ 6" max
Draft: 3’ 3" max
Machinery
Main Engines: 2 Caterpillar diesels
BHP: 750
Propellers: twin
Performance
Max Sustained: 39+ knots
Logistics
Diesel: 340 gallons
Complement: 4-6
Electronics
Radar: navigation type
Design
The 43-foot FCI was designed and constructed by Tempest Marine for the USCG. The craft is based upon a 25-degree V-bottom monohull, designed and developed to be a large offshore boat capable of operating in heavy seas at high speeds.
Images
43-footer in a high-speed turn
Sources
Boat Files, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Scheina, Robert L. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters and Craft, 1946-1990. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990.