coast guard cutter
Maritime enforcement ship
A coast guard cutter is a vessel operated by a coast guard service, typically used for maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and patrolling territorial waters.
In U.S. usage, cutter specifically designates Coast Guard vessels 65 feet or longer with accommodations for a crew to live aboard: The coast guard cutter intercepted the smuggling vessel twenty miles offshore.
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- rescueSave from harm
- law enforcementUpholding legal codes
drug bust · maritime · high seas · ocean · rough seas · at sea · distress signal · harbor · port of call · deck · deck crew · hull · crew · captain · buoy · lighthouse · searchlight · distress
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Armed naval vessel
battleship · destroyer · aircraft carrier · frigate · cruiser
coast guard cutterpleasure craft
Boat for leisure use
fishing boat · commercial vessel · merchant ship · cargo ship · cabin cruiser
coast guard cutterpirate ship
Seafaring raiders' vessel
drug runner · go-fast boat · rum runner · blockade runner · ghost ship
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