Response Boat Medium

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008)- The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008) - The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008)- The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008) ?The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008) - The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion was launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This sm More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008) ?The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008)- The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008) ?The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008) ?The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008) ?The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008) - The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 3, 2008) ?The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Tacoma, Wash. (March 6, 2008) ?The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion launched at Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. This small b More

Washington (Aug. 8, 2007)- An artist's rendition of the Coast Guard Response Boat Medium (RB-M). On June 21, 2006, the Coast Guard Awarded a Contract to Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) for the detailed desig More

Seattle (March 17, 2008) -- The 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) #45601 successfully completes a self-righting test as part of the contractor?s Developmental Test & Evaluation (DT&E). The RB-M, which was ac More

Coast Guard crews demonstrate the capabilities of the 45-foot Response Boat - Medium from Station Little Creek and the 24-foot Special Purpose Craft - Shallow Water from Station Chincoteague in the Elizabeth Ri More

A Coast Guard crew from Station Little Creek demonstrates the capabilities of the 45-foot Response Boat - Medium in the Elizabeth River near Portsmouth, Va., Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. This boat will replace the 41 More

Coast Guard Station Honolulu crewmembers heave in a towline during drills and heavy weather testing of the 45-foot Response Boat Medium south of Oahu, Dec. 14. The RB-M is a self-righting, 45-foot all-aluminum More

CAPE MAY, N.J. - The crew of Coast Guard Station Cape May conducts small boat training tactics aboard the unit's new 45-foot Response Boat - Medium off the coast of Wildwood, March 6, 2012. The RB-M replaces th More

CAPE MAY, N.J. - The crew of Coast Guard Station Cape May conducts small boat training tactics aboard the unit's new 45-foot Response Boat - Medium off the coast of Wildwood, March 6, 2012. The RB-M replaces th More

CAPE MAY, N.J. - The crew of Coast Guard Station Cape May conducts small boat training tactics aboard the unit's new 45-foot Response Boat - Medium off the coast of Wildwood, March 6, 2012. The RB-M replaces th More

CAPE MAY, N.J. - The crew of Coast Guard Station Cape May conducts small boat training tactics aboard the unit's new 45-foot Response Boat - Medium off the coast of Wildwood, March 6, 2012. The RB-M replaces th More

NEW YORK - Robert Crocilla, of Staten Island, N.Y., (left) tries his hand at a heaving line with the help of two members from Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 14-04 during an open house at Coast Guard Station New More

NEW YORK - Danny Croce, of Staten Island, N.Y., gets a "hands on" experience at the controls of a 45-foot rescue boat under the watchful eye of Coast Guard Seaman Alexander Mayr during Coast Guard Station New Y More

SEATTLE - (Left to right) Rear Adm. John Korn, Asst. Commandant for Acquisition and Chief Acquisition Officer, Cmdr. Scott Washburn and Cmdr. Gregory Rothrock render honors at the U.S. Coast Guard Response Boat 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

Bellingham, Wash. - Rear Adm. Keith Taylor and Representative Rick Larsen cut the cake at a Station Bellingham open-house event held to showcase the station's newly acquired 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M). More

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Coast Guard Station Buffalo, N.Y.'s new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium is moored to the station's pier after the crew officially accepted the boat May 10, 2012. The RB-M, built by Marinette Marine More

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium arrives at Coast Guard Station Toledo, Ohio, July 25, 2012. Coast Guard crewmembers from Station Toledo officially accepted the RB-M, a more capable platform for search and rescue More

Coast Guard crewmembers, from Station Toledo, Ohio, tie up the new Coast Guard 45698 at its new floating mooring dock at Station Toledo, July 25, 2012. The new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium, a more capable platf More

HONOLULU - Coast Guard coxswains conduct intensive heavy weather training offshore of Diamond Head, Oahu. Personnel from throughout the Pacific gathered at Coast Guard Station Honolulu for a series of unique sk More

HONOLULU - Coast Guard coxswains conduct intensive heavy weather training offshore of Diamond Head, Oahu. Personnel from throughout the Pacific gathered at Coast Guard Station Honolulu for a series of unique sk More

HONOLULU - Coast Guard coxswains conduct intensive heavy weather training offshore of Diamond Head, Oahu. Personnel from throughout the Pacific gathered at Coast Guard Station Honolulu for a series of unique sk More

HONOLULU - Coast Guard coxswains conduct intensive heavy weather training offshore of Diamond Head, Oahu. Personnel from throughout the Pacific gathered at Coast Guard Station Honolulu for a series of unique sk More

The crew of Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet in New Smyrna Beach receives a brand new high-tech boat Feb. 7, 2013. The 45-foot Response Boat-Medium has increased capabilities, enabling faster response t More

Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach's 45-foot Response Boat - Medium is shown moored up at the pier in Wrightsville, N.C., June 17, 2013. The new RB-M is currently replace the aging fleet of 41-foot Utility More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Cherry, a machinery technician at Coast Guard Station Maui, assists crew in dewatering the commercial vessel Leilani after it began taking on water near McGregor Point, Aug. 14, More

A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Fairport gets underway and prepares for training aboard the station's new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in Grand River Oct. 4, 2013. The RB-M can carry as many as 25 people a More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Ronald McCready, officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Tybee Island, Ga., speaks during a ceremony there Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, recognizing the arrival of a new 45-foot Response Bo More

Members of U.S. Coast Guard Station Valdez rescue a casualty while conducting a search and rescue mission during exercise Alaska Shield 14 here, March 29, 2014. Alaska Shield 14 is an exercise that involves sta More

Four men were rescued from the water after their 28-foot boat capsized 20 nautical miles west of Anna Maria Island, Florida, Sunday, June 1, 2014. Crewmembers from Station Cortez, Florida safely recovered all m More

Rear Adm. Joseph Vojvodich (middle), Coast Guard program executive officer and director of Acquisition Programs; Cmdr. Frank Peirce (right), current executive officer and new commanding officer of Response Boat More

A 45-foot Response-Boat Medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis provides security for the Annapolis, Md., Parade of Lights Saturday, Dec. 12, 2014. The boat was decorated with more than 800 lights f More

Fireman Brittany Mueller cleans the aft bilge on a 45-foot Response Boat—Medium Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Coast Guard Station Cape May, N.J. Mueller, a member of the South Jersey station's engineering depart More

The Coast Guard responded to a report of an unmanned yellow kayak found offshore of Olowalu, Maui, Saturday. If you have any information regarding the ownership of this boat, please contact the Coast Guard Sect More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Megan George, a boatswain’s mate from Coast Guard Station Charleston, S.C., answers a radio call during a survey of the Cooper River, north of Charleston, Oct. 6, 2015. George and three More

A disabled personal watercraft is pictured secured to the back of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., while en route to Fairhaven Marina Park, Jan. 16, 2016. The vessel op More

The Coast Guard rescued three people hanging onto their capsized 14-foot capsized recreational vessel in the vicinity of Port Allen, Kauai, May 8, 2016. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard More

A Coast Guard Station Maui 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew escorts the commercial passenger vessel Maka Koa back to port five miles south of Maalaea, Maui, Aug. 14, 2016. The Coast Guard responded to a report More

Chief Petty Officer Anthony Birds, left, assists a Coast Guardsman operating a 45-foot Response Boat—Medium Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, en route to a training exercise in Jacksonville, Florida. Birds is one of four More

Petty Officer 1st Class Brad Jordan, left, a boatswain’s mate, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Luis Martinez, right, a machinery technician, pull a training mannequin out of the water during a man overboard exercis More

Coast Guard Seaman Magdiel Morales, a crew member at Station Portsmouth, Virginia, relays the position of a Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small during a towing training evolution on the Elizabeth River, Mar More

Emergency medical service personnel transport an injured Australian skier to an ambulance from the Point Defiance Park boat ramp in Tacoma, Wash., July 29, 2017. A 45-foot Response-Boat Medium crew from Coast G More

A 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Tybee Island medevac a 48-year-old man suffering from shortness of breath 20 miles east of St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. T More

A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew assists in mooring the 34-foot fishing vessel Nata Ella in Refuge Cove, Ketchikan, Alaska Oct. 7, 2017. The Nata Ella crew reported they were ta More

The Coast Guard assisted three people after their vessel starting taking on water near Pine Island, Connecticut, Friday, Oct. 20, 2018. A Coast Guard Station New London 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) crew More

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an unmanned adrift, blue kayak off Maalaea Harbor, Maui, Oct. 22, 2017. Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the kaya More

U.S. Coast Guard members moor up the 45-foot Response Boat - Medium 45601 at Station Little Creek, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Mar. 27, 2018. 45601 was the first RB-M introduced into the service on Mar. 31, 2008, More

Coast Guard members at Station Freeport, Texas carry a man towards an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew Aug. 12, 2018. The man was reportedly suffering from seizure-like symptoms and was transferred off his fish More

Three men stand with their rescuers after being transferred from their sinking vessel onto a Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat–Medium boat crew near Galveston, Texas Aug.13, 2018. All three men were provi More

Station South Padre Island Coast Guard boat crew members transfer aboard 17 passengers from the Thunderbird, a 46-foot charter vessel taking on water near South Padre Island, Texas, Aug. 24, 2018. All passenger More

Passengers aboard the Nauty Thoughts, a 57-foot motor yacht, are helped onto a Coast Guard Station Tybee Island Response Boat – Medium after alliding with the North Savanah jetties May 26, 2020, in Savannah, Ge More

A Coast Guard Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat – Medium boat crew rescues four adults, two infants and three dogs from grounded vessels near Rollover Pass in Gilchrist, Texas, Oct. 9, 2020. Coast Guard S More

A Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach crew aboard their recently recieved 45-foot Response Boat - Medium tows the station's 25-foot Response Boat - Small during training near Wrightsville; N.C., June 17, 201 More

Fireman Marian Tyler, aboard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Honolulu, throws a heaving line to disabled sailing vessel Kilolani, Aug. 9, 2013, while Seaman Alexandrea Thomas stands by with a secondar More

Coast Guard crew members from Station Maui work to dewater the commercial vessel Leilani after it began taking on water near McGregor Point, Aug. 14, 2013. The crew members transferred all 11 passengers safely More

Edna Branch Jackson, mayor of Savannah, Ga., speaks during a ceremony at Coast Guard Station Tybee Island, Ga., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, recognizing the arrival of a new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium for the unit. More

Four men were rescued from the water after their 28-foot boat capsized 20 nautical miles west of Anna Maria Island, Fla., Sunday, June 1, 2014. Crewmembers from Station Cortez, Florida safely recovered all men More

Cmdr. Greg Rothrock, departing commanding officer of Response Boat-Medium Project Resident Office, gives his departing remarks in a change-of-command ceremony held in Kent, Wash., June 18, 2014. Cmdr. Frank Pie More

Chief Petty Officer Tim Abrams, a boatswain’s mate from Coast Guard Station Charleston, South Carolina, operates a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium through the Cooper River, Oct. 6, 2015. Abrams and his crew survey More

The Coast Guard rescued three people hanging onto their capsized 14-foot capsized recreational vessel in the vicinity of Port Allen, Kauai, May 8, 2016. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Kendrick, right, operates a 45-foot Response Boat—Medium Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, during tight quarters maneuvering training in Jacksonville, Florida. Kendrick, along with several More

Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Eberl, a boatswain’s mate, instructs Coast Guard reservists Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, during a Response Boat—Medium school at Coast Guard Station Mayport, Florida. Reservists from vari More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Jordan Spangler, engineering petty officer at Station Portsmouth, Virginia, instructs crew members during a towing training evolution aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium on More

Marines with Hotel Company, 2nd Raider Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, push a Zodiac Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat into the surf while a 45-foot More

A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew assists the crew of a fishing vessel, the Kodiak Sockeye, with dewatering pumps after the vessel began taking on water near Knowles Bay, Prince Wil More

The 629-foot cargo vessel Calumet sits hard aground in the St. Mary's River southeast of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, while a Coast Guard response boat - medium encircles the vessel, August 10, 2017. The vessel More

A 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Tybee Island medevac a 48-year-old man suffering from shortness of breath 20 miles east of St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. T More

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an unmanned adrift, blue kayak off Maalaea Harbor, Maui, Oct. 22, 2017. Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the kaya More

A Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat–Medium boat crew rescues three men from a sinking vessel near near Galveston, Texas Aug. 13, 2018. All three men were provided lifejackets by the Coast Guard boat crew More

Coast Guard boat crew members assist the Thunderbird, a 46-foot charter vessel taking on water near South Padre Island, Texas, Aug. 24, 2018. All 17 people on board were wearing life jackets and transported to More

Passengers aboard the Nauty Thoughts, a 57-foot motor yacht, are helped onto a Coast Guard Station Tybee Island Response Boat – Medium after alliding with the North Savanah jetties May 26, 2020, in Savannah, Ge More

A Coast Guard Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat – Medium boat crew rescues four adults, two infants and three dogs from grounded vessels near Rollover Pass in Gilchrist, Texas, Oct. 9, 2020. Coast Guard S More

Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach's crew operate their recently recieved 45-foot Response Boat - Medium in the waters near Mansboro Inlet, N.C., June 17, 2013. The RB-M will replace the aging fleet of 41- More

Seaman Alexandrea Thomas prepares the towing line aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Honolulu, Aug. 9, 2013. The RB-M boat crew was conducting training when the owner of disabled sailing vessel More

Coast Guard Station Tybee Island Ga.'s new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium sits at the station's pier Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Coast Guardsmen from Sector Charleston, S.C., along with members of the Coast Guard Auxi More

Four men were rescued from the water after their 28-foot boat capsized 20 nautical miles west of Anna Maria Island, Fla., Sunday, June 1, 2014. Crewmembers from Station Cortez, Florida safely recovered all men More

Rear Adm. Joseph Vojcodich (middle), Coast Guard program executive officer and director of Acquisition Programs, renders a salute to Cmdr. Frank Pierce (right), current executive officer and new commanding offi More

Crewmembers aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Seattle and a 25-foot Response Boat-Small from Maritime Safety and Security Team Seattle enforce a safety zone around the USS Essex (LH More

Petty Officer 1st Class Bruce Lambert mans the helm of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium during transit to a 600-foot bulk carrier to conduct an at-sea boarding offshore Honolulu, April 9, 2015. Boarding teams reg More

The Coast Guard rescued three people hanging onto their capsized 14-foot capsized recreational vessel in the vicinity of Port Allen, Kauai, May 8, 2016. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard More

Chief Petty Officer Stacy Sinke, right, instructs a Coast Guard reservist on the controls to use for the 45-foot Response Boat—Medium during tight quarters maneuvering training Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, in Jacks More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Luis Martinez, a machinery technician, conducts helicopter operations training aboard a 45-foot Response Boat—Medium Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Jacksonville, Florida. Martinez, along with More

Coast Guard Seaman Magdiel Morales, a crew member at Station Portsmouth, Virginia, listens to instructions from Petty Officer 2nd Class Shafik Elm, a coxswain at the station, during a towing training evolution More

Seaman Kincade Kincheloe, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Josh Lethe, Fireman Kai Abihai and Machinery Technician 3rd Class Luke Mooney, all part of a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Seattle, stop for a photo aft More

A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew tows a fishing vessel, the Kodiak Sockeye, 37 miles to Cordova. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received a report from the vessel’s crew More

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an unmanned adrift, blue kayak off Maalaea Harbor, Maui, Oct. 22, 2017. Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the kaya More

A sinking recreational vessel drifts near the Galveston jetties near Galveston, Texas on Aug. 13, 2018. A Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat–Medium boat crew rescued three men from the vessel and transport More

Seaman Alexandrea Thomas from Station Honolulu explains her role in search and rescue aboard a 45-foot Response Boat – Medium to a group of students visiting Station Honolulu as part of the National Summer Tran More