This small craft is included in this list for contrast. The Coast Guard has 47 of these small 15-foot boats for use in very cold conditions. The 2.3 HP engine is designed for cold conditions.

This is US Coast Guard's 47-foot MLB -- the boat that doesn't sink! But what's it's like to operate this boat and how it can upright itself, is #NotWhatYouThink ...

Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and coordinated the launches of an Air Station Humboldt Bay MH-65 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard successfully rescued five individuals from the 37-foot commercial fishing vessel "Miss Jessie" after it ...

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan is already being hailed an "American hero" after his very first mission -- helping to save the lives of 165 Texas flash-flood victims.

The Coast Guard has about 56,000 active-duty and auxiliary personnel who operate 259 cutters, 143 helicopters, 57 fixed-wing aircraft, and more than 1,600 smaller boats and launches, according to ...