They don’t call em racing stripes for nothing
How about this great recent set of image of the 87-foot Marine Protector-class patrol boat, USCGC Bonito (WPB-87341), as she leads a formation of Coast Guard units from Station Kings Point, Station Sandy Hook, and Station New York on a transverse of the the Hudson River with New York City in the background.
The little boys are the service’s current crop of small boats, including the 45-foot Response Boat – Medium (RB-M), the 47-foot Motor Life Boat, and the 29-foot RB-S (Response Boat-Small).
As for Bonito, commissioned in 2002, she was formerly stationed in Pensacola until she had her mid-life overhaul at the Coast Guard Yard. She was then moved first to Montauk and then, last year, to Sandy Hook.
She was one of the first assets on scene during the high-profile loss of a tourist helicopter in the Hudson River near the Holland Tunnel in New York City.
