The 44-foot motor lifeboat was the standard workhorse of the United States Coast Guard rescue boat fleet, designed in 1961 and built between 1963 and 1972. In the United States, the 44′ MLB replaced t
A former USCG 44′ MLB in drydock
CG-44381 in heavy surf during training at the National Motor Lifeboat School at Cape Disappointment
The United States Coast Guard operated four 52-foot Motor Lifeboats, also known as "special purpose craft — heavy weather", from 1956 until 2021. The 52' MLBs supplemented its fleet of 227 47-foot Mot
44-foot motor lifeboat
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The four 52' MLBs: Invincible, Intrepid, Triumph, and Victory (L-R)
USCG Invincible II heavy weather motor lifeboat