In 1986 the Navy purchased an additional 16 Island-class patrol boats for the Coast Guard under a DoD Augmentation Appropriation, while 5 more were purchased by the Coast Guard with 1986 Anti-drug ...

An curved arrow pointing right. These Navy patrol boats don't require a captain. Called "swarmboats," they are a project developed by the Office of Naval Research in hopes to keep more sailors safe.

A 7-member team of the Uruguayan Navy has been dispatched to South Korea to take delivery of a Chamsuri-class patrol boat donated to the South American country, it was reported in Montevideo.