Coastal defense ship
A coastal defense ship (or coast guard ship ) is a light multi-purpose combat ship that is mainly used to monitor its own territorial waters . The water displacement of these ships is in the range of 70 to 2000 tons.
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Since the size of these ships varies greatly, the armament is also very different and corresponds to the requirements of their respective areas of operation. Small to medium-sized universal guns are mostly used. In recent times, one of the main tasks has been to monitor the so-called economic zone, as was done, for example, by the Icelandic coast guard in disputes with foreign fishing vessels in 1982 because they had not complied with fishing areas and fishing quotas . Coastal protection ships are also used to intercept illegal immigrants who want to immigrate to a national territory by boat . Even in times of the fight against terrorism , coastal defense ships are gaining in importance.
In the United States the major include vessels of the Coast Guard to do so. In addition to the watch and surveillance service, coastal defense ships also provide ice patrol services, such as the International Ice Patrol , in which several nations are involved. As a rule, these ships are more heavily armed and have technical systems for sea and air surveillance. More modern Coast Guard units can be used universally and, with additional equipment, can also perform tasks in the fleet .
In the GDR , the term coastal defense ship ( KSS for short ) was a specific type of the People's Navy , which in the Soviet Union was referred to as a "guard ship". In the ship classification of NATO units were of this type as frigates classified.
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Russian coast guard ship Volga off Petropavlovsk-
Kamchatsky (2007)
Coastal protection ship "Berlin, Capital of the GDR" of the People's Navy, Soviet Koni class
Coastal defense ships of the Italian Guardia Costiera
US Reliance-class coast guard cutter
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