USCGC Dorado

USCGC Dorado (WPB-87306) was the sixth cutter of the Marine Protector-class patrol boats. Dorado was built at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana and commissioned in April 1999 and decommissioned on 10 March 2021.^[3] Dorado's home port was in Crescent City, California and served under Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay in the Eleventh Coast Guard District.

USCGC Dorado (WPB-87306)
History
United States
Name	USCGC Dorado
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Builder	Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
Commissioned	April 1999
Decommissioned	10 March 2021
Homeport	Crescent City, California
Identification	MMSI number: 366999605 Callsign: NJEC Pennant number: WPB-87306
Motto	Per Officium Virtus ("Virtue Through Duty")[1]
Fate	Decommissioned, awaiting sale to a foreign military partner
General characteristics [2]
Class & type	Marine Protector-class patrol boat
Displacement	91 long tons (92 t)
Length	87 ft 0 in (26.5 m)
Beam	19 ft 5 in (5.9 m)
Draft	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,500 hp (1,119 kW) MTU twin-turbocharged, eight-cylinder diesels
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)+
Range	900 nmi (1,700 km)
Endurance	3 days
Complement	12
Sensors & processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-73 surface search radar
Armament	2 × .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns

After decommissioning, Dorado was transferred to the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales Program,^[3] and was transferred to the Lebanese Navy in 2023.^[4]