[Scan-DC] Ship sighting of interest

[Andrew Leyden]

Hi,

4:48 PM/Tuesday and a small, 100-150 foot patrol boat has just gone 
past me (Chesapeake Beach) on the way toward the Ocean   It looked 
like a small Coast Guard cutter, but has no orange whatsoever.  All 
grey.

It might be a Navy Patrol Coastal Boat, but it has a radar dome 
midship that isn't in the pictures of these vessels.  It looks like 
it has a forward gun, the bridge (with an antenna mast) and then that 
radar dome midship.  In the back looks like a small garage (too small 
for helos, but maybe rubber boats) along with a small crane.

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/ship-pc.html

It could also be a Coast Guard cutter that has been repainted 
pre-Gulf War II deployment.

Anyone catch any traffic on the maritime channels?
-- 
Andrew Leyden
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