USCGC Farallon

USCGC Farallon
History
United States
Name	USCGC Farallon
Commissioned	21 February 1986
Identification	IMO 4684971 MMSI number: 366999770 Callsign: NABK
Status	decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Island-class patrol boat
Displacement	163 tons
Length	110 feet (34 m)
Beam	21 feet (6.4 m)
Draft	6.5 feet (2.0 m)
Propulsion	2 Paxman Valenta diesel engines
Speed	29.7 knots
Complement	2 officers, 14 enlisted
Armament	Mk 38 25 mm chain gun 2 × M2 .50-cal MG

USCGC Farallon (WPB-1301) is the lead ship of the Island-class cutters of the United States Coast Guard. She was launched in 1985. Farallon spent most of her career fighting drug smuggling and illegal immigration into Florida and Puerto Rico. In 2015 she was transferred to Valdez, Alaska before being decommissioned, probably in 2018.