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US Coast Guard Vessels and Aircraft: Types, Functions, and Characteristics Quiz

US Coast Guard Vessels And Aircraft: Types, Functions, And Characteristics Quiz

Enhance your understanding of Coast Guard Officer Candidate School (OCS) operations through this focused study on cutters, boats, and aircraft. This educational tool is designed to reinforce key terminologies and operational...

Questions: 28 | Attempts: 10 | Last updated: Aug 4, 2025

Sample Question 1
Cutters specializing in icebreaking have _____-colored hulls.

Red

Blue

Green

White

Sample Question 2
What length and vessel is this? Abbreviation? Type? Function?

399' USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB 11); Icebreaker; Icebreaking, research, can hold 2 helicopters

250' USCGC Healy (WAGB 20); Cutter; Search and rescue, law enforcement.

350' USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30); Buoy tender; Aids to navigation, icebreaking.

450' USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752); Legend-class cutter; Law enforcement, national security missions.

Sample Question 3
What length and vessel is this? Abbreviation? Type? Function?

240' USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30); Icebreaker; only icebreaker assigned to the Great Lakes; keep commerce lanes open, multi-mission

200' USCGC Healy (WAGB 20); Polar Icebreaker; Scientific Research; support Arctic missions.

180' USCGC Alder (WLB 216); Buoy Tender; Aids to Navigation; maintain waterway markers.

150' USCGC Penobscot Bay (WTGB 107); Cutter; Search and Rescue; protect US waters.