page_title: Yemen Coast Guard
hierarchical_section_title: Yemen Coast Guard
caption_attribution_description: English: Original caption: "December 15, 2009- The U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of International Acquisition is working with the Republic of Yemen’s Coast Guard on a Foreign Military Sales program to procure two 87’ Protector-class Coastal Patrol Boats. The two CPBs, Sana’a and Aden, will be preliminary accepted and commissioned in approximately one year.The CPBs will assist the Yemen Coast Guard in addressing an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden that is strategically important to U.S. interests." The vessels will be sister ships to the USCG's Marine Protector class.
context_page_description: The Yemeni Coast Guard is the coast guard service of Yemen and was founded in 2003. It has constabulary and navigation role in Yemen's ports and regional waters, as the country has 2,000 kilometres of coastline. Since the start of the Yemeni civil war in 2015, the Coast Guard functions under the internationally recognised government backed by the Saudi Arabian-led coalition. Several ports and coastal facilities in areas controlled by the Saudi-backed government of Yemen are under the authority of the Yemeni Coast Guard, which has its headquarters in Mukalla.
context_section_description: The Yemeni Coast Guard is the coast guard service of Yemen and was founded in 2003. It has constabulary and navigation role in Yemen's ports and regional waters, as the country has 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) of coastline. Since the start of the Yemeni civil war in 2015, the Coast Guard functions under the internationally recognised government backed by the Saudi Arabian-led coalition. Several ports and coastal facilities in areas controlled by the Saudi-backed government of Yemen are under the authority of the Yemeni Coast Guard, which has its headquarters in Mukalla.
caption: The US Coast Guard provided technical assistance when two Marine Protector class cutters were built in the Bollinger shipyards for the Yemeni Coast Guard.
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