MY Jules Verne
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Island-class patrol boat |
| Builders: | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Operators: | United States Coast Guard |
| Completed: | 49 |
| Active: | ≈37 |
| History | |
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| Class and type: | Island-class patrol boat |
| Name: | Pea Island |
| Owner: | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Fate: | Decomissioned |
| History | |
| Name: |
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| Owner: | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
| Port of registry: | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Acquired: | January 2015 |
| In service: | 2017 |
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| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | cutter |
| Displacement: | 168 tons |
| Length: | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draft: | 6.5 ft (2.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Paxman Valenta or Caterpillar diesels |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 3,300 miles |
| Endurance: | 5 days |
The MY John Paul DeJoria is a cutter class vessel owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. She is being used in their direct action campaigns against illegal fisheries activities.
In January 2015, Sea Shepherd purchased two recently decommissioned Island-class patrol boats from the U.S. Coast Guard, capable of a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). They were USCG Block Island and USCG Pea Island, and were renamed MY Jules Verne (after the famous writer) and MY Farley Mowat, respectively.Jules Verne was again renamed to MY John Paul DeJoria on January 31th, 2017, honouring Sea Shepherd supporter John Paul DeJoria.
Under the new name, the ships first mission was to join the search for the missing filmmaker Rob Stewart in the Florida Keys.
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