| CBP patrol boats escort largest cruise ship in world
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In May 2006, Customs and Border Protection patrol boats in Miami escorted the largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean International's Freedom of the Seas. The ship weighs 160,000 tons, has 15 decks, is 208 feet high, 185 feet wide, and 1112 feet long. The ship is wider and taller than the height of the Statue of Liberty, and longer than the USSS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. The CBP OFO Marine Unit pictured is a 22-foot Boston Whaler powered by twin 175 horsepower outboard engines. It has a crew of three CBP officers. The boat is one of only two boats assigned to the Office of Field Operations in the entire country. Both boats are based out of the A-TCET (Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team) on the Port of Miami. The second boat, not pictured, is a 26- foot Boston Whaler with twin 250 horsepower engines. | | Photo Credit: Zachary Mann |
| A CBP patrol boat escorts Royal Caribbean International's Freedom of the Seas
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Both boats are used to patrol the ports in South Florida (Miami and Port Everglades), numerous marinas, rivers, canals and waterways protecting our borders, and to enforce US laws. DB |
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