Editing Hull classification symbol (section)

== United States Coast Guard vessels ==

Prior to 1965, U.S. Coast Guard cutters used the same designation as naval ships but preceded by a "W" to indicate Coast Guard commission. The U.S. Coast Guard considers any ship over 65 feet in length with a permanently assigned crew, a cutter.<ref>{{cite web |title=United States Coast Guard |url=https://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/dataindx.htm |access-date=27 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101111600/http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/index.shtm |archive-date=1 January 2006 |language=en |date=1 January 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Current USCG cutter classes and types ===
{{#section-h:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter|Current USCG cutter classes and types}}

=== Historic USCG cutter classes and types ===
{{#section-h:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter|Historic USCG cutter classes and types}}

=== USCG classification symbols definitions ===
* CG: all Coast Guard ships in the 1920s (retired)
* WAGB: Coast Guard {{sclass2|Polar|icebreaker}}
* WAGL: Auxiliary vessel, lighthouse tender (retired 1960's)
* WAVP: seagoing Coast Guard seaplane tenders (retired 1960s)
* WDE: seagoing Coast Guard destroyer escorts (retired 1960s)
* WHEC: Coast Guard high endurance cutters
* WIX: Coast Guard barque {{USCGC|Eagle|WIX-327|2}}
* WLB: Coast Guard [[buoy tender]]s
* WLBB: Coast Guard seagoing buoy tenders/ice breaker
* WLI: Coast Guard inland buoy tenders
* WLIC: Coast Guard inland construction tenders
* WLM: Coast Guard coastal buoy tenders
* WLR: Coast Guard river buoy tenders
* WMEC: Coast Guard medium endurance cutters
* WMSA: Arctic Security Cutter
* WMSL: Coast Guard maritime security cutter, large (referred to as national security cutters)
* WMSP: Polar Security Cutter
* WPB: Coast Guard patrol boats
* WPC: Coast Guard patrol craft—later reclassed under WHEC, symbol reused for Coast Guard patrol cutter (referred to as [[Sentinel-class cutter|fast response cutters]])
* WPG: seagoing Coast Guard gunboats (retired 1960s)
* WTGB: [[Bay-class tugboat|Coast Guard tug boat]] (140' icebreakers)
* WYTL: [[USCG 65' Small harbor tug|Small harbor tug]]

=== USCG classification symbols for small craft and boats ===
* MLB: [[Motor Life Boat]] (52', 47', and 44' variants)
* UTB: Utility Boat 
* DPB: [[USCG Deployable Pursuit Boat|Deployable Pursuit Boat]]
* ANB: [[Aids to Navigation Boat]]s
* TPSB: [[Transportable Port Security Boat]]
* RHIB: [[Rigid inflatable boat|Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats]]
* SRB: Surf Rescue Boat (30')