[High-Tech/Vehicles] Rugged, Simple SAR/Medevac Helicopters

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Icelander

I also thought about USCGC Courageous (WMEC-622). In real life, it was decommissioned in September 2001 and eventually it was donated to Sri Lanka in June 2004. I'm wondering if a private buyer might have bought it (without weapon systems or the like, of course) in 2001-2004 and what kind of money that would cost.

Well, here's the manual for disposing of USCG vessels. I'm not keen enough to read it.

The Siri Lankan career of USCGC Courageous illustrates a point that people doing smuggling sometimes fail to grasp. When caught by a naval vessel, fighting them is always foolish. They're much better at it than amateurs. This probably even applies to the Venezuelans.