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| unit_name                     = Liberian National Coast Guard
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| start_date                    = 1959
| country                       = {{flag|Liberia}}
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| type                          = [[Coast guard]]
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| battles                       = [[First Liberian Civil War]]<br />[[Second Liberian Civil War]]
| anniversaries                 = February 11
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| commander1                    = President [[Joseph Boakai]]
| commander1_label              = [[President (government title)|Commander-in-Chief]]
| commander2                    = [[Geraldine George]]
| commander2_label              = [[Minister of National Defense]]
| commander3                    = Major Theophilus Momo Duo
| commander3_label              = Commander of the Coast Guard
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| identification_symbol_label   = Naval Jack
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The '''Liberian National Coast Guard''' is the [[Navy|naval force]] of [[Liberia]], part of the [[Armed Forces of Liberia]]. Its main duties are law enforcement along Liberia's coast and in its maritime area, and aiding those in distress.<ref name="DA08">{{cite web|url=http://www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Liberia/LR_Defense%20Act%20of%202008.pdf|title=Defense Act of 2008|date=2008|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:ASC Leiden - F. van der Kraaij Collection - 08 - 087 - The inauguration of William Richard Tolbert, 20th President of Liberia - Ashmun street, Monrovia, Liberia, 1976.tiff|thumb|right|Members of the Liberian National Coast Guard at the inauguration of President [[William R. Tolbert]] in 1976]]
The Liberian National Coast Guard, was established in 1959.<ref name="OS">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/liberia_5_organdstrength.htm|title=Library of Congress Liberia Country Study 1984: Organization and Strength|location=Washington DC|access-date=23 May 2017}}Accessed via GlobalSecurity.org</ref> Throughout the Tubman period the coastguard was little more than a few sometimes unserviceable patrol craft manned by ill-trained personnel, though its training improved in the 1980s to the point where it was considered the best trained of the armed services.<ref name=OS />

In 1984 the Liberian National Coast Guard contained about 450 personnel.<ref name="MOD">{{cite web|url=http://mod.gov.lr/the-forces/the-liberian-coast-guard/|title=Brief History on the Liberian Coast Guard|date=2016|website=Ministry of National Defense|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref> Under [[Samuel Doe]] the Coast Guard was retitled the Liberian Navy in 1986 through the passage of The Liberian Navy Act of 1986.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200808260769.html "Ellen Signs Anti-Corruption Act, Commissions Several Officials", The Inquirer (Monrovia), August 22, 2008]</ref> However, as a result of the [[First Liberian Civil War|First]] and [[Second Liberian Civil War|Second]] Liberian civil wars, the navy lost control of its bases and was reduced to an insignificant force.<ref name="MOD" />

The Coast Guard was reactivated on the 53rd Armed Forces Day on February 11, 2010, with an initial strength of 40 personnel who had been trained in the United States.<ref>Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, [http://www.theperspective.org/2010/0126201001.html President's Annual Message], January 25, 2010</ref> A [[United States Coast Guard]] officer is now serving at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia supporting efforts to reestablish the Liberian Coast Guard.<ref>Chief Petty Officer Jason Morris, [http://www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=3600&lang=0 APS, Seabees Bolster Liberia's Coast Guard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720130445/http://www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=3600&lang=0 |date=July 20, 2011 }}, Africa Partnership Station Public Affairs, October 20, 2009</ref>

A detachment from [[SeaBee]] [[Naval Mobile Construction Battalion]] 7, based at [[Naval Station Rota]], Spain, constructed a [[United States Africa Command]]-funded boat ramp and concrete perimeter wall for the Coast Guard, which was handed over in December 2010.<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=53732 NMCB 7 Liberia Detachment Receives Commendation], May 30, 2010. Retrieved June 2010, and [http://africom.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/liberian-coast-guard-ready-for-247-ops/ Liberian Coast Guard Ready for 24/7 Ops], December 29, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2011</ref> In February 2011, the United States turned over two donated [[USCG Defender class boat]]s to the Coast Guard.<ref>http://www.liberianobserver.com/node/10592 US Equip AFL with 2 Boats</ref>

==Fleet==
The fleet of the Liberian National Coast Guard currently consists of:
* 2x 27' [[Defender-class boat|Defenders]] (SAFE 27 Full Cabin)
* 2x 33' Law Enforcement (SPC-LE) - based on Defender-class (SAFE 33 Full Cabin)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/spc-le.asp |title=USCG: About Us - Aircraft & Cutters |website=www.uscg.mil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122093048/http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/spc-le.asp |archive-date=2012-01-22}} </ref>
* 2x 24' [[Boston Whaler]]s<ref name="MOD" />

==Ranks==
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The ranks and insignia of the Liberian National Coast Guard are based on those of the [[United States Coast Guard]], and are laid out in the Liberian Defense Act of 2008.<ref name="DA08" />

===Officers===
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===Enlisted personnel===
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==References==
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