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TIL the color of US Coast Guard vessels’ hulls identify their function. White hulled vessels are patrol, lifesaving and law enforcement vessels. Black hulled vessels maintain navigation buoys and construction. Red hulled vessels are ice breakers.
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The Coast Guard aircraft are similar, mostly because there are no ice breaking or buoy aircraft, so they are usually all white with the orange stripe.
I’ve seen a few with retro colors, too.
The tall ship EAGLE is primarily a training ship, and it’s all white as well.