Round shaped, pewter colored coin, 2 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • Inshore Boar Unit 16 (IBU-16)
  • Inshore Boat Unit Sixteen (IBU-16)
Location
Coin Location: 11I4
Homebase: Long Beach California
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C002432

Location: 11I4 Limited Coin

Coin: Unit

Active » U.S. Navy » Vessels - Boats

Narrative

Round shaped, pewter colored coin, 2 inches in diameter.

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Coin Numbered 165

Inshore Boat Units are part of the Naval Coastal Warfare team. Inshore Boat Unit 16 supplies men and boats to conduct antiterrorism operations for U.S. maritime assets in littoral regions world-wide. These operations include force protection, harbor defense, protection of Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) ships, and coordination with Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Units (MIUW) for surveillance operations.

In August 2000, the unit relocated from Pensacola, FL to Long Beach, CA. US Navy unit IBU-16 deploymed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003.