I think it's interesting that the Canadian Coast Guard is civilian and the task of protecting our coast is delegated to MARCOM. That leaves about 2 ships that are freely deployable around the world.
The American Coast Guard is a branch of its military and despite its name actually deploys its cutters around the world in soft power missions. Hell, strap some Harpoons onto the Bertholf and it's nearly a match for the Halifax class*.
*Well, not really. But hey, it has a 57mm gun and a Phalanx system, what kind of firepower do they expect to run into?
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