High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Matagorda (WPB-1303) is a United States Coast Guard Island-class patrol boat. Matagorda was built by Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard at Lockport, Louisiana, and was commissioned on 24 April 1986. The Island-class patrol boats were originally 110 feet (34 meters) long. Matagorda was the first vessel to complete an extensive refit that added a new superstructure, and a 13-foot (4-meter) extension to her stern, as part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program. The new superstructure was intended to improve the habitability and endurance of the Island-class patrol boats. It was intended to enable the boats to comply with the Coast Guard's plan to make all vessels capable of housing mixed-sex crews.