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It lists for $1.2 million, has an oceangoing range of 200 miles and comes equipped with twin 450-horsepower diesels, a global positioning satellite system and radar that scopes to 36 miles.

The Makah Indian Tribe says it needs the latest-model cutter — the kind the Coast Guard is ordering — to take part in marine mammal research and fisheries enforcement around its reservation.

But anti-whaling activists contend that the vessel would simply make the Makah more efficient hunters and killers of whales.

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