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Metal Shark Boats is an American developer and builder of aluminum-hull vessels that operates shipyards in Jeanerette and Franklin, Louisiana. [1] It offers a variety of vessels ranging from commercial transportation to specialized law enforcement and military applications.
On 4 August 2023, the Berbice was launched from the Metal Shark Boats production factory in Jeanerette, Louisiana. [2] Months later on 30 October 2023, Metal Shark announced that the ship sailed to its shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. [1] The Berbice was incorporated into the Guyana Defence Force in Georgetown, Guyana on 12 November 2023. [3]
The United States is building 13 small patrol vessels, based on the Damen Stan 2606 patrol vessel design, for small Caribbean nations, to be known as the Defiant class. [1] [2] [3] The United States Navy, which will play an oversight role in the ship's construction, also calls the design Near Coastal Patrol Vessels.
Defiant-class patrol vessel (Metal Shark) a class of 38 foot patrol vessels built by Metal Shark Boats Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Defiant class .
A high-speed boat, for a variety of missions, including search and rescue, port security and law enforcement duties. The original 25-foot boats built by SAFE Boats International (Secure All-around Flotation Equipped) of Port Orchard, Washington are being replaced by 29-foot boats built by Metal Shark Boats of Jeanerette, LA. [19] [20] 24-ft ...
The Peregrine, a Metal Shark small patrol boat of the Guyana Coast Guard. The maritime branch was founded January 9, 1967, with the Guyanese Coast Guard founded in 1990, before this they were called the Buccaneers. Various light vessels were built or used through the 1970s and 80s, especially for customs, maritime, fisheries, and river patrol. [44]
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The ship carries a cutter boat on davits. She was originally equipped with a CB-M boat which was replaced in the mid-2010s with a CB-ATON-M boat. This was built by Metal Shark Aluminum Boats and was estimated to cost $210,000. [13] The boat is 18 feet (5.5 m) long and are equipped with a Mercury Marine inboard/outboard diesel engine. [14]