Metal Shark

Jamaica orders 22 Metal Shark surface interceptor vessels

Jeanerette, La., headquartered boat builder Metal Shark reports that it has booked a contract to build twenty-two welded-aluminum high-speed surface interceptor vessels for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF).

JDF has selected the Metal Shark 36 Fearless, a high-performance center console craft proven in service with multiple military, law enforcement, and first responder agencies worldwide. Procured via direct purchase, these new surface interceptor vessels will be used by the JDF-Coast Guard for...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/jamaica-orders-22-metal-shark-surface-interceptor-vessels/

VIDEO: Metal Shark’s new Prowler interceptor is autonomous and semisubmersible

Prowler on land

Jeanerette, La., headquartered boat builder Metal Shark will use next week’s Sea-Air-Space event to debut the Prowler, a versatile military craft that combines multiple technologies to meet the current and near-future warfighting requirements of the U.S. military and its allies. The company is also debuting Frenzy, a high-performance, low-cost, amphibious micro-USV with a payload carrying capacity of up to 14 lb.

Merging autonomous, amphibious, and semi-submersible capabilities with the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/video-metal-sharks-new-prowler-interceptor-is-autonomous-and-semisubmersible/

Metal Shark building next-gen military patrol vessel for Guyana

Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark is building a welded-aluminum 115 foot long x 27 foot beam (35 meter long x 8 meter beam) monohull patrol vessel for the Guyana Defense Force (GDF).

Designed in-house by Metal Shark’s engineering team and being acquired by the GDF via direct purchase, the new 115 Defiant is currently under construction at Metal Shark’s Franklin, La., shipyard. Once complete, the robust multi-mission vessel will join eight other Metal Shark interdiction and...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/metal-shark-building-next-gen-military-patrol-vessel-for-guyana/

DoD: Ukraine Sinks Russian Supply Ship With Harpoon Missile

Danish land-based Harpoon launcher in 2002.

Ukrainian forces used a Harpoon missile to sink a Russian resupply ship headed to Snake Island, a senior defense official told reporters Friday afternoon.

The sinking of the ship helped Ukrainian forces retake Snake Island, which had been in Russian control since the early days of the invasion. The island, called Zmiinyi Ostriv in Ukraine, was the symbol of Ukrainian resistance after a Ukrainian service member on the island told Russian warship Moskva t...

https://news.usni.org/2022/07/01/dod-ukraine-sinks-russian-supply-ship-with-harpoon-missile

U.S. Sending Metal Shark Maritime Combat Boats to Ukraine, Company Says

Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel conduct Freedom of Movement Detachment training at Camp Novo, Oct. 7, 2021. US Army Photo

Louisiana-based company Metal Shark announced Tuesday that the U.S. would send six of its maritime combat vessels to Ukraine as part of the $450 million aid the White House announced last week.

The White House said it would send 18 patrol boats to Ukraine as part of the latest assistance package, but would not identify the vehicles beyond giving their size and general...

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/28/u-s-sending-metal-shark-maritime-combat-boats-to-ukraine-company-says

Metal Shark gets $36 million mod to NAVSEA patrol vessel contract

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., has awarded Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark a $36,195,438 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

The modification establishes fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023 pricing for Near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPVs) Seven through Ten, and accompanying outfitting, testing, spares, tools, travel, reactivation, crew familiarization, exportation, and transportation.

The contract modification...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/metal-shark-gets-36-million-mod-to-navsea-patrol-vessel-contract/

Metal Shark wins Fire Island Ferries construction contract

Jeanerette, La, headquartered Metal Shark has been awarded a contract to build a new vehicle ferry for Fire Island Ferries. Designed by Elliott Bay Design Group, the 70 foot x 23 foot vessel features a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. With its hydraulically operated bow ramp and reinforced decks designed to support fully loaded concrete trucks and general cargo, the new ferry will provide transport between Bay Shore, New York and various ports along the Great South Bay of Fire Island.

Cons...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/metal-shark-wins-fire-island-ferries-construction-contract/

Metal Shark builds 38′ tender for research vessel

Shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered a new research tender to New York-based nonprofit ocean exploration initiative and media organization OceanX.

The custom 38′ Defiant-class welded aluminum monohull pilothouse vessel will be carried aboard the recently-launched one-of-a-kind scientific research, media production, and exploration vessel, OceanXplorer. Designed and built to be the most advanced combined marine research and media vessel in existence, OceanXplorer is both a floating, integrated...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/metal-shark-builds-38-research-tender-for-r-v-oceanxplorer/

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