USCG orders seven RB-S IIs
The US Coast Guard has issued an order worth around $3 million to Metal Shark Boats for the supply of seven response boats-small II (RB-S II), the agency announced on 3 October.
Delivery is expected to start in spring 2019. The boats will be primarily stationed in the Seattle, Washington area.
The 29ft RB-S IIs have a maximum speed of over 40kt and will be used for a range of missions including SAR, vessel boarding team deployment and law enforcement missions, port security, drug and migrant interdiction and environmental response operations.
This new order brings the total number of RB-S IIs ordered to date to 350; 318 have been delivered. RB-S IIs are gradually replacing the 25ft RB-S.
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