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www.marinelink.com MN39the boat include details designed incooperation with the end users. This new design was delivered in a short time period.?Significantly, and in late February, the Boomeranger C-950 was on itsway to Somalia on board the Swedish Navy warship HMS Karlskrona-- which on April 14 takes over as the force headquarters of the European Antipiracy Mission. WILLARD MARINEBUILDSFORU.S.ANDFOREIGNGOVERNMENTS C.J. Lozano, government products director at Anaheim, Calif.-based Willard Marine, Inc., said ?our spe- cialty is building Rigid Inflatable Boat or RIBs for large ships. We've produced them in various sizes for the U.S. Navy for 30 years. They have lifting fittings, and are adjusted to the meet the weight capacity of cranes so workloads are safe and no one gets dumped in the ocean.? He added, ?Our 7-meter RIBs are deployed aboard U.S. Navy Combatant Ships throughout the fleet. They are uti- lized as rescue platforms, personnel transfer and VBSS or visit, board, search and seizure operations.? Lozano continued, saying ?in thelast few years we've built high-speed 36 foot RIBs for Mexico and Lebanon. We have a large, 56-foot patrol boat in Jordan and some high- speed 7-meter outboard-powered RIBs in Egypt, along with some more-recent 5.4-meter RIBs. All of the boats for the Middle East are mil- itary craft and are used for a variety of missions--from SAR, patrol and VBSS.? Willard has also built vessels for the Coast Guard, including dozens of boats for harbor patrol and firefighting and smaller craft for ocean surf rescues. MOOSEBOATS ACCOMMODATES FIREFIGHTINGAND NAVY NEEDSSan Francisco-based Moose Boats, Inc. signed a contract in December 2012 to build a M1-44 foot alu-minum catamaran for the Humboldt Bay Harbor District in Eureka, CA for fire protection and emergency response. The vessel will also serve as a back-up pilot vessel for Port of Humboldt. In early February, Moose was awarded a contract by the West Pierce Fire and Rescue in University Place, WA for a M2-37 catamaran fire rescue boat. Moose has a M3-36 fire rescue CBRN vessel under construction for New Orleans(504) 780-8100 ? Fax (504) 780-8200Norfolk(757) 545-0100 ? Fax (757) 545-8004Houston(281) 452-5887 ? Fax (281) 452-9682www.mcdonoughmarine.comwww.mcdonoughmarine.comLARGEST RENTAL FLEET OF SPUD, DECK AND MATERIAL BARGESBARGES 60 TO 400 LENGTHBARGES 60 TO 400 LENGTH? 16 Fleeting locations inland rivers, Gulf, East and West Coast ? Inland and Ocean towing services LARGEST RENTAL FLEET OF SPUD, DECK AND MATERIAL BARGESMN#3 (32-49):MN 2011 Layouts 3/2/2012 10:22 AM Page 39