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SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR

SILVER SHIPS

RIBCRAFT has delivered thousands, specializing in every step of the boat building process is completed at Sil- building mission speci? c patrol and rescue boats, tactical and ver Ships’ headquarters in Theodore, Ala. It also offers boat special operations, support and workboat vessels, dive boats, repairs and comprehensive refurbishment services for all and USCG Certi? ed passenger for hire vessels. RIBCRAFT makes and models of aluminum workboats.

designs and builds RIBs to meet the emergent requirements Silver Ships was the ? rst builder to manufacture RHIBs of military and government agencies with current contracts in the United States 30 years ago. Silver Ships’ most popu- with the U.S. Navy and California Department of Fish & lar and versatile vessel is the Ambar series, part of the RHIB

Wildlife. RIBCRAFT remains dedicated to building rescue family – its original “hybrid” air-and-foam collar provides and patrol boats for First Responders with recent deliveries excellent stability, making the vessels virtually unsinkable.

and awards for departments all over the country. In the past couple of years, Silver Ships has updated its product line to include the Freedom series of vessels, designed for law enforcement and ? re rescue missions. In 2020 the company also launched a new business within

Silver Ships

Founded in 1985, Silver Ships is a family-owned premier its umbrella, Gulf Coast Suzuki, to serve local recreational builder of high-quality, cutting-edge aluminum workboats and commercial boaters in need of repairs or maintenance from 21 feet to 70 feet in length, used for ? re rescue, law on their Suzuki engines. enforcement, military operations, marine surveying and other mission-speci? c applications. Its vessels are based

United States on existing design types but are uniquely customized and out? tted for the needs of individual customers in the U.S.

Marine, Inc.

and overseas. An on-site accredited naval architects and en-

Headquartered in Gulfport, Miss., with a maintenance/ gineering staff designs all boats within a three-dimensional modeling and hydrodynamic design software to ensure repair facility in Chesapeake, Va., United States Marine Inc. is a fully integrated manufacturer of military, patrol and spe- safety and operational usage in design, development, de- sign evaluation and calculation throughout all stages of cial warfare boats available in lengths from 21 feet to 90 feet. construction. From the initial design to the ? nal send-off, The company is capable of designing, building, and testing 30 | MN October 2021