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Vessels

Mk VI Patrol Boats

VI Patrol Boats with an option for two additional vessels.

This contract will provide Mk VI Patrol Boats to

Ukraine via a U.S. State Department-approved agree- ment utilizing Building Partner Capacity (BPC) and

Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funds. Work will be performed in Washington State and SAFE Boats expects to increase their workforce by creating up to 75 new posi- tions, primarily at their Tacoma facility. Final delivery on the contract is slated for March 2025, or March 2026 if the option is exercised.

Propelled by HamiltonJet waterjets and twin, 2,600

SAFE Boats International horsepower, MTU 16V 2000 series diesel engines (5,200

Bremerton, Wash. boat builder SAFE Boats Internation- horsepower total), the 85-foot-long Mk VI Patrol Boat has al has been awarded an $89,717,984 ? rm-? xed-price modi- a range of 600+ nautical miles, a cruising speed of 25+ ? cation to a previously awarded contract for design, con- knots with a sprint speed of 35+ knots, and a draft of 4.5 struction, out? tting, reactivation and training for six Mk feet, making it ideal for littoral operations.

Muddy Water Dredging

A newly formed dredging company has placed an order for what will be one of the largest dredges of its kind in the

U.S. On October 12, Michael Kerns, President and CEO of Muddy Water Dredging, LP and Bob Wetta, President and CEO of DSC Dredge LLC, launched the project to build the custom 24” dual pump Marlin Class dredge to maintain U.S. navigable waterways. The custom-designed diesel-electric dredge, with a total installed horsepower of 9,621 HP and delivering 6,830 kW of electrical power, is expected to be completed October 2023.

The Marlin Class dredge will have an overall length of 371 feet making it one of, if not the longest, 24” dredge

DSC Dredge in the United States with the capability of dredging a 400’ wide cut utilizing an 80° swing arc thus increasing Notwithstanding the massiveness and strength this the dredge’s swing/advance ef? ciency by 5.9%. At a duty dredge embodies, its customization not only includes a de- point of 28,236 GPM slurry volume, this new dredge tachable carriage barge which allows the dredge to quickly will have the ability of ? lling an Olympic size swimming convert from a wide cut format con? guration to a shorter pool with dredge slurry in only 23 minutes and can com- conventional dredge con? guration for work in areas with pletely ? ll an area the size of the New Orleans Superdome limited space but also has lay-down carriage barge spuds to in only 23 days. facilitate transit under low clearance structures.

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