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Moose Boats

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Boats pro? ts, RIBCRAFT vessels are available from 15 feet to 41

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Vessels built by Moose Boats are considered to be feet, and built to order in the United States.

RIBCRAFT has delivered thousands, specializing in among the ? nest aluminum military, law enforcement building mission speci? c patrol and rescue boats, tacti- and ? re? ghting vessels in the industry. As a semi-custom cal and special operations, support and workboat ves- vessel builder, Moose Boats builds rugged aluminum cata- sels, dive boats, and USCG Certi? ed passenger for hire marans and monohulls designed to meet a variety of mis- vessels. RIBCRAFT designs and builds RIBs to meet sion speci? c applications for law enforcement, emergency the emergent requirements of military and government response, and security patrol purposes; the Vallejo, Ca- agencies. RIBCRAFT has delivered the ? rst boats of up lif. boatbuilder’s clientele includes U.S. Navy and several to 278 7-meter RIBS as part of a ? ve-year IDIQ contract high-pro? le law enforcement and ? re? ghting agencies worth up to $78 million. These 24’ RIBs serve as the throughout the country.

Ready Service Life Boats on all Navy ships. RIBCRAFT

Notable recent builds include a 75-foot CTV catamaran is also actively building the 11-meter Expeditionary RIBs for Westar Marine, a 46-foot M1 catamaran for the Cali- for the U.S. Navy. Having recently exercised another op- fornia Department of Fish & Wildlife, and 35-foot M3 tion year worth an additional $9.7 million dollars, the patrol vessel for the Santa Cruz Harbor Patrol.

Navy is on track to order up to 45 of these 11M RIBs of a ? ve-year IDIQ contract worth over $40 million dol- lars. These 39’ RIBs serve to support explosive ordinance

RIBCRAFT

Marblehead, Mass. based RIBCRAFT is the only boat disposal mine counter measure platoons in both shallow builder specializing exclusively in building professional and deepwater operations. RIBCRAFT remains dedicat- grade rigid in? atable boats (RIBs). Serving all commercial ed to building rescue and patrol boats for ? rst respond- markets; from military agencies and state and local govern- ers with recent deliveries and awards for departments all ments to safety professionals, private industry and non- over the country. 42 | MN October 2022