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Silver Ships

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Ships on existing design types but are uniquely customized and out? tted for the needs of individual customers in the U.S. and overseas. An on-site accredited naval architects and en-

Silverback gineering staff designs all boats within a three-dimensional

Marine modeling and hydrodynamic design software to ensure safety and operational usage in design, development, de- sign evaluation and calculation throughout all stages of construction. From the initial design to the ? nal send-off, every step of the boat building process is completed at Sil- ver Ships’ headquarters in Theodore, Ala. It also offers boat repairs and comprehensive refurbishment services for all makes and models of aluminum workboats.

Silver Ships was awarded an $8.2 million delivery order as a result of being awarded a ? rm-? xed price IDIQ single award contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction and delivery of up to 11 Naval Special War- fare (NSW) Surface Support Craft (SSC) and U.S. Coast

Guard Special Purpose Craft, Law Enforcement (SPC-LE) vessels. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $51.6 million. Silver Ships has constructed more than 650 Rigid

Hull In? atable Boats (RHIBs) for all branches of the U.S.

Military. The new project entails the construction of ? ve different vessel variants, all AMBAR series RHIBs.

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