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Munson Delivers 48-Ft. Packcat

Nikolski Fisherman's Association recently took delivery of this 48-ft. (14.6-m) welded aluminum PACKCAT landing craft designed and built by the

William E. Munson Company of Mount

Vernon, Wash.

The vessel is designed to transport 20- ft. (6-m) shipping containers to and from Dutch Harbor to the remote island of Nikolski — 110 miles west in the

Aleutian chain. Nikolski Fisherman's

Association will use the specialized vessel to transport the containers loaded with construction materials to build their new fishing lodge, as well as for general purpose cargo hauling to and from Dutch.

The craft's 10-ft. (3-m) wide bow door and 34-in. long open cargo deck are out- fitted with heavy duty deck rollers for offloading containers on the beach with a backhoe. Twin Mercruiser 7.3L 270 hp diesels with Bravo 2 sterndrives pro- vide a top speed of 35 mph. Additional outfitting includes a 7 x 7 ft. (2.1 m) wheelhouse elevated for maximum vis- ibility, diesel cabin heater, Yamaha 2600 gen set, Furuno 16 radar with interfaced

GPS, davit with 12V winch and bow anchor pulpit.

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Moose Boats Wins

U.S. Park Police Contract

Moose Boats was awarded a contract to deliver a boat for the U.S. Park

Police, New York Field Office. The

Moose Boats Model 320C is a replace- ment boat, and it will be used to patrol the Statue of Liberty, Search and

Rescue for the JFK Airport, and for

Emergency Response for the New York

Harbor.

The 34.5 ft. (10.5-m) all-aluminum

May 2003 23 boat is a jet powered catamaran featur- ing twin Cummins 370-hp turbo diesels driving Hamilton 292 water jets. "Last June we visited the MACC in

Norfolk, Va„ to look for a replacement boat, and we stopped by to look at the

Moose Boats," said Sgt. Grant Arthur,

U.S. Park Police. "After viewing their models and information in the booth, we set out in the harbor for a demo ride.

When we returned to the dock, we knew this was the boat for us."

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Arthur continued: "We were looking for a boat that would have the ability to provide a speedy response time, to safe- ly land on shore, and get into shallow waters with ease."

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