Defiant-class patrol vessel
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The United States intends to build 13 small patrol vessels, based on the Damen Stan 2606 patrol vessel design, for small Caribbean nations, to be known as the Defiant class.[1][2][3] The US Navy, which will play an oversight role in the ship's construction, also calls the design Near Coastal Patrol Vessels. The $54 million contract was awarded to Metal Shark Boats of Louisiana.Cite error: Closing </ref>
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jon Rosamund. US plans Latin American patrol vessel, Maritime Security, 2016-04-26. Retrieved on 2018-03-02. “The US Navy has released details of a 75-85ft (23-26m) 'mothership' which officials hope will bolster the maritime security capabilities of partner nations in and around the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Damen and Metal Shark partner for FMS patrol boat project, Marine Log, 2017-07-07. Retrieved on 2018-03-02. “The US Navy recently selected Louisiana-based Metal Shark to build Near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPVs) for United States partner nations through the Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program (see earlier story).”
- ↑ Armada Dominicana incorpora un buque guardacostas donado por Estados Unidos, Diario Libre, 2020-07-08. Retrieved on 2020-08-23. (in Spanish)
- ↑ Defiant 80-85, Metal Shark. Retrieved on 2018-06-15.
- ↑ Defiant 80-85 brochure, Metal Shark. Retrieved on 2018-06-15.
- ↑ Damen, Metal Shark partner for NCPVs, Maritime Security, 2017-07-14. Retrieved on 2018-07-07. “Under the terms of the FMS, Metal Shark is building up to 13,85ft Defiant class welded aluminium cutters for the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala and other US partner nations.”
- ↑ Chuck Hill. Metal Shark Builds WPBs for FMS, Chuck Hill's blog, 2018-06-23. Retrieved on 2018-04-03. “The Metal Shark boats are a version of Damen’s Stan Patrol 2606 design, so nominally 26 meters long and 6 meters of beam, but according to the Website, 87′ length overall with a beam of 19’6″. The Marine Protector Class were also a Damen 2600 series design, so the two classes share a great deal of DNA.”
- ↑ Ramona Adamson. Metal Shark Lands $54M Navy Contract to Build Near Coastal Patrol Vessels, Executive Biz, 2017-06-22. Retrieved on 2018-03-02.