Category: Chris Allard

  • Dominican Navy commissions its second 85-foot Metal Shark NCPV

    Dominican Navy commissions its second 85-foot Metal Shark NCPV The Dominican Navy has received its second 85 x 19.5 foot welded aluminum Near Coastal Patrol Vessel (NCPV), built by Jeanerette, La.-based boat builder Metal Shark. Christened Arcturus CG-114 in keeping with the Dominican tradition of naming military vessels after constellations and celestial bodies, the new…

  • VIDEO: Tampa Fire Rescue takes delivery of first of two advanced new fireboats

    VIDEO: Tampa Fire Rescue takes delivery of first of two advanced new fireboats Metal Shark has delivered a new 40 x 12 foot welded aluminum monohull pilothouse fireboat to Tampa Fire Rescue. Designed in-house by Metal Shark and built at the company’s Jeanerette, Lna production facility, the new vessel is the first of two next-generation…

  • Metal Shark to debut new HSMUSV unmanned surface vessel at Sea-Air-Space 2025

    Metal Shark to debut new HSMUSV unmanned surface vessel at Sea-Air-Space 2025 Jeanerette, La.-based boat builder Metal Shark is set to debut its latest unmanned surface vessel—the HSMUSV— at the upcoming Sea-Air-Space event in National Harbor, Md., with three days of on-water demonstrations April 7-9. The HSMUSV (high speed maneuverable unmanned surface vessel) is a…