Metal Shark Boats

Metal Shark 36 Fearless “Ricochet,” tender to the yacht VivieRae, shown here during a recent voyage to Truk Lagoon in the Federated States of Micronesia. Designed as a tow-behind and built to withstand the rigors of ocean crossings, the 36 Fearless Yacht Tender is rugged, tough, and built to perform. With its high performance, Michael Peters-designed SVVT stepped hull and triple Mercury 300 HP Verado outboards, she’s capable, nimble, and quick. Special features on this welded-aluminum workhorse include a Humphree active ride control system, a Seakeeper gyro stabilizer, a rooftop solar panel array, full tackle station, and Frigid Rigid 300-quart coffin box and 95-quart icebox. Four Llebroc SV bucket seats atop SHOXS S8 shock-mitigating seat pedestals insulate occupants from jarring impacts. A full-height tempered glass windshield and oversized aluminum hard top with roll-down curtain package provide protection from the elements. A urethane-sheathed, high-density closed-cell foam WING collar provides maximum impact protection, and oversized port and starboard dive doors allow easy access from either side of the vessel.

First responders from coast to coast are moving up to Metal Shark. Our modern, purpose-built, crew-friendly designs offer unmatched performance, safety, and reliability for those who serve and protect. Here’s Orange Beach PD’s Metal Shark 38 Defiant “Marine 1” on patrol near the Alabama-Florida border.

Today, the first of two Metal Shark 50 Defiant fireboats built for Anne Arundel County Fire Department departed our Franklin, LA yard en route to Maryland. Activity in Franklin is brisk with multiple fireboats, CTVs, and military patrol vessels under construction.

Metal Shark recently hosted representatives of Galapagos National Park Service (GNP) to its Louisiana, USA production facilities to inspect and sea trial the newest addition to the GNP’s fleet of Metal Shark patrol boats. Situated in the Pacific about 500 miles west of Ecuador, the park's 18 main islands and surrounding waters are home to sea lions, whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, the Galapagos penguin, waved albatross, and the giant Galapagos tortoise. The GNP’s Metal Shark patrol boats are used by park rangers to preserve and protect the park’s unique natural resources and the boats operate year round across the park’s 3,000 mile range. Metal Shark is proud to support the important conservation efforts of Galapagos National Park!

Every week, Metal Shark delivers purpose-built patrol craft to first responders from coast to coast. Here’s a 28 Relentless center console recently built for Holmes Beach Police Department on Anna Maria Island in West Central Florida. Other Metal Shark first responders within the same area of operation include West Manatee Fire Rescue, St. Pete Beach Fire Rescue, Tampa Fire Department, Florida Fish & Wildlife, and the US Coast Guard.

The US Navy’s San Diego-based Maritime Expeditionary Squadron 3 is conducting high speed maneuvers on Metal Shark 40 PB patrol boats in preparation for its upcoming deployment. The squadron is developing boat team proficiency for coastal, inshore, harbor/port environments, Antiterrorism/Force Protection, and long-range dynamic High Value Asset escorts. Metal Shark is proud to support those who serve and protect! U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Jennings.

Supporting those who serve and protect.

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Metal Shark is one of two builders awarded a seven-year US Navy contract worth up to $290 million to produce up to seventy-three 40-foot “40 PB” patrol boats for Naval Expeditionary Combat Command. Designed by Metal Shark’s in-house engineering team specifically for the Navy, the 40 PB has been built by Metal Shark since award of the 40 PB Flight 1 contract in 2017.  With the Flight 2 award, 40 PB production will continue in force at Metal Shark’s South Louisiana production facilities. https://bit.ly/4aLkHa9