Silver Ships lately accomplished the primary deliveries beneath the Naval Sea Systems Command of seven 11-meter Open Center Console (OCC) vessels and two 8-meter Open Center Console (OCC) vessels, beneath the Naval Special Warfare Surface Support Craft Contract. The U.S. Navy has additionally carried out Pre-Delivery Inspection and Testing (PDIT) of three vessel variants included within the contract.
The Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Surface Support Craft (SSC) contract entails development of 5 completely different vessel variants of the Ambar collection inflexible hull inflatable boats (RHIB). The NSW Surface Support Craft (SSC) are 8 and 11-meter aluminum deep-vee hulled boats with a protecting collar. Silver Ships’ 8 and 11-meter craft have a multipurpose deck for carrying varied payloads or mission gear. Variants of the SSC embrace each open middle console (OCC) and cabin variations, along with the U.S. Coast Guard Special Purpose Craft, Law Enforcement II (SPC-LE2) variant.
These craft are used from inland bays and waterways to deep water over-the-horizon transits, in all working situations and climate. The Navy SSC vessels will help the Naval Special Warfare group by way of ocean diver and swimmer help, medical transport, vessel towing and water airdrop coaching, amongst different missions.
Silver Ships has additionally delivered the primary SPC-LE2 vessel variants to Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, Fla., Coast Guard Station South Padre Island, Texas and the USCG Maritime Law Enforcement Academy in Charleston, S.C. The 11-meter Coast Guard SPC-LE2 vessels are armed and shall be operated in various situations alongside the size of the borders of the United States and the Caribbean. Typical SPC-LE2 missions contain intercepting suspicious vessels getting into U.S. waters and also will be used for port safety and different missions. Additional vessel variant beneath superior design and manufacturing is the 11-meter cabin model.
The $8.2 million supply order is a Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) single award contract (N00024-21-D-2205) by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the development and supply of as much as 110 Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Surface Support Craft (SSC) and U.S. Coast Guard Special Purpose Craft, Law Enforcement II (SPC-LE) vessels, along with different equipment, elements and coaching. The contract contains choices that, if exercised, would carry the cumulative worth of the contract to $51.6 million and manufacturing work would proceed via 2026-2027.
“We are very pleased with early production and testing of the NSW SSC and SPC-LE2 boats. More importantly, our Navy and Coast Guard customers have inspected the first of three variants and are pleased with vessel performance. Initial inspections and testing were completed in a spirit of teamwork, continuous learning and improvement. We will continue to closely team with these partners as we increase production to meet contract requirements in the next several years,” mentioned Shawn Lobree, Silver Ships Federal Contracts Manager and challenge lead.
Silver Ships started constructing SSCs for the Navy in 2006 and has constructed greater than 650 RHIBs for all branches of the U.S. army over the previous 20 years. All of the boats are extremely versatile, rugged and designed to be operated in open ocean and near-coastal environments.
