Metal Shark patrol boat joins PR fleet

JEANERETTE, La. - Louisiana-based boat-builder Metal Shark has delivered its new law enforcement patrol boat, Metal Shark 35 Defiant, to the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD). It has already been put to use in the ongoing Hurricane Maria recovery efforts. PRPD’s other Metal Shark boats weathered the storm undamaged in September and have served on relief missions around the coast and the islands of Culebra and Vieques. The new 35-foot aluminum pilothouse patrol vessel was built at Metal Shark’s Jeanerette production facility. It joins a fleet of 36-foot Metal Shark Fearless-class high performance center console patrol boats delivered to the PRPD in 2017. Defiant is the first new boat to enter service with the PRPD since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. (Source: Metal Shark 01/15/18)