News

Petaluma, CA - June 18, 2011 

Moose Boats Inc., an aluminum boat manufacturer
recently delivered a M1-44' catamaran to US Park
Police, Ellis Island, NY. Equipped with twin 600hp
Cummins Marine Diesel engines coupled to Hamilton
HJ322 water-jets and Hamilton BlueArrow™ controls,
the aluminum catamaran features a second full upper
control station. This vessel attains a top speed of40
knots, cruises at approximately 30 knots and will be
used for security patrol of the Statue of Liberty and
Ellis Island. The Marine Patrol Unit acquired a 32’
aluminum cat fromMoose Boats in the spring of 2003
and it has been in servicein Jamaica Bay ever since.
The 44’ Vessel will replace a 41’aluminum patrol boat
that was donated by the USCG in 2002.

The new vessel will be stationed at the Statue of
Liberty, tasked with enforcing the security zones
around Liberty and Ellis Islands, providing VIP escorts,
transportation of officers and search and rescue in the
lower NY Harbor.

  
  
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