The United States is building 13 small patrol vessels, based on the

Damen Stan 2606 patrol vessel The Damen Stan 2600 is a line of patrol vessels built or designed by Netherlands shipbuilding firm the Damen Group. Operators The first vessels of this design were delivered to the Hong Kong Police in 2007. Vietnam Maritime search and Resc ...

design, for small

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nations, to be known as the Defiant class. The

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, which will play an oversight role in the ship's construction, also calls the design Near Coastal Patrol Vessels. The $54 million contract was awarded to Metal Shark Boats of

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. Partner nations include

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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

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and

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. Like the

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's very successful , also based on the Damen 2606 design, the Defiant-class vessels are to be equipped with a

stern launching ramp Some modern patrol vessels are equipped with a stern launching ramp, or simply launching ramp, for deploying smaller rescue or pursuit boats without requiring the parent ship to first come to a halt. Typically the smaller craft are powered b ...

. The vessels will be able to accommodate a crew of ten or more—similar to the Marine Protector class. The vessels are powered by a pair of C32 Caterpillar

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, isbn = , language = Spanish , trans-title = Dominican Navy incorporates a coastguard vessel donated by the United States , archiveurl = , archivedate = , accessdate = 2020-08-23 , quote = {{cite news , url = http://www.metalsharkboats.com/pdf/Defiant%252080-85.pdf , title = Defiant 80-85 , work = Metal Shark , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180615083507/http://www.metalsharkboats.com/pdf/Defiant%2080-85.pdf , archivedate = 2018-06-15 , accessdate = 2018-06-15 , url-status = dead {{cite news , url = http://www.metalsharkboats.com/pdf/Defiant%2080-85.pdf , title = Defiant 80-85 brochure , work = Metal Shark , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180615083507/http://www.metalsharkboats.com/pdf/Defiant%2080-85.pdf , archivedate = 2018-06-15 , accessdate = 2018-06-15 , url-status = live {{cite news , url = https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/us-plans-latin-american-patrol-vessel/ , title = Damen, Metal Shark partner for NCPVs , work =

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, date = 2017-07-14 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180707072038/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/us-plans-latin-american-patrol-vessel/ , archivedate = 2018-07-07 , accessdate = 2018-07-07 , url-status = live , quote = Under the terms of the FMS, Metal Shark is building up to 13,85ft Defiant class welded aluminium cutters for the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala and other US partner nations. {{cite news , url = https://chuckhillscgblog.net/2017/06/23/metal-shark-builds-wpbs-for-fms/ , title = Metal Shark Builds WPBs for FMS , work =

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, author = Chuck Hill , author-link = , date = 2018-06-23 , page = , location = , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073312/https://chuckhillscgblog.net/2017/06/23/metal-shark-builds-wpbs-for-fms/ , archivedate = 2018-04-04 , accessdate = 2018-04-03 , url-status = live , quote = The Metal Shark boats are a version of Damen’s Stan Patrol 2606 design, so nominally 26 meters long and 6 meters of beam, but according to the Website, 87′ length overall with a beam of 19’6″. The Marine Protector Class were also a Damen 2600 series design, so the two classes share a great deal of DNA. {{cite news , url = https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/85-defiant-class-near-coastal-patrol-vessels-ncpvs/ , title = 85 Defiant Class Near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPVs) , work = Naval Technology , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180302164423/https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/85-defiant-class-near-coastal-patrol-vessels-ncpvs/ , archivedate = 2018-03-02 , accessdate = 2018-03-02 , url-status = live , quote = The large aft deck of the vessel can house a 5.5m-long, ten-person rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB). The integrated stern slipway aboard the vessel will enable the launch and recovery of the boat. {{cite news , url = https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/us-plans-latin-american-patrol-vessel/ , title = US plans Latin American patrol vessel , work =

, author = Jon Rosamund , date = 2016-04-26 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160430105826/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/us-plans-latin-american-patrol-vessel/ , archivedate = 2016-04-30 , accessdate = 2018-03-02 , url-status = live , quote = The US Navy has released details of a 75-85ft (23-26m) 'mothership' which officials hope will bolster the maritime security capabilities of partner nations in and around the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. {{cite news , url = http://blog.executivebiz.com/2017/06/metal-shark-lands-54m-navy-contract-to-build-near-coastal-patrol-vessels/ , title = Metal Shark Lands $54M Navy Contract to Build Near Coastal Patrol Vessels , work = Executive Biz , author = Ramona Adamson , date = 2017-06-22 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180302165608/http://blog.executivebiz.com/2017/06/metal-shark-lands-54m-navy-contract-to-build-near-coastal-patrol-vessels/ , archivedate = 2018-03-02 , accessdate = 2018-03-02 , url-status = live {{cite news , url = http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=26570:damen-and-metal-shark-partner-for-fms-patrol-boat-project&Itemid=257 , title = Damen and Metal Shark partner for FMS patrol boat project , work =

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