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Title: Mexican Navy buying SAFE boats
Source: Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
URL Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stor ... ily34.html
Published: Dec 21, 2007
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Post Date: 2007-12-21 15:26:41 by Willie Green
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SAFE Boats International LLC said it's signed a deal with the Mexican Navy-Armada de Mexico for the Port Orchard boat builder's 33-foot-long Defender class boat.

SAFE (Secured Around Flotation Equipped) Boats officials said the Mexican Navy initially ordered six boats that will be used at three different naval installations. The company said that the Mexican Navy "plans to purchase 30-plus Defender class vessels over the next two to three years."

The Defender boat is powered by three 275-horsepower outboard motors and the boat's top speed is more than 60 miles per hour. The boat is used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in border protection, narcotic operations and illegal immigration surveillance.

A SAFE Boats spokesman said the 33-foot-long Defender costs about $400,000 each.