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Army Takes Delivery of Fire/Rescue Boat

U.S. Army Takes Delivery of New Fire/Rescue boat from Gladding-Hearn. Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation has delivered a new high-speed fire/rescue boat to the U.S. Army. The all-aluminum vessel, designed jointly by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard and C. Raymond Hunt Associates, measures 75.8 feet overall, with a 20.6-foot beam and a shallow 4.2-foot draft. Designed to meet the Army’s primary mission of fire protection for its munitions terminal in Sunny Point…