The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) of California has taken delivery of a new catamaran patrol vessel built by Moose Boats based in Vallejo.
The custom boat belongs to the same series as an earlier emergency response catamaran built by Moose Boats for the Alameda Fire Department.
The newbuild has a length of 38 feet (12 metres) and is powered by two Volvo Penta D6 engines with a total output of 960 hp (720 kW).
The engines drive Hamilton waterjets to deliver a top speed of 40 knots.
In addition to conducting law enforcement patrols, the new boat will also be used to help clean up the Sacramento and American Rivers by recovering the more than 100 sunken cars and boats lying at the bottom of the waterways.
The key equipment includes a dive ladder, a wide swim platform, a dropdown bow door, a sonar, a Simrad radar, and a rotating thermal camera.
As with the other 38-foot boats in Moose Boats' portfolio, the SCSO vessel has a draught of only 22 inches (0.6 metre), forward-leaning tempered glass windows to reduce glare, and bilge pumps.
The purchase of the new boat was made possible by granting funding provided by the State Government of California.