Silver Ships Receives 2024 Best Companies to
Work For in Alabama Distinction
Silver Ships was named a Best Companies to Work for in Alabama. In total, 35 Alabama companies were honored. Silver Ships is recognized in the small to medium category (15-299 employees). 2024 marks the first year Silver Ships has participated in the Best Companies program.
Silver Ships In The News
Silver Ships Conducts Training with New Montenegrin Navy Response Boats
Steven Clarke, CEO and co-owner of Silver Ships, Inc. – an Alabama-based mid-sized boat builder – discusses how the recent award of the largest federal contract in his company’s history reemphasizes the need for industry support and protection of small and medium-sized boat builders.
Silver Ships Delivered Four of Seven Coastal Fast Response Boats to Navy
Silver Ships has completed the construction and delivery of the first four coastal fast response boats (CFRB) under a contract award worth $6.12 million from the Naval Sea Systems Command. The vessels were designed and constructed as a part of the U.S. Navy Foreign Military Sale (FMS) program and will benefit the NATO Navy, while the other three boats support a Central American Navy upon delivery. Each CFRB was inspected in Alabama and accepted by the Navy.
The Boat Choices of TowBoatUS Captains
“I have to have a boat that can go 100 miles offshore comfortably but have the speed and agility to do short tows as well,” he [Capt. Mike Del Grande] says. His Silver Ships deep-V hull, with its D-shaped foam-and-air hybrid buoyancy collar, offers the seakindliness of a RIB while maintaining the hull’s 8-foot working width. Twin 300 hp outboards reach 53 mph. “That boat gets us to the calls fast, and does it safely,” he says, and he finds the thick, hand-welded aluminum hull “virtually indestructible.”
New Fireboat Delivered to Cape Coral Fire Department
The Freedom 30 aluminum fireboat is the second vessel delivered by Silver Ships to the Cape Coral Fire Department in the past two years. Powered by twin Suzuki DF350 outboards, the 30-foot-long new build includes a walkaround cabin and special features enabling fast, fire response missions. The vessel is equipped with a Simrad electronics package including radar and side scan sonar, as well as a Nite Track night vision camera.
In 2024, more than 40 vessels were either delivered or in production for law enforcement and emergency services for municipalities, military, local fire districts, counties and state agencies. Silver Ships are custom-built patrol boats for surveying and research missions, first-responder workboats, landing crafts, search and rescue boats and counterterrorism, search and rescue, training and command and control.
2024 Significant Deliveries
Silver Ships Expands to Second Location Increasing Production Capacity
In 2024, Silver Ships expanded to a second location to maximize the efficiency of their boat manufacturing process. Silver Ships, headquartered in Theodore, Alabama specializes in producing high-quality aluminum workboats for military, federal, state and municipal governments, as well as commercial applications. The new facility adds 16,500 square feet to its extensive manufacturing process and creates an additional 18,500 square feet of additional outfitting space in the original location.