NYPD to buy counterterror combat vessel
Photo credit: Handout | A Coast Guard version of the high speed Escort Class patrol boat. The NYPD version will have a 5-foot extended pilot house.
The NYPD will be getting a high-speed combat vessel to respond to Mumbai-style terror attacks in New York Harbor, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Tuesday.
More than $5 million in federal funding has been earmarked for the 71-foot craft, which can hit speeds of 40 knots and will be able to carry up to 30 police officers fully armed with heavy weapons, Kelly told a meeting of the City Council...
