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PRESS RELEASE:  1 June 2011

JMS ACQUIRES RESEARCH VESSEL DESIGN FIRM, ROGER LONG MARINE ARCHITECTURE

JMS Naval Architects & Salvage Engineers (JMS) is proud to announce the acquisition of Roger Long Marine Architecture Inc. (RLMA). The acquisition includes exclusive rights to RLMA's enormously successful CHALLENGER class fast research vessels. Roger Long, RLMA's founder and principal designer, will become a senior design consultant to JMS' research vessel design projects. JMS and Roger Long have collaborated on several projects in the past and look forward to merging their resources and expanding the CHALLENGER Class research vessel to new markets.

The R/V GULF CHALLENGER, was designed and built in 1993 for the University of New Hampshire and immediately demonstrated that a small, fast research vessel can offer slow-speed efficiency and comfort equal to or better than heavier displacement vessels. Follow-on vessels in this series include the R/V FAY SLOVER selected as one of the 10 most significant vessels of the year by American Ship Review, the R/V TIOGA owned by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and most recently the 81'' R/V RACHEL CARSON launched in 2008 and owned by the University of Maryland. With a pair of 1,200 HP jet outdrives, the R/V RACHEL CARSON cruises at 24 knots allowing researchers more time on station and less time in transit, resulting in significant savings in time and operational costs.

Founded in 1986, Roger Long Marine Architecture is one of the Unites States' foremost designers of fast aluminum vessels for coastal oceanographic research. Roger Long has also been a prolific designer of sailing vessels, passenger vessels and work boats.

JMS Naval Architects & Salvage Engineers is a specialty maritime engineering firm providing naval architecture, marine engineering, marine surveying, and marine casualty response services to a commercial and government client base representing all aspects of the maritime industry. JMS' employees' unique combination of high-end analytical engineering expertise and practical seafaring experience allows JMS to deliver rapid and innovative solutions to complex problems.

JMS has extensive experience related to research vessel design and operation and is a recognized expert on the subject. JMS has provided engineering support for weight handling system design, structural modifications, mission mobilization, repowering, and systems integration to a variety of research vessels. Customers include NOAA, the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, the University of São Paulo, and other major oceanographic institutions. In addition to providing naval architecture and marine engineering services, JMS conducts inspections and condition assessments for on-going fleet maintenance or long term fleet replacement planning.

More detailed information about Roger Long's most notable research vessel designs can be found here: www.jmsnet.com/rv_design.htm

For more information:
Rick Fernandes
860.536.0009 ext 16
RickF@JMSnet.com
www.JMSnet.com