Nearly a year after Douglas County Sheriff’s Department’s patrol boat sank at Lake Tahoe, the new one will be plying the waters.

It should be in service by Memorial Day weekend.

The old boat sank in June 2014 when a weld failed on the hull. This was attributed to normal wear and tear.

The $245,000 boat is being paid for from the sheriff’s department’s drug seizure fund and savings in salaries.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report