HSV-2 Swift is a hybrid catamaran. She was privately owned and operated by Sealift, and was originally built under the JHSV program as a proof of concept. As part of this program, she was directly lea
US Navy 031104 N 0000S 001 High Speed Vessel Two Swift is participating in the West African Training Cruise
A forklift offloads supplies from Swift in Singapore, 30 January 2005
Swift in New Orleans following Katrina, 6 September 2005
Swift showing ramp detail, returning to Mayport after GFS deployment, 30 September 2007.
Incat is an Australian manufacturer of high-speed craft catamaran ferries. Its greatest success has been with large, sea going passenger and vehicle ferries, but it has also built military transports
HSV-2 Swift
…and was originally built under the JHSV program as a proof of concept. As part of this program, she was directly leased for evaluation from her builder Incat by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command from 2003 to 2013, primarily as a mine countermeasures and sea basing test platform. Later during…
The 99m wave piercing catamaran HSC Francisco, delivered by Incat in 2013: the world's fastest ship in commercial service