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Dublin Swift is a high-speed catamaran built in 2001 by Austal as a passenger and vehicle catamaran ferry. After conversion to a Maritime Prepositioning ship the vessel was chartered by the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command until January 2018 as WestPac Express.
The high RPM low rotational mass motors Cazzani created propelled his team, The American Express, to consecutive Northeast Divisional and North American Championships on the APBA sanctioned Offshore Grand Prix Series in 1989 [1] and 1990. [2] [3] Serafino "Jimmy" Cazzani was the team owner and Throttle Man. His crew included Lanny Delinger as ...
However, in 1994, the company made the choice to replace the Jet Cat Express, the Two Harbors Express and the Catalina Express (1985) with the Islander Express and a new Catalina Express, that could make the 32-knot speed necessary to make the crossing in one hour. [4] The Catalina Express’ Islander Express at Catalina Island.
HSV-2 Swift is a hybrid catamaran.She was privately owned and operated by Sealift Inc., 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 builders by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command from 2003 to 2013, primarily as a mine countermeasures and sea basing test platform.
The basis of Austal's seaframe design was the 127-metre (417 ft) trimaran hull HSC Benchijigua Express. The second Austal/General Dynamics ship, LCS-4, was cancelled in November 2007. [23] In May 2009, the US Navy renewed the contract with Austal/General Dynamics to build the second LCS, USS Coronado, with delivery scheduled for May 2012. [24]
In 1929, the Havana Special was the premier train, providing year-round coach and sleeping car service between New York and Key West, daily except Sundays, with connecting ferry service beyond to the Cuban capital. With speed restricted to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) on the long bridges, it took a leisurely four and a half hours to travel the ...