US NAVY has a cat! It is fast.
 

Just watched a "Military Channel" program on the Navy's newest boat the Sea Fighter. It is a catamaran style hull, 262' long 1400 tons (280,000lbs) turbine and diesel powered. That ship really moves at 50 knots (57.5 mph). They even landed a helicopter on the ship at top speed. That had to be a bit scary.

Maybe the NAVY could enter it into some Poker Runs. :eek:

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that thing is pretty cool. would like to see some clips of it in action.:cool:

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Wonder who insures him ????:eek: :eek: :D Dave

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We do!!! And believe me we don't want to know how much this costs us!!!

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lol:D

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That thing is awesome. :cool:

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http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...16#post1988516

Brad ya think the diesels will hurt the resale?

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way cool

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That thing is just plain bad-ass! CanDo

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Reggie is already working on MEGA Cat Killer.

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Saw that show last week...awesome ship! I find myself watching a lot of the Military channel.

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I saw the show too , pretty impressive how they were building the ship while still designing it. A family business / builder built it.

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Saw that last night also ,pretty cool ,heard the capt say one time 55 knots ,and they wouldnt disclose how fast they really were

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Anyone familiar with the Navy MK V 80 ft. long twin with jet drive one bad mofo also

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I think they built them in Norway..
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/ne...020808-usn.htm

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mk v
http://www.specwarnet.net/americas/sbu.htm

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Isn't that ofen the case in the performance boating world? :)

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The diesels are only used for cruising as we all know they are slow. For speed running they would switch to the turbines. It was wild to watch that thing run on TV and the big deal they made when they were switching over. I acutally laughed out loud during the program as it was almost like Captain Kirk calling for warp drive from impluse drive.

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i'd like to see reggie kill this cat------

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Attachment 254745Navy, they have been doing that fro a while now, switching from Disel to turbine. check this out http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/11088.htm

Uss Crockett. late 60's
13,000 hp will get your 285 full load tons 0-40 knts in 60 sec.

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I've been on Sea Fighter. It's quite impressive. The hanger deck is huge. It's designed to operate with a very small crew and has a very advance bridge control (u-drive and autopilot modes). It had several "off-board" systems on at the time, including a couple of big RIB's. Unfortunately it was not selected for the LCS so I believe will not go into full service.

-g

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:evilb:

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We taxpayers do of course. We also paid for the r & d , and everything else I'm sure!

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This is the Stiletto M80, also a bad whammerjammer.

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:cool: :cool: :cool:

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The MK V is built in Gulfport Mis. and is powered by 2 2285 hp MTU diesels top speed is stated a 50+mph by it is rumored to be somewhat faster. The builders name is Halter Marine.

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This is my favorite boat.

A blast to drive around San Diego.