This is in the Port of Canaveral
07-20-2007 | 06:04 AM
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From: Merritt Is. Fl. USA
This is in the Port of Canaveral
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbc...WS01/707200337
I might head over Sat to see herleave the port.
Pretty cool!
Dean
I might head over Sat to see herleave the port.
Pretty cool!
Dean
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07-20-2007 | 07:44 AM
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http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbc...WS01/707200337
I might head over Sat to see herleave the port.
Pretty cool!
Dean
I might head over Sat to see herleave the port.
Pretty cool!
Dean
You ought to go there and just BUY IT!
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07-21-2007 | 08:22 AM
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From: This post copyright, Packinair Inc. All rights reserved.
General Characteristics, Swift (HSV 2)
Builder: Bollinger/Incat USA, LLC, Lockport, LA.
Ship Type: Aluminum-hulled, wave-piercing catamaran. Date Deployed: August 2003.
Unit Cost: Contract Value: $21.7 million (First year value) Current lease can go out to
four years 11 months if all options exercised. Propulsion: Caterpillar 3618 marine
Diesel engines. Length: 321.5 feet (98 meters). Beam: 88.6 feet (27 meters). Speed:
Max: 53+ miles per hour (85+ kilometers per hour/45+ knots)
Operating: 34+ miles per hours (55+ kilometers per hour/30+ knots). Range: 4,000+
miles (6,500 kilometers/3,500+ nautical miles). Crew: Approximately 42; Berthing for
107 with additional temporary berthing for 87 when seating is converted. Load:
Approximately 605 tons (615 metric tons).
Cargo Deck: Approximately 28,740 sq. ft. (2,670 square meters). Armament: MK 96 w
25mm/40mm Stabilized Gun; MK 45 Snake Eyes with MK 19 Grenade Machine Gun.
Homeport: Crew Homeports: Naval Station Ingleside, TX. and Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek, VA
Builder: Bollinger/Incat USA, LLC, Lockport, LA.
Ship Type: Aluminum-hulled, wave-piercing catamaran. Date Deployed: August 2003.
Unit Cost: Contract Value: $21.7 million (First year value) Current lease can go out to
four years 11 months if all options exercised. Propulsion: Caterpillar 3618 marine
Diesel engines. Length: 321.5 feet (98 meters). Beam: 88.6 feet (27 meters). Speed:
Max: 53+ miles per hour (85+ kilometers per hour/45+ knots)
Operating: 34+ miles per hours (55+ kilometers per hour/30+ knots). Range: 4,000+
miles (6,500 kilometers/3,500+ nautical miles). Crew: Approximately 42; Berthing for
107 with additional temporary berthing for 87 when seating is converted. Load:
Approximately 605 tons (615 metric tons).
Cargo Deck: Approximately 28,740 sq. ft. (2,670 square meters). Armament: MK 96 w
25mm/40mm Stabilized Gun; MK 45 Snake Eyes with MK 19 Grenade Machine Gun.
Homeport: Crew Homeports: Naval Station Ingleside, TX. and Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek, VA
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