Construction Begins On 1st Joint High-Speed Vessel
July 27 2010
The keel for the first joint high-speed vessel for the U.S. Army was laid last week, reports the U.S. Navy.
The ceremony took place at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala.,
The Spearhead (JHSV-1) is the first to be built under the Pentagon's Joint High-Speed Vessel program. It includes ships for both the Army and Navy.
The vessel is scheduled to be delivered to the Army's 7th Sustainment Brigade in 2012. The second ship in the class, the Vigilant, is slated to be handed over to the...
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