HSV-1 Joint Venture

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Career

Laid down:	19 January 1998
Launched:	7 November 1998
Acquired:	21 November 1998
Struck:	15 March 2004
Status:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1,668 tons full, 940 tons standard
Length:	326 ft (99.3 m) overall
Beam:	87 ft (26.5 m)
Draught:	13 ft (3.9 m)
Propulsion:	diesel-powered, water jet catamaran
Speed:	40+ knots (74+ km/h)
Complement:	5 officers, 25 enlisted

HSV-X1 Joint Venture is a leased commercial, high speed, aluminum catamaran hulled ocean-going vessel operated by the United States armed forces. Initially operated by the United States Navy it has since been transferred to the United States Army. This ship is even said to have served a deployment in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Built by Incat of Tasmania, Australia, she was a commercial ferry for TT-Line as The Devil cat before being converted for military purpose. A flight deck was added to accommodate various helicopters in the US Navy arsenal.

Joint Venture is rapidly re-configurable and can perform a variety of missions, principal among them the ability to ferry up to 325 combat personnel and 400 tons of cargo up to 3000 miles one way at speeds in excess of 40 knots.