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. Later during her official naval career she was mostly used for fleet support and humanitarian partnership missions.
Yaquina is a place-name native to the U.S. state of Oregon.
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS General Greene for Nathanael Greene.
Austal USA is an American shipbuilder based on Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama. It is a subsidiary of Austal. It operates under a Special Security Arrangement which allows it to work independently and separately on some of the most sensitive United States defense programs despite its foreign ownership.
Prevail (IX-537) is a modified Stalwart-class auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship (AGOS) of the United States Navy previously operated by the U.S. Military Sealift Command as T-AGOS 8. Prevail was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous (IX) in October 2003 and is unofficially referred to as TSV-1. In this context, TSV stands for Training Support Vessel, and should not be confused with the U.S. Army's USAV Spearhead Theater Support Vessel initiative.
The General Frank S. Besson-class Logistics Support Vessels (LSV) are the largest powered watercraft in the United States Army, and are designed to give the Army a global strategic capability to deliver its vehicles and cargo.
Sagitta (AK-87) was never commissioned and thus never bore the USS designation.
USAV General Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3) is a General Frank S. Besson-class logistics support vessel. The ship was built by VT Halter Marine, of Gulfport, Mississippi. It is named for General Brehon B. Somervell, the Commanding General of the United States Army Service Forces in World War II.
The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport (EPF) is a United States Navy–led shipbuilding program to provide "a platform intended to support users in the Department of the Navy and Department of the Army. The Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) program is a cooperative effort for a high-speed, shallow draft vessel intended for rapid intratheater transport of medium-sized cargo payloads. The EPF will reach speeds of 35–45 knots and will allow for the rapid transit and deployment of conventional or special forces as well as equipment and supplies." The vessels are a part of Military Sealift Command's Sealift Program. The class was previously designated as "Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV)", but was redesignated in September 2015.
HSC T&T Spirit is a fast ferry operated by the government of Trinidad and Tobago.
The Runnymede-class large landing craft are powered watercraft in the United States Army. They replaced older USN-design landing craft, and are a typical Landing Craft Utility design with a bow ramp and large aft superstructure. They transport rolling and tracked vehicles, containers, and outsized and general cargo from ships offshore to shore, as well as to areas that cannot be reached by oceangoing vessels. It can be self-deployed or transported aboard a float-on/float-off vessel. It is classed for coastal service and one-man engine room operations and is does not carry a U.S. Coast Guard COI and is classified under 46 CFR subchapter C-uninspected. The vessel's hull is built to and classed to ABS load line rules, although machinery installations generally met ABS machinery rules when built, the vessels systems are not classed by ABS. The vessel can sustain a crew of 2 warrant officers and 11 enlisted personnel for up to 18 days, and 10,000 miles. This class is also equipped with an aft anchor to assist in retracting from the beach. Several are deployed to Europe and aboard Afloat Prepositioning Ships.
USNS Spearhead(JHSV-1/T-EPF-1) is the lead ship of the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport to be operated by the Military Sealift Command. USNS Spearhead was christened on 17 September 2011.
Essayons is a French word meaning "let us try". It can refer to the following ships:
USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr.(LSV-1) is the lead ship of the General Frank S. Besson Jr.-class roll-on/roll-off of US Army.
USAV Major General Charles P. Gross(LSV-5) is a General Frank S. Besson Jr.-class roll-on/roll-off of US Army.
USAV Major General Robert Smalls(LSV-8) is a General Frank S. Besson Jr.-class roll-on/roll-off of US Army.
USAV CW3 Harold C. Clinger(LSV-2) is a General Frank S. Besson Jr.-class roll-on/roll-off of US Army.
USAV Lt. General William B. Bunker(LSV-4) is a General Frank S. Besson Jr.-class roll-on/roll-off of US Army.
USAV SP4 James A. Loux(LSV-6) is a General Frank S. Besson Jr.-class roll-on/roll-off of US Army.
USAV SSGT Robert T. Kuroda(LSV-7) is a General Frank S. Besson Jr.-class roll-on/roll-off of US Army.
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