US Navy High Speed Vessel HSV-X1 Joint Venture

US Navy HSV-X1 Joint Venture Helicopter Landing and RIB exercises/training.

[@MrNotaustin]

When I was 10 in 1998 I rode that vessel across the Bass Strait. 1 engine stopped, 2 engines stopped, 3 engines stopped, we had one engine left. There was a storm. Waves were crashing over the entire vessel. At least double the height of it. 550 people were on the boat, 550 were crying, being sick, and praying. It was a miracle we made it.

[@Patriot46426]

This was not the same vessel 😂😂

[@MrVonnoobie]

The company I believe you are referring to is Incat which is there and that vessel as with many others where built there, The other larger building of high speed ships in Australia is in Perth, Austal.

[@jimbozen88]

@RemBot2000 Yep but the funny thing is that ship is actually Australian (Incat), its rented out to the US Navy, also the really cool LCS Independence is also an Australian (Austral) designed and built ship. I guess that makes Australians cool too right :)

[@navymanma]

I ve been on this one. There is nothing CIVIL about it. Go Navy

[@kadaj2172]

wow, America has some stylish military ships...nice! I thought the days of aesthetics had long ended for world military...good work!

[@BlueCowUdder]

I've been on a smaller one of these Wave-Piercing Catamarans as a passenger. The ship building factory is in my home town of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. I used to work in a Zinc Smelter adjacent & we'd often see them departing the port for sea trials or off to the new owners... If I recall correctly, this ship fitted out at that facility, as I've seen at least one of them in US Navy colours along side.

[@peternotarfrancesco2614]

From one Pete to another,you guys drive on the wrong side of the road. Glad I arrived there on a Sunday afternoon so I could get experience driving on the road. Got time for the Salamanca market and it’s cousin. Yes you probably saw the US Navy colors at that time the ship was getting refitted with the small boat launch and retrieve function and a great voltage/frequency converter Kiwi made. Could take in most every known voltage and frequency and convert it to US standards. Good techs those Kiwis. For those who might not realize it, a lot of vessels do not like to run their engines while in port. Gives the crew time to update/repair/tweek the shipboard systems and the inport sea water isn’t the cleanest, it cuts down on noise and port polution.

[@Shotgunwilly1588]

My dad served on that ship as the captain of the engine room in the early 2000s remember a little story he told me he got stuck in Tasmania for almost 6 months one of the 4 Caterpillar engines blew up while underway.

[@Shotgunwilly1588]

He also called it a barf craft going over open Waters close to 60 miles an hour wasn't fun 🤣😂🤣😂

[@peternotarfrancesco2614]

@@Shotgunwilly1588 also ruined the suspension of a civilian vehicle they had onboard once as a vibration test.

[@Shotgunwilly1588]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SeaToby11]

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company owns this ship today as the HSC Manannan. Her route is Douglas to Liverpool serving the Isle of Man. Their are videos of her at You Tube. Incat has built a number of high speed ferries in service worldwide.

[@thomasmonaghan3115]

Kinda mental to think the boat I get to Liverpool that makes everyone on board throw up used to be a US Navy vessel

[@shigeolincolntaco]

I seen this boat gettig fitted out down in Tasmania back in 04 nice boat had a few buddies assigned to it.

[@Patriot46426]

Some people from Hawaii?

[@MrVonnoobie]

@greenkwaka Yea, average speed they travel at.. though they can reach speed's of up to and above 50 knots, But this may be where it's not yet economical so they don't go that fast. Top speed of any Austal vessel was one of the one's they delivered to Oman, reaching 56.6 knots with an average speed of 52.5 knots.

[@883superlow1]

This vessel now runs between Liverpool & the Isle Of Man (UK) She is now known as Manannan, I have had the pleasure of visiting the Isle Of Man on the Manannan many times. There is a brief pictorial history of her proud military past on the walls in the public areas.

[@Patriot46426]

It burned up

[@883superlow1]

Her US Navy Captan, Captain Shaw retired in April 2014. As a mark of respect on the 4th April 2014 Manannan sailed under the Stars & Stripes.

[@cyberteque]

@infokemp The ADF used these to deploy armoured vehicles and troops to East Timor. They are very shallow draft boats, with that big ramp @the back they land armour right on the beach.

[@bingostar]

This vessel is now being operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet company as a commercial car ferry between Isle of Man and Liverpool

[@Johnboydownunder]

A bit old, Australia ran one of these called HMAS Jervis Bay in 1999 for the East Timor war.

[@TheDharmacafe]

It's like a smaller version of the super yachts you see in Florida.

[@MrVonnoobie]

@thepollywog1 That's because it was originally built as i civilian vessel, Was only after the USN seen the usefulness of them after the RAN used one for the Deli express that they started to charted them as well.

[@cyberteque]

@infokemp No beach out of reach? :-) I think it was a sad day when the Channel Ferry stopped. Right up there with the last shuttle flight. I'm not sure if you could make a "stealthy" air cushion/ground effect vehicle. Look at some of the Russian assault GEV's or the Ekranoplan. Iran has built a groovy little GEV that looks kinda cool. Making a vehicle "invisible" to radar or thermal targeting is one thing, but making a vehicle "invisible" to optical target is much harder.

[@MrVonnoobie]

@cyberteque Actually landing right on the beach little difficult, While they have a shallow draft, it is not designed for beaching itself, As such no vehicles can deploy from any area on any beach, However they are ideal for deploying vehicles and troop's from small ports common in every 3rd world country and even in many modern countries, Advantage being they can deploy a fuy combat ready Stryker battalion in less than 15 minutes as well as take the battalion back aboard in the same time.

[@AircondGypsy]

I believe I saw one of these doing some excersises off the Virginia coast while I was crossing the Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel across the bay. It was doing better than 60mph (because it was passing me) in some pretty rough and choppy water.

[@MrVonnoobie]

True, but when we have the HMAS Jervis Bay in service (a Catamaran) she delivered troops and supplies faster then any other ship or aircraft could, they have there uses, Not so much combat but logistics.

[@taboch]

@spinners123 they already have pulse weapons, they shot a boat with a laser gun off the coast of california i think

[@imthatguy223]

wish we did cool stuff like that on out ship... id defiantly be the boat engineer

[@infokemp]

@cyberteque Thank you for the information. Sounds like a good design, I also like hovercrafts although the general view is that they are noisy craft they are very good for commercial, rescue & military purposes they move so fast the enemy are not certain if it is a helicopter making the noise or a hovercraft, the hovercraft is very tough and stable at sea as well as being immune to conventional pressure plate mines & obstructions - we should build more - whats your view? All the best David

[@Silverdew125]

With a helicopter missiles and crew quarters that's some canoe

[@cyberteque]

@MrVonnoobie I saw the footage on the news when they were loading Stryker's in Darwin harbour from some kind of landing craft. They didn't have them when they got to Dili though. A news cameraman I know said they pretty much just backed up to the beach, dropped the ramp and drove ashore.

[@MicroAppleStudios]

They are build two of them here in mobile, alabama at Austal... its the military version of the Hawaii Superferry.

[@Cta2006]

Check out the Skjold class ships from Norway instead. Stealth ships with stealth missiles and 70+ knots speed.

[@Trackernate]

@CaptainIsaacDavis theyre building about 50 lcs which are much more powerful, faster, and designed for combat

[@cbakkum35]

Looks like a SWCC RIB. Their probably the only ones that would be able to drive like that.

[@greenkwaka]

@moetstyle2006 what do you mean RIP? She's still alive working in Isle of Mann under the name Manannan.

[@MrVonnoobie]

@greenkwaka I know that.. Was just stating that this vessel as amazing as it is is actually a little out dated with the new vessel's that Incat and Austal are actually coming out with.

[@Zbyszkoz]

ZUBR Strela-3 Portable Air Defense Missile System 4 x 4 launchers plus 32 Anti-Personnel missiles; or 2 SA-N-5 "Grail" quad launchers, manual aiming, infrared homing to 6 km at 1.5 Mach, altitude to 2,500 m, warhead 1.5 kg30 mm AK-630 Air Defense Gun Mount 2 x 6 with 6000 rounds, 3,000 rounds/min combined to 2 km 140 mm Ogon launchers 2 x 22 with 132 rockets; or 2 retractable 122mm rocket launchers Mines (one set of removable equipment for laying from 20 to 80 mines, depending on their types)

[@MrVonnoobie]

Actually it was not experimental as they had already built Catamaran's, The thing is still operational today.

[@paulsrijit99]

The LCAC style crafts should be used more due to the fact of no docks needed

[@thepollywog1]

It looks like a copy of the tourist boat in Key West out to the Dry Tortougas keys (isles).

[@MrVonnoobie]

@cyberteque Odd, Seeing as all actual information goes against that... The Stryker can only ford water up to above the height of the tires, And as the vessel was designed strictly for water use.. Not for the force of ramming a ship against the sand bed of a beach.. Not to mention the ship in question launches vehicles from the rear/side, All beach landing vessels launch them from the front. To reverse the vessel up to the beach to launch the Strykers could get the water jets clogged and useless.

[@MatthewEast1989]

Actually not so much, It is actually a civilian vessel that has simply been outfitted for military use so it's speed isn't a major secret, The speed my be kept slightly guessed for the Spearhead class JHSV's though.

[@WarBerJr02]

Did sumeone mispell sumehing at the begining of the moovy?

[@Zbyszkoz]

Since when do they transport troops & supplies via missiles ...... lake Mr.Stark ?

[@MrVonnoobie]

@hotwater80 Useless? Which is why when Australia had one charted for the RAN it was so useful, Delivering so many troop's, vehicles, and supplies over such a distance in such a short time. Its a vessel intended for the rapid delivery of combat force's.. Not intended to be a warship fighting bloody frigates and destroyers

[@MadisonFishing]

they're in production. we're taking one in two weeks.

[@Joemensa]

what good is a 70 knot boat against a 120 knot Iranian torpedo?

[@cyberteque]

Australian innovation at it's best!!

[@TexasBarnRats]

Base design was by a "crazy" American who unconventionally thought so far outside the box that domestic US shipbuilders and Navy wouldn't give him any consideration...just sayin'. However, full credit to the Aussies for being open-minded, seeing the potential, and taking the risk to make it happen!!!

[@Ruebacca]

@Joemensa We could first strike North Korea and take almost no loses. 100-200 w88's with 400kt yield fired from 4-5 subs. The flight time would be as low as 5 minutes from subs in South Korean waters. It could be done.

[@Waltham1892]

Looks like the ferry that run between Boston and Provincetown...

[@AnarchicEmperor]

@Joemensa Not to mention we more or less did the Spanish American War because, well, one of our ships, USS Maine blew up in Havana's harbor. That was a battleship-- imagine what'll happen if an Iranian torpedo hit one of our ships? See jcaled42 for further details.

[@greenkwaka]

@MrVonnoobie This is an Incat vessel. It was on lease to the US Nave for 5 years.

[@camomaztf1]

@DeeJayMiikkii this is a troop transport. thats why it has no gun

[@thebismarkandthehood]

i have an idea - up gun an ' yamato ' class battle ship , stick a good radar on and air defence , and armour the thing so hugely that no modern weapon can get through the armour , and stick 3 nuke reactors on the thing , simples .

[@HypnosisASMR]

that's a good looking boat

[@wayneschnitzel7526]

but why do they always need some very wrong drawn tennis court in the back

[@jacklazzell]

but joemensa,wouldn't it be much easier to supply them with contaminated uranium, perhaps with a shorter half-life than anticipated, resulting in premature activation, such as on the launchpad or on board one of their subs? would have to be a mutual effort between the u.s. and russia since we have the technology and russia has a majority of the uranium.

[@MelodyMan69]

InCat Wave Piercing Catamaran, made in Australia (Tasmania) 🇦🇺

[@theskatmaaan]

@99bugout why did you capitalize gyro? lemme guess, you're over 40.

[@MrVonnoobie]

So you have gone from in not so many words claiming to have been a major part in the design of the modern catamaran (unless I have mis understood in which case my apologies) to now claiming that you design submarines? Care to tell me for which company you have or do work for? On youtube far to many make claims such as you have yet have never been able to back them up but i would love for you to prove me wrong, Cheers

[@mickoliko]

This ship is now owned by the isle of man steam packet and is called hsc manannan

[@greenkwaka]

@MrVonnoobie yep sorry misread your comment. 40Knots is still about the average speed Incat and Austal Vessels are travelling though.

[@SABREX7]

Incat is the company you mean and they actually built this craft and the other one like it.

[@ttdcau]

The old Melbourne to George Town Devil Cat. It must be lost.

[@cliftontorrence839]

Joint Venture ? I didn't see anyone with a joint

[@MrVonnoobie]

.. For what? Having a debate on youtube?... Please do tell me what law's I have broken that you could use to sue me?

[@niklakislakis6557]

What is its cruising speed?

[@ostlandr]

They should have scaled up this design and used it for the LCS. Or with a few modifications, and trading her cargo capacity for 500 tons of armor and weapons, she'd make a really sweet Corvette. Would probably outrun and outfight the LCS or even the new Zumwalt class "Destroyers" (actually the size of a Frigate, but armored like a soda can and waaaaaay too complex.)

[@TexasBarnRats]

The downside of this design is lesser range / endurance than a more traditional hull.

[@MrVonnoobie]

From what I have read there have been no realized set back's in her capabilities, That being said if you have heard something care to fill me in? To my knowledge this ship performed as advertised and they have only been improved with each new class as the years have gone by.

[@MrVonnoobie]

Actually using a trimaran vessel would make it cheaper to transport the troops and there equipment then using aircraft or other ships. They use less fuel so are more efficient then steel mono hulled ships, and well takes too many planes to airlift all the equipment that a single HSV could carry.

[@MatthewEast1989]

Actually this ship is a bargain, Though have shown that one of these ships can do the work of more then a dozen C-17's, So bang for buck these ship's are actually more economical then any of your heavy lift aircraft, Not to mention from these ships forces can deploy rapidly and ready for a fight (400+ men and all there combat vehicles and supplies unloaded in under 15 minutes) where C-17's can deploy troops but almost no combat vehicles etc..

[@15thsquadron01]

Yes I do believe so!

[@Joemensa]

whether we could or not is not the question...without the WILL, all the weapons in the world will sit idle

[@Zbyszkoz]

You said Russia transports men in missiles.....when i say this ?

[@HeavensAnomaliesJMC]

@TheRidersChoice very well ty

[@drogoscg1]

It's an 11 year old video just getting older...what the hell are all you arguing about? It was an experimental craft.

[@MrVonnoobie]

Sure you did, ignore the fact that the basic concept has been around for hundreds if not thousands of years =) The design in essence is so simple and basic that dozens could have drawn something similar with in small time frame, hell modern cats started being produced as early as he late 1800's..

[@hahdhdf]

I was on this yesterday

[@matthewbulagao3654]

u know how to make dis.

[@WaiWu]

What can it do? there's no gun on it....

[@hotelalpha100rounds]

HOW MANY KNOTS???????

[@Beau74]

You misspelled "through."

[@AxDCjr]

nice

[@hotwater80]

@MrVonnoobie Anything can happen on the ocean, spending that much for transport of troop is not practical, but contractor is so happy, this is not practically useful in real military world, it's business mate!

[@johnd1046]

I was on the hsv-x1 04-06. This is what should have been the LCS program. It worked doing the mission lcs currently can't. I'm on lcs 1 currently and its an absolute embarrassment to the US Navy what we are blowing tax payers dollars on. I wish the right people would open their eyes and see the manpower and resources we are wasting when a superior faster more capable vessel already exist.

[@dbeierl]

Philip Beierl is my brother. I reckon he was quite fond of Joint Venture and had good things to say about the crew.

[@infokemp]

What is this ships tactical function apart from being a base for the helicopter? Anti-Somali piracy or coast guard vessel? No doubt if the new bond films go back to being over the top spoofs of themselves this would make a great bond villain's ship.

[@Person01234]

Supply, troop and vehicle transport, mobile command centre, helicopter carrier (which by the way are the main aspect of things like anti-submarine warfare nowadays), spec ops support and things like that. Probably not an exhaustive list.

[@simtalkayak]

that's just an Australian ferry with a chopper pad on the back..

[@yvojekgnim]

shark in the ocean so fast!!

[@P1neapple77]

high speed?

[@Zbyszkoz]

Russia don't need super fast ships, Russia have super fast missilees end cost lees

[@jjs4you2]

The fuel savings from the design is incredible compared to what you would rather have with your pound, sheckel or what ever, that's why you don't get what you want while the guys at the US Navy get what they want, a superior design with unequeled manuverability, speed, low radar signature with excellent fuel savings. The savings alone will far out weight the cost because it's not that expensive at all. Do some research before you stickem foot in mouth! It's business mate!

[@antonyhardian7770]

don't worry its only a truck boat.

[@EmergencyGear911]

i want

[@hotwater80]

@jjs4you2 Tell that to USN and convince them to buy a lot and let us see what is there respond to you. In your research how many does USN have like this? Did they follow your brilliant idea or stay with reality. Lol

[@waynep343]

wow.. wasted thrust.. should redesign marine jets to come out of the hull about 20 feet or more in front of the transom in a hydrodynamic azipod so it can change outlet direction. .. there would be increased pressure to thrust against the denser water under the hull instead of the water 30 feet behind the transom..

[@dbeierl]

Low draft was no doubt part of the design (12 feet IIRC). This is a standard commercial ferry hull with some post-building adaptations for military use. It's Incat hull 050, originally named Devil Cat. It's now Manannan, running between Isle of Man and Liverpool.

[@TORREY333]

I hope the Navy at least puts a POINT DEFENSE WEAPON on the Spearhead Class! Otherwise, they did not learn anything from the U.K.'s, Falklands war...

[@obscureluzername]

Yeah, I'm a superstar. It's a rough life.

[@nightravenonline]

wow !

[@DrBlackworth]

Better, The Joint Venture can do over 50 knots.

[@AlMayer1100]

@kadaj2172 Aestethics is very important when it comes to kill people.

[@zuluamuse]

Cat so superior even as fishing boats. Most Southern hemisphere fisherman with rougher seas prefer cats.

[@lunaticks000]

probably, if we're stupid enuf to keep going the way we are.

[@HeavensAnomaliesJMC]

@TheRidersChoice plz they knew in advance. one day, they whole fight squadron not any where near the incident. doing drills else where. the one day that one day. thats when they struck call it coincidence if you want. and i said nothing about carrying a nuke on a plane you did. and you couldnt shoot it down like i said because no one was near period.

[@TheRidersChoice]

@theFIX2010 now your getting into conspiracy theories and you lose all your credibility in a argument but the thing about missles is that they fly much faster than some slug of a airplane. If we knew about it and were sure of the outcome, we could of taken it down with only 5 minutes notice anywhere