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IX-532 Joint Venture (HSV-X1)

High-speed Catamaran:
  • Laid down, 19 January 1998, at Incat Tasmania Party Ltd, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  • Launched, 7 November 1998
  • Delivered, 21 November 1998
  • Joint Venture was a joint-service experimental craft. Capabilities tested included speed, high payload fraction, longer and more useful ranges and the ability to tailor the payload for optimum mission success. The joint-service experiment was coordinated by the Navy Warfare Development Command in close partnership with elements of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Joint Venture was homeported at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 March 2004 and turned over to the US Army
    Specifications:
    Displacement 940 t.(lt) 1668 t.(fl)
    Length 326'
    Beam 87'
    Draft 13'
    Complement 5 Officers, 25 Enlisted
    Propulsion diesel-powered, water jet catamaran
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    IX-532 39k Joint Venture (IX-532). prepares to get underway during local training exercises in the Arabian Gulf, 8 May 2002. Joint Venture, an experimental craft, was originally designed as a civilian car and passenger ferry. Currently, it is in the research and development stage to be used by the United States military as a rapid troop and equipment transport carrier. Joint Venture was on a scheduled six to twelve month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
    US Navy # photo # 020508-N-6077T-001 PH1 (AW/SW) Kevin H. Tierney.    		 CHINFO web site
    IX-532 50k Joint Venture (IX-532) pierside, NAB Little Creek, VA, date unknown.
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    IX-532 45k Joint Venture (IX-532) underway in the northern Arabian Gulf, May 2003. Photo taken from Hue City (CG-66). Photo by Lt. Steve Dundas, CHC USNR USS Hue City
    IX-532 49k Joint Venture (IX-532) underway in the northern Arabian Gulf, May 2003. Photo taken from Hue City (CG-66). Photo by Lt. Steve Dundas, CHC USNR USS Hue City
    IX-532 42k Joint Venture (IX-532) underway in the northern Arabian Gulf, May 2003. Photo taken from Hue City (CG-66). Photo by Lt. Steve Dundas, CHC USNR USS Hue City
    IX-532 73k Joint Venture (IX-532) and the US Army's Spearhead (TSV-1X) pierside at Camp Patriot, Kuwait. Operation Enduring Freedom is the first time the craft have been deployed together in support of military operations
    US Navy photo # 030225-N-1050K-001 by JO1 Joseph Krypel.    		 US Navy Newsstand web site
    IX-532 76k Joint Venture (IX-532) at Incat Shipyard, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia undergoing preparation for US Army service, 20 September 2003. Joint Venture is moored stern to the building sheds where the ships are constructed undercover. Photo by Nick Jansen
    IX-532 62k Joint Venture (IX-532) at Incat Shipyard, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia undergoing preparation for US Army service, 20 September 2003. Photo by Nick Jansen
    IX-532 70k Joint Venture (IX-532) at Incat Shipyard, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia undergoing preparation for US Army service, 20 September 2003. Photo by Nick Jansen
    IX-532 66k Joint Venture (IX-532) at Incat Shipyard, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia undergoing preparation for US Army service, 20 September 2003. the bow of The Lynx, a commercial version of the High-speed Wave Piercing Vessel, and a close relative of Joint Venture can be seen in this photo. Photo by Nick Jansen
    IX-532 100k Ex-Joint Venture (IX-532), right, and US Army ex-Spearhead (TSV-1X), left, at Incat Shipyard, Hobart, Tasmania., Incat 060, ex-Spearhead has been sold to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago will be fitted out for civilian service and is to be renamed T & T Spirit. Incat 050 ex-Joint Venture appears to be idle. Photo by Glenn Towler
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