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USAV Spearhead (TSV-1X)

Theater Support Vessel:
  • Built, date unknown, by Incat Ltd. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Leased in October 2002 by US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
  • Accepted by the US Army, 15 November 2002, at Hobart, Tasmania, CW4 Davis in commend
  • Spearhead departed Hobart in December 2002 for the Island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Spearhead conducted 117 Missions through October 2003, carried 1385 passengers, 7445.60 short tons, 3124 pieces of cargo over 67,236 total miles
  • Withdrawn from US Army service in 2005, and is currently in civilian service as HSC T&T Spirit
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,905 t.
    Length 315'
    Beam 88'5"
    Draft 12'
    Speed
    Cruising Speed, 37 kts
    Top Speed, 50 kts
    Range unknown
    Complement 43
    Troop Capacity 600
    Cargo Capacity 800 tons
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    four diesel engines unknown
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    USAV Spearhead (TSV-1X)
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    30270101    		 264k USAV Spearhead (TSV-1X arrives at a port within the Central Command Area of Responsibility, 27 January 2003. The 98 meter-long wave-piercing catamaran has an average speed of 40+ knots and will be utilized on missions which can take advantage of its speed and flexibility when transporting troops and cargo. Spearhead is forward-deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
    US Navy photo # 030127-N-3642E-004 (27 Jan 2003) CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY by PH1 Shawn Eklund    		 Tommy Trampp
    IX-532
    094653209    		 73k Joint Venture (HSV-X1) and the US Army's USAV 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
    IX-532
    094653211    		 100k Ex-Joint Venture (IX-532), right, and US Army ex-USAV 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
    Spearhead
    30270103    		 196k U.S. Army 469th Transportation Detachment USAV Spearhead (TSV-1X) Challenge Coin. Tommy Trampp
    Commercial Service
    Spearhead
    30270102    		 111k Ex-USAV Spearhead at Port of Spain, Trinidad while in commercial service as the Trinidad and Tobago government ferry on service between Port of Spain and Scarborough. Tommy Trampp
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