HSV-2 Swift
high-speed craft
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HSV-2 Swift
- IMO number
- 9283928
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- high-speed craft
- Gross tonnage
- 5,936
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 98 m
- Beam
- 27 m
- Year built
- 2003
- Builder
- Incat
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- United States Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HSV-2 Swift
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. In July 2015, the ship was leased by the United Arab Emirates National Marine Dredging Company and was used to carry aid through the Bab Al Mandab strait. On 1 October 2016, the ship was attacked and damaged off the coast of Yemen by Iranian-backed rebel Houthis, who at the time claimed to have sunk the ship. According to unnamed U.S.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HSV-2 Swift now?
- HSV-2 Swift has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HSV-2 Swift?
- HSV-2 Swift is a high-speed craft, built in 2003 by Incat. The vessel is 98 m long with a beam of 27 m and has a gross tonnage of 5,936.
- Who owns HSV-2 Swift?
- HSV-2 Swift is operated by United States Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HSV-2 Swift been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HSV-2 Swift appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).