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To: ManyMoose who wrote (201495)	4/4/2007 11:55:41 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793671

Fast, seaworthy, goes up the river. Watch what the Navy does to it. No armor, it can be sunk! No weapons, can't fight! Not big enough! = They build it as a destroyer.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (201495)	4/5/2007 1:13:19 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793671

The Navy is also financing a fancy new "shape-shifting" vessel being built in Ketchikan for use as a Knik Arm ferry... Governor Praises Shipyard For Achievements Cutting edge of technology starting in Ketchikan sitnews.us By Dick Kauffman July 23, 2006 Sunday The design in this new ferry incorporates commercial lift boat technology that will allow the ferry to change from the SWATH mode to a barge mode. The boat will be able to lower and raise its center deck and in the barge mode it could be used as a landing craft and would require little infrastructure for docking. In the barge mode, the vessel operates with as little as 3 feet of draft, while in the high-speed mode, the vessel may operate in sea state 4 and travel at 20+ knots. The vessel will demonstrate new naval technologies that may be used in the next generation of military landing craft according to project information. Barge mode SWATH mode