thedrifter
03-04-07, 10:07 AM
From the "What Is It?" File
Posted By Pinch Paisley
http://www.blackfive.net/photos/uncategorized/multihull3.jpg
UPDATE: Well THAT didn't take long. Thanks, Kevin, from the comments. He sends the link to the Stiletto, a Twin M-hulled carbon-fiber vessel.
Was down in Norfolk yesterday for some reserve duty and came across the below pictured water-craft. I have no clue what it is (which in and of itself is not all that remarkable, me being the naval aviation-type of squid):
Any clues out there? There are more pics over on the Instapinch site.
More PIX"S...
www.mshipco.com/?page_id=11
Instapinch
http://instapinch.com/?p=323
Ellie
M 80 Stiletto
The Stiletto, a Twin M hull vessel, is 80 ft in length with a 40 ft beam providing a rectangular deck area equivalent to a conventional displacement craft 160 ft in length. The vessel's draft fully loaded is 3 ft and is designed for a speed of 50-60 kts. Its superior performance is based on M Ship Co.'s proprietary, globally patented technology, recapturing the bow wave using its energy to create an air cushion for more efficient planing.
M Ship Co. was responsible for the design and construction of the vessel made solely of carbon fiber for reduced weight and increased stiffness, the largest vessel ever built in the U.S. of this advanced material. It was delivered to the Office of Force Transformation to establish scalability of the M hull technology.
M Ship Co. has designed a family of such vessels to qualify for the full range of missions contemplated for operations in littoral or coastal zone. These will offer significant advantages over conventional displacement or planing craft based on the U.S. military's new littoral missions where efficiency, low cost, innovation, higher payload fraction, agility, shock mitigation, shallow draft and stealth are the new priorities for the next generation naval craft.
Posted By Pinch Paisley
http://www.blackfive.net/photos/uncategorized/multihull3.jpg
UPDATE: Well THAT didn't take long. Thanks, Kevin, from the comments. He sends the link to the Stiletto, a Twin M-hulled carbon-fiber vessel.
Was down in Norfolk yesterday for some reserve duty and came across the below pictured water-craft. I have no clue what it is (which in and of itself is not all that remarkable, me being the naval aviation-type of squid):
Any clues out there? There are more pics over on the Instapinch site.
More PIX"S...
www.mshipco.com/?page_id=11
Instapinch
http://instapinch.com/?p=323
Ellie
M 80 Stiletto
The Stiletto, a Twin M hull vessel, is 80 ft in length with a 40 ft beam providing a rectangular deck area equivalent to a conventional displacement craft 160 ft in length. The vessel's draft fully loaded is 3 ft and is designed for a speed of 50-60 kts. Its superior performance is based on M Ship Co.'s proprietary, globally patented technology, recapturing the bow wave using its energy to create an air cushion for more efficient planing.
M Ship Co. was responsible for the design and construction of the vessel made solely of carbon fiber for reduced weight and increased stiffness, the largest vessel ever built in the U.S. of this advanced material. It was delivered to the Office of Force Transformation to establish scalability of the M hull technology.
M Ship Co. has designed a family of such vessels to qualify for the full range of missions contemplated for operations in littoral or coastal zone. These will offer significant advantages over conventional displacement or planing craft based on the U.S. military's new littoral missions where efficiency, low cost, innovation, higher payload fraction, agility, shock mitigation, shallow draft and stealth are the new priorities for the next generation naval craft.