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SWATH ship

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SWATH ship [′swath ‚ship]
(naval architecture)
A ship consisting of a component below the surface that has most of the buoyant volume, a component above the surface that contains most of the usable volume, and struts that connect these two volumes and pierce the surface. Acronym for small-waterplane-area twin-hull ship.


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The Navy's first Swath ship will be an oceanographic vessel called Agor 26.
SWATH ships, especially, provide a highly stable platform for a relatively small hull, allowing cost-effective work to be performed in locations and at times not before possible.
 
 
 
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