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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