Writeup about the ship: ( It's a fucking NICE warship! Er... Well, it was a nice warship. )
The success of the HSV and MG Dail's personally championing the cause convinced TACOM to lease a second catamaran, Theater Support Vessel (TSV)-X1, Spearhead. The Army reverted money and the personnel vacancies destined for LSV8 to fund the first all-Army TSV. The US Army accepted delivery of TSV-1X Nov 2002.
In October 2002 the US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) leased a second high-speed wave-piercing catamaran (WPC) from Australian fast ferry builder Incat, scheduled to be delivered to Bollinger/Incat USA in mid-November 2002, the 98m catamaran is an existing new-build vessel (hull 060) from Incat's Evolution 10B range of WPCs. It was named Spearhead and received the designation TSV (Theater Support Vessel)-1X. The vessel was modified a
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