Editing HSV-2 Swift (section)

==Design and description==
The ship is a [[wave-piercing]], aluminum-hulled, commercial catamaran with military enhancements, such as a [[helicopter]] flight deck, vehicle deck, small boat and unmanned vehicle launch and recovery capability, and a communications suite. She features a new, modular design, which will allow her to be refitted to support missions without requiring long shipyard periods. While from the front the vessel looks like a [[trimaran]], the center hull does not rest in the water and is not used for [[buoyancy]]. As a logistics vessel, the ship does not have water-tight compartments or weapons systems. Propulsion is provided by directional water jets, so the ship does not have propellers or a rudder for steering, and can maneuver in {{convert|12|ft|abbr=on|order=flip}} of water.<ref name=FTU>Brumley, Jeff: [http://jacksonville.com/news/florida/2011-10-05/story/unusual-ship-visits-mayport-after-6-month-deployment-african-waters "Unusual ship visits Mayport after 6-month deployment to African waters"] Florida Times-Union, October 5, 2011.</ref>

The HSV stands for "High Speed Vessel", and her home port while chartered as a [[Military Sealift Command|MSC]] vessel was [[Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia]]. The vessel had two CONMAR crews that typically rotated every three months to keep the ship deployed eleven months per year. The minimum crew size is 35; during her time with the MSC 18 were military with the balance civilian, provided through [[American Maritime Officers]] and [[Seafarers International Union]] of the [[United States Merchant Marine]]. On rare occasion that she was in a United States port, it was usually [[Naval Station Mayport]], Florida, supporting the [[United States Fourth Fleet|Fourth Fleet]] or Charleston, South Carolina, for major maintenance. [[Rota, Cádiz|Rota, Spain]], was considered by the crew to be the "Mediterranean home away from home.<ref name=FTU/>