Editing Catamaran (section)

=== Military ===
[[File:USNS Spearhead (JHSV-1) - 1.jpg|thumb|[[Spearhead-class joint high speed vessel|US Naval Ship ''Spearhead'' (JHSV-1)]] during sea trials in 2012]]
[[File:Shahid Soleimani corvette in January 2023 (1).jpg|thumb|[[Iranian corvette Shahid Soleimani]] IRIS FS313-01 in 2023]]
The first warship to be propelled by a steam engine, named [[United States floating battery Demologos|''Demologos'' or ''Fulton'']] and built in the United States during the [[War of 1812]], was a catamaran with a [[paddle wheel]] between her hulls.

In the early 20th Century several catamarans were built as submarine salvage ships: [[SMS Vulkan|SMS ''Vulkan'']] and [[SMS Cyclop (1916)|SMS ''Cyclop'']] of [[Imperial German Navy|Germany]], [[Russian salvage ship Kommuna|''Kommuna'']] of [[Russian Navy|Russia]], and [[Spanish salvage ship Kanguro|''Kanguro'']] of [[Spanish Navy|Spain]], all designed to lift stricken [[submarine]]s by means of huge cranes above a [[moon pool]] between the hulls. Two Cold War-era [[submarine rescue ship]]s, [[USS Pigeon (ASR-21)|USS ''Pigeon'']] and [[USS Ortolan (ASR-22)|USS ''Ortolan'']] of the [[United States Navy|US Navy]], were also catamarans, but did not have the moon pool feature.

The use of catamarans as high-speed naval transport was pioneered by [[HMAS Jervis Bay (AKR 45)|HMAS ''Jervis Bay'']], which was in service with the [[Royal Australian Navy]] between 1999 and 2001. The US [[Military Sealift Command]] now operates several [[Spearhead-class joint high speed vessel|Expeditionary Fast Transport]] catamarans owned by the US Navy;<ref>{{Cite web|title = Strategic Sealift (PM3)|url = http://www.msc.navy.mil/PM3/|website = www.msc.navy.mil|access-date = 2015-11-01|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080627195734/http://www.msc.navy.mil/PM3/|archive-date = June 27, 2008|df = mdy-all}}</ref> they are used for high speed transport of military cargo, and to get into shallow ports.

The [[Makar-class survey catamaran|''Makar''-class]] is a class of two large catamaran-hull survey ships built for the [[Indian Navy]]. As of 2012, one vessel, [[INS Makar (J31)]], was in service and the second was under construction.<ref>{{cite news|title=INS Makar commissioned into the Indian Navy|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-21/news/34002314_1_indian-navy-surveys-western-naval-command|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215190522/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-21/news/34002314_1_indian-navy-surveys-western-naval-command|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2013|access-date=September 1, 2013|newspaper=Economic Times|date=September 21, 2012}}</ref>

First launched in 2004 at Shanghai, the [[Houbei class missile boat]] of the [[People's Liberation Army Navy]] (PLAN) has a catamaran design to accommodate the vessel's stealth features.<ref name="Wired">{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/08/china-builds-warships/2/ |title=China Builds Fleet of Small Warships While U.S. Drifts |last=Axe|first=David |date=August 4, 2011|website=Wired.com|access-date=2012-02-04}}</ref>

The [[Tuo Chiang-class corvette]] is a class of [[Taiwan]]ese-designed fast and [[stealth technology|stealthy]] multi-mission [[wave-piercing hull|wave-piercing]] catamaran [[corvette]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2014/12/24/taiwan-navy-takes-delivery-first-stealth-carrier-killer-corvette|title=Taiwan Navy Takes Delivery of First Stealth 'Carrier Killer' Corvette|date=24 December 2014}}</ref> first launched in 2014 for the [[Republic of China Navy|Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy]].