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Hummmm

Inflatable pontoons

NAVY gray

Diesel motors

Anti mine ship // minesweeper or
high speed/low drag outrider for fleet defense or
outrider for anti-ship missile defense or

tourist boat for whale watching -
observation platform for ASW operations -
prototype blimp tender for the new Lockheed/Martin ASW platform -

Gee, this IS fun.

How about
anti-drug smuggler radar platform, chase boat
low profile anti-priacy observation platform

Stop me if I get it right.....

Or

Just went and saw it last night, talked to the "owner"? They were on their way out but was able to glean a few tidbits...
It was designed for rescue and capable of riding over very high seas.
The independent suspension on the pontoons allows it to stay atop uneven waves.
The engines are in their own aluminum pods on the back which are hinged to the pontoons asumably to allow them to remain in the water as the pontoons "dance" on top of the waves.
The center "pod" is actually made up of two parts and the rear portion can be lowered into the water and becomes an independent boat with an outboard engine. The rear of the pod becomes the bow of the small boat.
It also has a considerably smaller although similar design boat currently docked between it's pontoons, possibly a prototype?
I'll have to get pictures in the daylight to complete this...

urr first paragraph Anti mine ship i wood suspect nails it

low draft, independent suspension for sensitive situations, and speed too

also. its got that "disposable" aura about it