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  • US admiral hunting big cats (Australian catamarans for US forces)

    09/09/2003 1:24:41 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 26 replies · 393+ views
    The Australian ^ | September 10 2003 | Michael Bachelard
    THE commander of the US Pacific fleet will drop into Tasmanian shipbuilding yard Incat over the weekend to cast an acquisitive eye over its $78 million catamarans. Admiral Walter F. Doran will visit the struggling shipbuilding yard in Hobart to see how it makes the vessels that have excited him and other US armed force leaders during sea trials. Admiral Doran took a high-speed ride on the Incat-built military HSV (high-speed vessel) Joint Venture during operations off the Californian port of San Diego last year. "I'm very interested," Admiral Doran said yesterday. "You're going at 35, 36, 37 knots ......