Special Purpose Vessels
Special Purpose Vessels are often multi-role craft intended for a variety of specific jobs during war or peacetime.
1992
The Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) was developed in the late 1960's and was originally conceived of for the role of life boats. ...
1982
In 1970, the Mexican Navy acquired funds to have a ship built for training the cadets of the Mexican Naval Academy. Unlike th...
1969
The United States Navy, much like the French Navy before it during the First Indochina War, saw the importance of controlling...
1969
The Assault Support Patrol Boat (ASPB) - otherwise known as "Alpha Boats" - were the dedicated destroyers and minesweepers of...
1932
The schooner Belle Poule (A650) was built and launched in 1932 as a brown and blue water training vessel for the French Navy ...
1997
The United States Coast Guard is the smallest of the five American military service branches, numbering some 42,000 men and w...
1991
The Swedish shipbuilder, Dockstavarvet, has produced a state-of-the-art vessel in the Combat Boat 90 (CB90/CB90H). The vessel...
1964
Not since the Civil War of 1861 had America found a need for a "brown water navy" - that is, a naval force charged with comba...
1862
CSS Virginia was a 4,500-ton steam screw propelled ironclad ram warship of 12 guns. She was rebuilt in 1862 by the Confedera...
1941
Since the first boat was used to assault enemy-held shores in ancient warfare, the amphibious assault has been a key tool in ...
2003
The United States Navy has a "blue water dominance" of support and warships over all navies in the world. In recent years th...
1939
In 1935, it had become painfully obvious to Italian authorities that the Italian Navy maintained a weak position in the Medit...
1966
The PACV ("Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle") was a patrol hovercraft made notable by its involvement in the Vietnam War under the ...
1988
The RFA Argus was built as the Contender Bezant by the Cantiere Navale Company in Italy and launched on November 28th, 1980. ...
1975
The SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) MK VIII was developed in 1975 by United States UDT (Underwater Demolition Team) / SEAL (SEa, ...
1946
German leader Adolf Hitler was pressing the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) to increase the number of naval officers for his impen...
1987
The USNS Comfort is one of two hospital ships in the Mercy-class maintained by the United States Navy. Hospital ships in ser...
1985
The USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51) is a Safeguard-class salvage ship constructed by Peterson Builders in 1983 at Sturgeon Bay, Wiscons...
1998
The USNS Henson is an oceanographic survey ship owned by the United States Navy and is used to collect data for the purpose o...
1971
The USS Ponce (AFSB-1) (formally designated as LPD-15) was built as an amphibious transport dock vessel which combines assets...
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