Organization:Swiftships
Swiftships is a shipbuilding and marine engineering company headquartered in South Louisiana, USA.[1] Company operates globally[2] and specialized in the construction of small to medium sized vessels made of steel, aluminum or fiberglass.[1][3] Swiftships is involved in ship design, construction, repair and maintenance activities.
History
Founded by Fred Sewart in 1942, Swiftships began as Sewart Machine Works and then as Sewart Seacraft[4] in 1946. Company became a supplier of “Swift Boats” to the US Navy during the Vietnam War (Swiftships delivered 193 Fast Patrol Crafts to the US Navy throughout the conflict).[2] The mission objective of the Swift Boat was to provide the Navy with a fast boat that could patrol the river shores for enemy soldiers.[5]
In 1969 the company was renamed as Swiftships.[6][1]
Since 2004 and for the next years, Swiftships built ships for the oil and gas industry of the Gulf of Mexico[7][8] and restored vessels for the Dominican Republic.[9]
Company has created its first fully unmanned surface vehicle in 2015, called Anaconda (AN-1), and later the Anaconda (AN-2), for which Swiftships teamed with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette[10] and augmented technology developers.[11][12]
Since 1942 Swiftships has designed and built over 600 naval vessels and commercial platforms.[3]
Co-production
In 2008 the company signed a contract with the Egyptian Navy, initiating a co-production program, building vessels in-country.[13] The partnership includes a yard in Alexandria, where the company produces patrol crafts.[14]
In 2009, Swiftships was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to provide Follow on Technical Support on behalf of the Iraqi Navy that included the establishment of a Ship Repair Facility in Umm Qasr, Iraq.[15][16][17][18]
Yards
In 2020, Swiftships operates 3 yards in USA and 1 co-production yard (JV) with Egyptian Navy in Alexandria, Egypt:
- Morgan City, Louisiana[3]
- New Iberia, Jennerate,[19][20] Louisiana
- Freeport, Texas[8]
- Egyptian Shipyard Repair Building Co. - partnership with the Egyptian Navy to co-produce Swift vessels in Egypt under an approved MLA by the United States government.[21]
Products
Ship types include:
- Fast Patrol Vessels: company supplied vessels to Iraq (Swiftships Model 35PB1208 E-1455), Bahrain,[22] US governments and other.[23]
- Landing Craft: company has long-term agreement with a US government to build up to 32 new series LCU 1700 Class.[24][25][26][27]
- Corvettes: Swiftships started program with Pakistan Navy to build multi-purpose naval platforms, 75 meter corvette, for security and high threat missions.[28][29]
- Fast Supply Vessels: to Rodi Marine and other commercial groups.[3]
- Unmanned Surface Vessels- Anaconda (AN-2)[11][12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "BOSS Magazine | Swiftships: The Sea's Best Aluminum Water Vessel" (in en-US). 2018-03-01. https://thebossmagazine.com/swiftships-water-vessel-2/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Swiftly Going Places Where Others Fear" (in en-US). 2017-08-16. https://swiftships.com/swiftly-going-places-where-others-fear/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Swiftships". http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/swiftships.htm.
- ↑ "Yachts .com Swiftship Yachts". http://www.yachts.com/builders%5Cmotor-yachts/Swiftship-Yachts.html.
- ↑ Network, Warfare History (2019-06-10). "Swift Boats: How America Used These Tiny Warships to Wage War In Vietnam" (in en). https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/swift-boats-how-america-used-these-tiny-warships-wage-war-vietnam-61972.
- ↑ "Swiftships back in commercial market" (in en-US). https://www.workboat.com/blogs/the-hocke-net/swiftships-back-in-commercial-market/.
- ↑ "Back to Business" (in en-US). 2014-07-09. https://www.workboat.com/archived-workboat-magazine/back-to-business/.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Swiftships Completing 20-Acre Repair Yard In Freeport, Texas". https://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeReporter/198108/content/swiftships-completing-freeport-205163.
- ↑ "Entregan dos guardacostas a la flota naval dominicana - Diario Dominicano". http://www.diariodominicano.com/dominicana-hoy/2007/01/10/8687/entregan-dos-guardacostas-a-la-flota-naval-dominicana.
- ↑ "Swiftships, UL Lafayette develop unmanned boat for military" (in en). 2013-10-21. https://louisiana.edu/news-events/news/20131021/swiftships-ul-lafayette-develop-unmanned-boat-military.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "AN-2 Anaconda". http://www.navaldrones.com/AN-2_ANACONDA.html.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Robotic Marine Vehicles: Meet the Anaconda-2". https://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MarineTechnology/201404/content/robotic-vehicles-anaconda2-467540.
- ↑ "Egyptian Navy to get four more vessels from Swiftships" (in en-ZA). 2016-07-06. https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/egyptian-navy-to-get-four-more-vessels-from-swiftships/.
- ↑ "Swiftships Strengthening Its Global Presence". https://www.monch.com/mpg/news/maritime/2206-swiftships-strengthening-its-global-presence.html.
- ↑ "Swiftships gets $14.5 million more for Iraq Navy support" (in en-US). 2016-10-21. https://www.marinelog.com/shipyards/shipyard-news/swiftships-gets-145-million-more-for-iraq-navy-support/.
- ↑ googletag.display, Defense Industry Daily staff. "Swiftships Orders Build Iraqi Navys Coastal Patrol Capabilities". http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/swiftships-shipbuilders-gets-181m-for-iraqi-navy-patrol-boats-05812/.
- ↑ "Swiftship cleared for $150m Iraqi Navy support contract" (in en-US). 2 August 2017. https://navaltoday.com/2017/08/02/swiftship-cleared-for-150m-iraqi-navy-support-contract/.
- ↑ Editor (3 August 2017). "US Approves $150m for Iraqi Navy Vessels and Ship Repair" (in en-GB). https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2017/08/03/us-approves-150m-for-iraqi-navy-vessels-and-ship-repair/.
- ↑ IBERIAN, DWAYNE FATHERREE | THE DAILY. "Breaux adapting to changing boat market" (in en). https://www.iberianet.com/news/breaux-adapting-to-changing-boat-market/article_57c54f96-3401-11e9-909f-cf16b0a2e4c7.html.
- ↑ "Swiftships" (in en). http://www.interlinkdc.com/3/post/2010/09/swiftships.html.
- ↑ "Currently we building of 6 fast patrol aluminium" (in en-US). 2016-10-13. https://esrbc.net/currently-we-building-of-6-fast-patrol-aluminium/.
- ↑ "Bahrain buys two American boats built Swiftships" (in en). https://weaponews.com/news/14847-bahrain-buys-two-american-boats-built-swiftships.html.
- ↑ "BIDEC 2019: Swift Ships showcases fast patrol vessel and coastal patrol boat". https://www.armyrecognition.com/bidec_2019_news_official_online_show_daily_bahrain_defense_exhibition/bidec_2019_swift_ships_showcases_fast_patrol_vessel_and_coastal_patrol_boat.html.
- ↑ "Contracts for February 4, 2019" (in en-US). https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1747970//.
- ↑ "NAVSEA Picks Swiftships LLC to Design, Build LCU Replacement in $18M Contract Award" (in en-US). 2018-04-04. https://news.usni.org/2018/04/04/navsea-awards-18m-lcu-1700-contract-louisiana-based-swiftships-llc.
- ↑ "Landing Craft Utility (LCU) - Defense Daily". Defense Daily. https://www.defensedaily.com/topic/landing-craft-utility-lcu/.
- ↑ Burgess, Richard R.; Editor, Senior (2020-04-03). "Navy Orders Four New LCU 1700 Utility Landing Craft from Swiftships" (in en-US). https://seapowermagazine.org/navy-orders-four-new-lcu-1700-utility-landing-craft-from-swiftships/.
- ↑ "Pakistan orders two corvettes from US-based Swiftships" (in en-US). 2017-10-31. https://quwa.org/2017/10/31/pakistan-orders-two-corvettes-us-based-swiftships/.
- ↑ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2017-11-02). "Pakistan Navy buying vessels for special operations from US company" (in en). https://www.dawn.com/news/1367859.
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