Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg - The pilot-station-ship Elbe was completed in the year 2000. This type of vessels are known as a SWATH, which means “small-waterplane-area twin hull”. The design of this
![An aerial view of the experimental Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) ship “Sea SLICE” as it returns to its homeport of Naval Station San Diego. Nov. 2005. USN Photo. [2,065 × 1,230] : r/WarshipPorn An aerial view of the experimental Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) ship “Sea SLICE” as it returns to its homeport of Naval Station San Diego. Nov. 2005. USN Photo. [2,065 × 1,230] : r/WarshipPorn](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Sea_Slice_returns_to_homeport.jpg)
An aerial view of the experimental Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) ship “Sea SLICE” as it returns to its homeport of Naval Station San Diego. Nov. 2005. USN Photo. [2,065 × 1,230] : r/WarshipPorn
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