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Navy Eyeing Expanded JHSV Role

Julie Samuel

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

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A new Navy panel is studying whether the military should use the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) for more than transporting troops in theater. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus joined Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) in a Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee hearing Wednesday in praising the JHSV, which is built by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. “Given the...ship’s speed, cargo-capability, and ability to maneuver in the shallow waters, would it not be prudent for…

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