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 UL-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:

Products

Ship types include:

References
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  9. "Entregan dos guardacostas a la flota naval dominicana - Diario Dominicano". www.diariodominicano.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
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  14. "Swiftships Strengthening Its Global Presence". www.monch.com. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  15. "Swiftships gets $14.5 million more for Iraq Navy support". Marine Log. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  16. googletag.display, Defense Industry Daily staff. "Swiftships Orders Build Iraqi Navys Coastal Patrol Capabilities". Defense Industry Daily. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
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  21. "Currently we building of 6 fast patrol aluminium". Egyptian Ship Repair&Building Co. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  22. "Bahrain buys two American boats built Swiftships". weaponews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  23. "BIDEC 2019: Swift Ships showcases fast patrol vessel and coastal patrol boat". www.armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  24. "Contracts for February 4, 2019". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  25. "NAVSEA Picks Swiftships LLC to Design, Build LCU Replacement in $18M Contract Award". USNI News. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  26. "Landing Craft Utility (LCU) - Defense Daily". www.defensedaily.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  27. Burgess, Richard R.; Editor, Senior (2020-04-03). "Navy Orders Four New LCU 1700 Utility Landing Craft from Swiftships". Seapower. Retrieved 2020-04-26.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  28. "Pakistan orders two corvettes from US-based Swiftships". Quwa. 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  29. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2017-11-02). "Pakistan Navy buying vessels for special operations from US company". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
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