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HSB's (High Speed Boats) are designed by, and exclusively built for, the Navy SEAL's! They are double hull, Kevlar and Graphite, MODIFIED open ocean race boats which carry a standard armament of (2) M-60 machine guns foward and (2) 50 Cal. machine guns aft. (A MK19 40mm belt fed grenade launcher and /or a 7.62mm minigun could be mounted in lieu of a 50 cal). These boat's WILL "reach out and touch 'em!" They were used in Desert Storm for shooting up Iraqi gun boats and oil platforms and for SEAL beach insertions and extractions. (Who knows were else they've been.)
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AmeriQuest Inc. NOW has available for sale (one)1994 38 Ft. US Navy SEAL HSB!(Minus the machine guns.) This boat was obtained through an exclusive deal with the US Navy. With years of dealing with the Navy, valuable contacts having been made, we managed (after many headaches), to get one (HSB) out. Due to down-sizing, these boats are ocasionally taken out of service and then destroyed by the Navy (crushed by bulldozers). This could be your only chance to own one!
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These boats have a very unique color design on the hull. It is marine camouflage which consists of diagonal stripes of Lt. blue and gray which on the horizon would blend in with the blue sky and gray clouds. The diagonal stripes break up the colors so a solid line is not visible on the horizon. The colors are actually GEL COATED IN and NOT painted on.(Expensive.) The boat still has all the Navy SEAL extras like four stainless steel machine gun mounts, five stainless steel ammo box holders, transom mounted stainless swimmer bars (for divers to hang on to while in the water), and many other things including all the Gau-19 Mini-gun weapon system components (minus the gun of course). The hull is in good condition despite the fact this boat has seen some action. ("Spent" machine gun shell casings were found all over this boat along with belt fed grenade casings, ammo box seals, and firing pins for M-60 machine guns,(remnants of bygone battles).
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What a console. (We especially like the white outlined switches in the center console that say "Weapon System Arm". This is for the GAU-19 / 7.62mm Gatling gun, (capable of firing 3000 rounds per minute. You won't find one of these on your Donzi!) The VHF radio, GPS, and Plotter in left of picture are NOT included. They have been removed by the Navy but any "off the shelf" electronics will work fine and should fit the holes. Everything else is included and we would guess is working. (All Latham/Gaffrig guages and throttles and steering and tabs and tab pumps, drive pumps,etc.)
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AmeriQuest Inc. has been restoring boats (work boats and military boats) for over ten years now but the HSB is a first for us. We believe that these boats had two Mercrusier 557 cubic inch gasoline engines (580 hp per engine). The Mercrusier gimble and bell housings and trim cylinders are still attached to the transom. They are for SpeedMaster 3-A's, the upper and lower units are missing). The boat weighs approx. 7,800lbs.(without motors or drives) and looks to have everything needed except the engines and drives.(All cables, hydolic pumps, filters, etc. are present). We are not sure who the maker of the boat is. The Navy won't tell us. They insist, (for some unknown reason), that this information is classified.
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Due to the rarity of this boat, and the fact that civilians aren't meant to have them, this may be your only chance to own a truly one of a kind boat. We lost track of how many people wanted to talk about this boat and we never even got it out of the boat yard!
FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT: AMERIQUEST INC. AT aquest1111@comcast.net (Serious inquires only please).
(AmeriQuest Inc. would like to thank all those who have emailed us with additional info on this boat. The info we received from the Seals who used them and the SBU guys (Special Boat Units) who operated them, has been most helpful and greatly appreciated.)
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