Looks Scow like.
Looks Scow like.
Yeah, it looks just like the ugly barges that plied on Lake Champlain and unloaded at Burlington VT years ago-
It`s so apropos.
I had a fishing boat like that when I was a kid.
I have no problem with this ship.
It’s form appears to be driven by function. I think it is at least as ugly as the San Antonio Class, but if it does its job well I am good with that.
It is meant to be operated under the umbrella of protective forces as all logistic ships since the beginning of time (mostly) have.
It is fast.
As GOPbiker and UCANSEE2 pointed out, stability and seaworthiness might be an issue, but...it could be less of an issue for these since I presume they are less concerned with being a blue water force and more pointed towards pre-positioning closer to a theater and taking on equipment, but...that is just speculation on my part. I had never seen these before today.
And they didn’t name it after a disgusting homosexual pervert or a woman whose only claim to fame is being used as a gun control poster child after she nearly got her brains blown out by one of her fellow leftist travelers who was angry at her...so there’s that.