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Posted on 10/24/2009 10:00:13 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
During testing, the General Dynamics-created Independence had an average speed of 44 knots, with a top speed of 45 knots. The ship, which was tested in the Gulf of Mexico, endured 25-knot winds and eight-foot waves.
Previously, engineers expected the ship to top 44 knots -- during testing in July, engine issues stopped maximum speed tests before Independence could reach 44 knots. Exact engine issues weren't released, and the Navy won't officially receive the ship until it successfully passes all required testing.
"Independence exceeded our expectations in terms of maneuverability, stability, handling and speed,” said Jeff Geiger, GD subsidiary Bath Iron Works President.
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That has to be photoshopped ... where are the skiers out the back?
A Stealth PT boat w/heliport.. cool.
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Obama will either put a stop to it or leave it tied up in port so it doesn’t offend those in the middle east.
LOL....
Thanks....I was too lazy to dig out my HTML books.
RAM missile system abaft the superstructure, 57mm rapid fire gun forward, Advanced Sea Sparrow VLS just forward of the bridge.
Thats a rather small gun,, it’s got missles and such i assume?
If it’s going to operate in littoral waters, I’d like to see some stabilized 20mm gun mounts on her.
And I wonder if it is going at its max speed....that is a pretty sharp turn....impressive at any speed.
Oh. Sorry didn’t see the post above me. 57’’ whats that equivalent to ala WW2 calibers.
That’s not nice to do without a warning in the headline to folks on dialup. I’ve got a decent connection, but some of the rural folks are still stuck on dial up.
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50 mph roughly.
http://www.military.com/news/article/lcs-tops-50-mph-in-tests.html?ESRC=topstories.RSS
top end is classifed. :-]
Sammy Hagar would not drive this.. unless ya converted it to a Cabo party boat.
Littoral Combat Ships - LCS-- Fact File
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Description
LCS is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed for operation in near-shore environments yet capable of open-ocean operation. It is designed to defeat asymmetric “anti-access” threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft.
| Features The LCS 1 Freedom class consists of two different hullforms – a semiplaning monohull and an aluminum trimaran – designed and built by two industry teams, respectively led by Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics. These seaframes will be outfitted with reconfigurable payloads, called Mission Packages, which can be changed out quickly. Mission packages are supported by special detachments that will deploy manned and unmanned vehicles and sensors in support of mine, undersea and surface warfare missions. |
| Background Initiated in February 2002, the LCS program represents a significant reduction in time to acquire, design and build ships in comparison to any previous ship class. USS Freedom (LCS 1), was delivered to the Navy on 18 September 2008. Freedom was constructed by a Lockheed Martin led industry team in Marinette, WI. The second ship of this class, Independence (LCS 2), is currently being built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala. Independence is scheduled to be delivered in 2009. In April 2007, the Navy terminated its contract with Lockheed Martin for the construction of LCS 3 after negotiations to convert from a cost-plus contract to a fixed-price contract were unsuccessful. The second General Dynamics ship (LCS 4) was also terminated in November 2007 after similar efforts failed |
| Point Of Contact Public Affairs Office Naval Sea Systems Command (OOD) Washington, DC 20362 |
| General Characteristics, Freedom class |
| Builder: Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics |
| Date Deployed: Under Construction |
| Length: Lockheed Martin variant: 378 ft. (115.3 meters) General Dynamics variant: 419 ft. (127.6 meters) |
| Beam: Lockheed Martin variant: 57.4 ft. (17.5 meters) General Dynamics variant: 103.7 ft. (31.6 meters) |
| Displacement: Lockheed Martin variant: approximately 3,000 MT full load, General Dynamics variant: approximately 3,000 MT full load |
| Draft: Lockheed Martin variant: 12.8 ft. (3.9meters) General Dynamics variant: 14.1 ft (4.3 meters) |
| Speed: 40+ knots |
| Ships: |
| USS Freedom (LCS 1), Norfolk, VA |
| PCU Independence (LCS 2), No homeport |
| Last Update: 15 January 2009 |
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57 mm is a little bigger than 2 inches. Slightly larger than the 40mm anti aircraft guns on some WWII ships.
To support littoral operations, it probably needs a bit more punch than that.
Thanks both for info. I’m off to google for more.
Bush did that. Follow-on FCSs were canceled because of cost overruns.
Dang,, its smaller than a bofors? Hm.
No dang Bofors was 40mm.. well still looks like it would be larger than that.
Given that I got caught in the post Zero layoffs, I’d much prefer MK46 mounts.
SEALs
52 miles per hour.
30 knots is something like 38.2 miles and hour or some such.
Link at #22....seems to have lots of info including images with an enlarge option....which at the moment isn’t working for me!
I assume you mean the 30mm Mk 36, rather than the light machine gun MK 36. Yep, that would be nice to take out swarms of bad guys in fast boats.
Is that a short version of the San Antonio Class ships??
And a 20mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS on the upper deck right above the flight deck...
It looks like a civil war ironclad.
Cost over-runs won’t have anything to do with it. He doesn’t care about the money. Just look at the Trillions he wants to spend now. He’ll stop it to protect our enemys.
It's been stopped since 2007.
Coast Guard - 57-mm Mk 110 Mod 0 Naval Gun System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrWZ0DhXVHU
Thanks,....that is moving it on out....
That it is!
And yes, it could tow water skiers.
Though I’m not certain what condition they’d be in afterwards.
James Bond-style 100mph Navy interceptor to take to the seas
Nope, I meant the MK46 30MM.
It’s used on surface vessels as well as the EFV.
Stabilized, of course, and differentiated in application.
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