Posted on 05/03/2008 1:58:16 PM PDT by LJayne
I have no idea how GenDynamics is doing, but this first ship looks absolutley wicked!
Its tri-maran hull combined with the capabilities and look of a warship makes it something out of this world!
(Excerpt) Read more at instapinch.com ...
http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/chinese_stealth.aspx
Nice time for the USN to try to play catch-up to the Chicoms.
Reminds me of the Monitor and the Merrimack!
GenDynamics can be proud of the “Independence!”
That is awesome!
I work at Bender; I’ve got to know, where did you get this picture? I took one just like it.
The slanted sides remind me of the C.S.S. Virginia(Merrimack).
This is a whole new paradigm for warship design. Very much cool!!
May she always triumph over her challengers.
It’s at the site posted by LJayne.
"H. L. Hunley, almost 40 feet (12 m) long, was built at Mobile, Alabama, launched in July 1863, and shipped by rail to Charleston, SC on August 12, 1863. On February 17, 1864, Hunley attacked and sank the 1800-ton steam sloop USS Housatonic in Charleston harbor, but soon after, Hunley also apparently sank, drowning all 8 crewmen. "
Jules Verne would have been proud.
Charlie don’t surf.....
The PCOs of both the Freedom's crews are O-5s already.
Might not want to use it for ramming, it’s aluminum hulled. But it is very cool looking!
I’m very interested in seeing how these two radically different designs (LCS 1 and 2) stack up to each other. Here’s hoping that at least one of them can get the job done at an acceptable cost.
Wow, very impressive.
feh...
Looks like a mini frigate with pontoons...
If it don’t launch aircraft, then it ain’t....
Thanks for the link pabianice.
Have you seen the museum near Norfolk with the exhibit about the Monitor and Merrimack! It is phenomenal.
BUMP for later
Oh, very nice!
Check out the tag for the General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/lcs-gd.htm
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.