IT'S YOUR WORLD USA NAVY'S NEW PIRATE CATCHER DINESH VORA Navy's New Pirate Catcher Here are some recent photos of the LCS-2 (to be named the USS Independence ).
Here it is at sea trials running at only HALF- power at 43 knots! NOTE the absence of a bow wave. Also turns tightly too. Allegedly this turn was also done at 43 knots...and from the look of the small bow wave, its still in the turn. Note the absence of any sign of her 'heeling over' even at that speed.
And then there's the massive helo deck big enough for a CH-53. THIS was the LCS they wanted because of the huge storage capacity under that flight deck and the size of the flight deck.
Note that there is very little spreading wake. In fact, it does not look like a wake at all, just foamy water from the water jets. Somehow, at 43 knots, you'd think there'd be more of a wake.
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