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Old Nov 8, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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LCS 2 Ship Trials in Gulf of Mexico
Damn this thing is killer!


YouTube - LCS 2 Ship Trials in Gulf of Mexico
 
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 08:54 PM
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Any Idea what that is powered by?
 
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Old Nov 10, 2009 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by newbenz2
Any Idea what that is powered by?
Here you go:

2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(LCS-2)

Amazing piece of technology!
 
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Old Nov 10, 2009 | 09:28 AM
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Buddy of mine has spent the last several years working on the combat control systems on this thing. It is one sweet boat for sure.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2009 | 12:29 AM
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Does it employ the Swath Hull design? Judging by the size of what I see in displacement, it must have.
 
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Holy hell!! I could use one of those on Lake Travis to show up all the cigarette boats
 
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Old Nov 11, 2009 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by JC919
Holy hell!! I could use one of those on Lake Travis to show up all the cigarette boats
Heck, you could BLOW UP all the go slow boats and make room for more Cigarettes.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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Put it off the coast of Somalia ASAP! Stupid pirates would freak out seeing it coming.

Pirates seize Greek ship off Seychelles - CNN.com



YouTube - General Dynamics - Littoral Combat Ship 2 (LCS 2) [HQ]
 
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by JC919
Holy hell!! I could use one of those on Lake Travis to show up all the cigarette boats


I hope the lake level is up from where it was in August!
 
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Imagine jumping the wake on that thing in a Cig...
 
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