Independence LCS-2 Underway!

[HeyJoe]

090712-N-0000G-004 GULF OF MEXICO (July 12, 2009) The littoral combat ship Independence (LCS 2) underway during builder's trials. Builder's trials are the first opportunity for the shipbuilder and the U.S. Navy to operate the ship underway, and provide an opportunity to test and correct issues before acceptance trials. (Photo courtesy Dennis Griggs General Dynamics/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

What a glorious ship.

Maybe you'll be on one some day...

090712-N-0000G-003 GULF OF MEXICO (July 12, 2009) The littoral combat ship Independence (LCS 2) underway during builder's trials. Builder's trials are the first opportunity for the shipbuilder and the U.S. Navy to operate the ship underway, and provide an opportunity to test and correct issues before acceptance trials. (Photos courtesy Dennis Griggs General Dynamics/Released)

 

[C420sailor]

Awesome...

 

[CAMike]

Looks nice. VERY SWOtivating.

 

[BACONATOR]

If I was a SWO, I'd be creaming my pants.

Oh... and I'd have a knife in my back.

 

[SkywardET]

It is damn pretty to look at, that's for sure.

If I was a SWO, I'd be creaming my pants.

Oh... and I'd have a knife in my back.

The voice overhead
with confidence said
"Underway, shift colors."
And I jizzed... in... my pants...

 

[MIDNJAC]

Cool to see. When I was driving back from pcola last weekend, I noticed it was no longer in port in Mobile....wondered where it had gone. Now I know

 

[PropAddict]

Eh. . .it's big (kinda looks like a girl with a wide badonkadonk), gray, minimally-armed, and leaves that HUGE trail behind it. I just don't see it. . .

Oh, wait.

NVM.

 

[C420sailor]

...minimally-armed...

I was just going to say that. Considering the enormous price tag, these things should have some awesome new weaponry. 5-inch gun and VLS? That's so last week. I want to see a rail gun or something sweet.

 

[HeyJoe]

It is damn pretty to look at, that's for sure.
The voice overhead
with confidence said
"Underway, shift colors."
And I jizzed... in... my pants...

Whoa, it's SWOdom for you then if you get that excited. Same thing when they set the Sea and Anchor detail? Or when Sweepers man their brooms? How about when Men are working aloft?

He's a pinup for you.....

090710-N-2791J-125 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 10, 2009) Quartermaster 2nd Class Leeann Sokolis attaches the ensign in preparation for shifting colors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) before departing Norfolk for sea trials and flight deck certification. While at sea, the ship will launch and recover aircraft for the first time in nearly four and a half years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Johnson/Released)

 

[phrogdriver]

Umm..yeah. Looks cool, but where are all the weapons? It's a warship, right? I've seen boats full of rednecks with more visible firepower.

 

[gotta_fly]

Umm..yeah. Looks cool, but where are all the weapons? It's a warship, right? I've seen boats full of stashed ensigns in wildlife preserves with more visible firepower.

:icon_smil

 

[bubblehead]

Unbelievable. I can't imagine the radar cross-section on that thing.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Looks so future-ey.

I still want to know why we aren't calling these things corvettes. That's what they are - a comissioned ship smaller than a frigate but bigger than a patrol boat.

"Littoral Combat Ship"? Why not just call it USS Pentagon Buzzword?

 

[Random Task]

So when I was was on a ccx flight recently and saw it as it was on it's way out of Mobile Bay. I'll post the pictures when I got on my other computer