Here are some recent photos of the LCS 2 (to be USS) Independence.
She’s at 43 knots here running at half power. NOTE the absence of a bow wave.
Turns tightly, also; allegedly this also was done at 43 knots…and from the look of the small bow wave, she’s still in the turn.
And then we have the massive helo deck big enough for a CH-53. Last time I talked with the SURFPAC guys years ago. THIS was the LCS they liked 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 40 knots, you'd think there'd be more wake.
But she has one drawback, she's strange looking but aerodynamically designed, is this beginning of a new design in ships?
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