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Posted: 6:26 AM Oct 22, 2009
Alabama-built warship tops out at more than 50 mph
The second of the Navy's new generation of speedy warships designed to operate close to shore topped 50 mph in builder trials completed this month.
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The second of the Navy's new generation of speedy warships designed to operate close to shore topped 50 mph in builder trials completed this month.
Officials say the Independence, a 418-foot ship built in
Alabama, traveled in excess of 45 knots, which equates to nearly 52
mph, and sustained 44 knots during a four-hour, full-speed sprint.
The so-called littoral combat ship is the second of two competing designs. The one built by Austal in Mobile, Ala., features a tri-hull design. The lead contractor is Maine's Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics subsidiary.
The competing ship, Freedom, features a more traditional hull and was built by a team led by Lockheed Martin. It will go into
service next year. Eventually, the Navy wants to build up to 55 of
the ships.
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