Littoral Combat Ship High Speed Trials

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Uploaded by on Oct 9, 2009

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) undergoes high-speed sea trials.

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  • @Mahanagaraja Small navies which cannot afford to run many specialized types of ships must have small number of bigger multi-role frigates which could operate independently. LCS is too small to be compared with multi-role frigate like Oliver Hazard Perry. It is good to support US Navy on shallow waters but it wont be as good as Oliver Hazard Perry when is on his own. Obviously if you cant afford bigger frigate it is better to have LSC than nothing but this is not an alternative.

  • I will say it will make a good frigate/corvette for the smaller navies that have displayed an interest in it.

  • The PHM's were faster, cheaper, and had better armaments for there size.

  • Well, there are a lot of difference in design between LCS 1 and 3 designed by Lockheed&Martin in Marinette, Wisconsin, and General Dynamics LCS 2 design. True the tri-hull design makes less of a wake, but overall both designs have the same performance. LCS 1 and 2 both have a top speed of 56knots, but the real difference is in manuverablility. LCS 1 and LCS 3, USS Freedom and USS Fort Worth respectfully, are much more manuberable the LCS 2, USS Independece.

  • @CaptainIsaacDavis if im corect the mk57 is raidar computer contrlled. so she dont miss. but i could be wrong

  • Sweet, the only thing that would make it sweeter would be it taking out TOWED targets left an right with the 5 inch gun. I say towed cause the US Navy thinks target practice is shooting at a very large orange ball they call the Killer Tomato. I say towed cause the would represent a better realistic target of a pirate skiff. Other than pirates, what else could get that close?

  • Looks like a standard frigate to me...

  • LCS-2 has a much smaller wake than LCS-1...guess that makes it faster. And that's important!

  • much more impressive performance that the LCS2, much more elegant too

  • Somali pirates be afraid, be very afraid

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