Friday, February 11, 2005

Commander of the Naval Surface Forces confused about LCS.

Admiral faces uncharted waters with new classes of surface ships - Jack Dorsey, The Virginian-Pilot
plus a Littoral Combat Ship, LCS, built for high speed in shallow waters and with a variety of functions, using either the twin hulls of a catamaran or a single hull to skim the water.
Neither of the two current contenders for the final LCS design are catamarans.
At first I thought that the reporter badly mangled this, but the quote seems to be accurate. Perhaps Adm. Etnyre should follow the lead of Air Force Gen. Jumper and spend some time on the ships he'll be looking after.
-HJC