The US Navy (USN) Littoral Surface Craft-Experimental (LSC(X)), developed by the Office of Naval Research and christened SEA FIGHTER (FSF-1), passes the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate USS RENTZ (FFG 46) as she arrives at her new homeport at San Diego, California (CA). The high-speed aluminum catamaran will test a variety of technologies that will allow the Navy to operate in littoral waters. With a base crew of 26 people, Sea Fighter will also provide a platform for the evaluation of minimum manning concepts on future naval surface ships
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: San Diego
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: FSF-1
Scene Camera Operator: John F. Williams, CIV, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/08/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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