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1 posted on 02/16/2010 10:00:21 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: magslinger

Littoral Ship ping


2 posted on 02/16/2010 10:05:22 PM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Whew.. I had to read that headline twice..
“Maiden voyage”, huh?


3 posted on 02/16/2010 10:07:43 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: sonofstrangelove

I’m glad we have real ships now. Those figurative and metaphorical ships wasn’t reassuring me much.

parsy, who is old fashioned


4 posted on 02/16/2010 10:08:26 PM PST by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: sonofstrangelove

I’m glad we have real ships now. Those figurative and metaphorical ships wasn’t reassuring me much.

parsy, who is old fashioned


5 posted on 02/16/2010 10:08:26 PM PST by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: sonofstrangelove

USS Freedom (LCS 1)’s deployment will conclude later this spring when she arrives in her new San Diego homeport.


6 posted on 02/16/2010 10:20:13 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Where will the maidens be deployed?


8 posted on 02/16/2010 10:31:38 PM PST by rfp1234
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To: sonofstrangelove

I’m rooting for the Freedom. She was built in the same shipyards in Wisconsin where many WWII subs were built.


11 posted on 02/16/2010 10:56:46 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: sonofstrangelove

Man, I thought it said, “Nation’s First CLittoral Combat Ship Departs For Maiden Deployment” Now that would be climactic!


12 posted on 02/17/2010 2:31:23 AM PST by dixjea
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