Dry docked naval ship......

[Justdroppedin]

The USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class combat ship. She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence.


The design was produced by General Dynamics and competes directly with the Lockheed Martin designed Freedom variant.


Delivered to the Navy at the end of 2009, she is a high speed, small crew "corvette" intended for operation in the littoral (shoreline) zone.


Her top speed is 51 mph; 81 km/h



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[chad1976]

Going to Iran.Kick some ass.

[Gates07]

there appears to be very little self protection, but with today's lasers who know but no 50cal mounts? and at that top speed where is the tanker, going to need it. sure would like to tour that ship, probably would not let others see very much.

[jaybird1]

amazing , thanks for sharing

[fn59]

there appears to be very little self protection, but with today's lasers who know but no 50cal mounts? and at that top speed where is the tanker, going to need it. sure would like to tour that ship, probably would not let others see very much.

Main offensive armament comes from the BAE Systems Mk.110 57 mm gun. This gun can fire at 220 rounds per minute at targets up to 14 kilometers away. The Mk.110 features 400 ready rounds in the turret with two additional magazines of 240 rounds each. Four M2 12.7 mm heavy machine guns are included for patrol operations where only light firepower is needed.

Air defense is comprised of one SeaRAM Close In Weapon System (CIWS) firing 11 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) with a range of 9 kilometers. This CIWS uses the sensors of the Phalanx 1B CIWS, but uses missiles instead of a 20 mm gun.

The mine warfare module includes AN/WLD-1 remote mine hunting system, AN/AQS-20A mine-detecting sonar, organic airborne surface influence sweep, and airborne mine detection and neutralization systems.

The ASW module features the Sea TALON undersea surveillance system, an advanced deployable surveillance system, unmanned surface vehicles, and helicopter delivered weapons and sonar.

The Surface-to-Surface warfare module has two Mk.46 (the US Navy version of the Mk.44 Bushmaster II) 30 mm cannons that fire 200 rounds per minute at ranges of up to 2 kilometers and a new beyond line-of-sight missile with a range of 40 kilometers. In addition, the MH-60 helicopter can be armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and cannons.