Keywords: US Navy 050205-N-8497H-003 Secretary of the Navy Gordon England speaks at the christening ceremony of the Navy's newest ship, the Littoral Surface Craft-Experimental (X-Craft), Sea Fighter (FSF 1).jpg en Whidbey Island Wash Feb 5 2005 Secretary of the Navy Gordon England speaks at the christening ceremony of the Navy's newest ship the Littoral Surface Craft-Experimental X-Craft Sea Fighter FSF 1 at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland Wash Sea Fighter will be used to evaluate the hydrodynamic performance structural behavior mission flexibility and propulsion system of high-speed vessels The X-Craft is a high-speed aluminum catamaran that will test a variety of technologies which will allow the Navy to operate more effectively in littoral or near-shore waters U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Lewis S Hunsaker RELEASED 2005-02-05 050205-N-8497H-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 21609 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Lewis S Hunsaker PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Ship christenings in the United States Navy Gordon R England Sea Fighter ship 2005 |