Keywords: US Navy 050204-N-7676W-234 A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) rests on a launch rail aft of the mission bay aboard the Navy's newest ship, the Littoral Surface Craft-Experimental (X-Craft), Sea Fighter (FSF 1).jpg en Freeland Wash Feb 4 2005 - A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat RHIB rests on a launch rail aft of the mission bay aboard 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 John F Williams RELEASED 2005-02-04 050204-N-7676W-234 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 21667 U S Navy photo by John F Williams PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Freeland Wash Rigid-hulled inflatable boats Sea Fighter ship 2005 |