Launching A Warship Is Like Dropping A Toy Boat In A Bathtub

The USS Fort Worth, the third ship in the US Navy’s new class of Littoral Combat Ships, launched in Marinette, Wisconsin, on Saturday. Who knew they treated 3000-ton warships like toy boats in a bathtub?

Hat tip to Jstas!

Republished from Jalopnik

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    monkeymind

    Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 1:56 PM

    Sometimes the launch does not go quite as smoothly, as Brunel found out.

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    ranga

    Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    *Clittoral Combat Ships

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      Matt Esse

      Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 6:51 AM

      the camouflage makes them very hard to find too…

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