050205-N-6477M-315 Whidbey Island, Wash. (Feb. 5, 2005) – Ship Sponsor Mrs. Lynn Hunter receives flowers from Chief Boatswain’s Mate Donald E. Murray, foreground, and Coast Guard Operation Specialist Seaman Jonathan L. Moore at the reception for the christening ceremony of the experimental 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 alumin
050205-N-6477M-315 Whidbey Island, Wash. (Feb. 5, 2005) – Ship Sponsor Mrs. Lynn Hunter receives flowers from Chief Boatswain’s Mate Donald E. Murray, foreground, and Coast Guard Operation Specialist Seaman Jonathan L. Moore at the reception for the christening ceremony of the experimental 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. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin (RELEASED) US Navy 050205-N-6477M-315 Ship Sponsor Mrs. Lynn Hunter receives flowers from Chief Boatswain%%5Ersquo,s Mate Donald E. Murray, foreground, and Coast Guard Operation Specialist Seaman Jonathan L. Moore
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