The design of the high-speed trimaran was produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the Navys LCS program and competes with the Lockheed Martin-designed Freedom variant.

Trimaran lcs. USS Independence LCS-2 is the lead ship for the Independence variant and will be the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence. Navy war games. Triton is a 98-metre trimaran that commenced operations with Customs earlier this month.

And now Austal is launching an even more refined version that improves sea. Austals Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship LCS developed for the US Navy is a high-speed agile multi-mission combatant that delivers superior seakeeping and performance. The Littoral Combat Ship is the Navys newest class of warship.

Lundquist - August 29 2017. The company then started building Littoral Combat Ships LCS for the US Navy based on the same trimaran design. The 102-metre Condor Liberation is an evolution of Austals landmark 2005 trimaran ferry Benchijigua Express in every sense - optimising performance seakeeping fuel efficiency passenger comfort and payload to deliver a truly next generation transportation solution.

It has the capability to stay at sea for extended periods and travel at speeds of up to 20 knots. In 2004 the US. The ship did very well with far fewer about 90.

Launching a Trimaran LCS The future USS Manchester enters the water in a careful deliberate process. The INDEPENDENCE variant LCS is an aluminum Stabilized Slender Trimaran ship and the FREEDOM variant LCS is a steel Double Chine Advanced Semi-Planing Monohull ship. Austal designed the seaframe and built the 418 foot aluminum trimaran ship.

Still the former piece concedes that this speed is much slower than the American LCS and that the Chinese trimaran could be inferior in terms of sensors as well as deck and hangar space too. This impressive trimaran was delivered to Condor Ferries of the UK in December 2014. The US Navy has awarded a contract to a Bath Iron Works-led team for the construction of Coronado LCS 4 the second Littoral Combat Ship LCS to feature an innovative high-speed trimaran hull.