As the world's first operational trimaran warship, the Austal-built Flight 0 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Independence (LCS-2) is today blazing a trail for a new genre of versatile surface combatant that will form the backbone of the US Navy in the decades ahead. It is also opening the eyes of navies worldwide to the enormous potential offered by advanced aluminium seaframes - and enabling them to reassess the assumptions and preconceptions that have historically narrowed the options concerning the design, build and operation of front-line warships.
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