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Marinette Marine Launches USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) on December 4

The U.S. Navy's newest ship, the USS Fort Worth, was side-launched into the Menominee River shortly after 11:30 a.m. The vessel is the second LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) launched by the shipyard under a Lockheed Martin contract for the Navy. The LCS-2, USS Independence, was launched by Austal USA of Mobile, Alabama under the contract with General Dynamics. The first of this new design, USS Freedom, was launched on Sept. 23, 2006. Photos include a few pre-launch and post launch shot with my regular digital (Fuji) camera. The actual launch photos (unfortunately) are video captures from a digital (Sony) camcorder. I was all set to do a sequential photo of the launch with my Olympus camera, but the launch came almost 25 minutes later than expected so the battery died. After replacing the battery, I didn't think to check the settings for the sequential shot feature, and it was changed with the battery change; so, no sequential higher quality shots. The actual (video capture) launch photos are lo-res (480 x 360), so the quality is not very good.

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On the ways shortly before launch	Tug, Jimmy L, waits patiently	Steam issues from the stern of the Fort Worth
Launch sequence begins










	Stern view after launch	The ship was turned around in the early afternoon