Keywords: US Navy 050205-N-6477M-315 Ship Sponsor Mrs. Lynn Hunter receives flowers from Chief Boatswain^rsquo,s Mate Donald E. Murray, foreground, and Coast Guard Operation Specialist Seaman Jonathan L. Moore.jpg en 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 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Eli J Medellin RELEASED 2005-02-05 050205-N-6477M-315 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 21588 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Eli J Medellin PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Ship christenings in the United States Navy Sea Fighter ship 2005 |