Christen Experimental News

Navy to Christen Experimental (X-Craft) Sea Fighter

(Pictured is the Littoral Surface Craft – Experimental, "X-Craft," will be christened SEA FIGHTER (FSF-1) on 5 February 2005. designate it as the first Fast Sea Frame, Saturday, Feb. ceremony at Nichols Bros. Boat Builders, Whidbey Island, Wash. Rep. will deliver the principal address. sponsor. waters. packages. development at sea. in length and displaces 950 tons. navigational draft of 11.5 feet. and two waterjets will power Sea Fighter to speeds reaching 50 knots. Fighter's crew will consist of 16 Navy sailors and 10 Coast Guardsmen.