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All wet: 6-inch crack found in newest Navy ship

This is supposed to be an airlines and aerospace blog but since the latter tilts heavily towards defense that's a good enough reason to add this item.


The Navy's first new Littoral-class small patrol ship, the Lockheed Martin-built U.S.S. Freedom, suffered a nasty crack in the hull last month in stormy seas when it was under going sea trials, according to Bloomberg News.

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