USS Independence operations [Image 4 of 48]

AT SEA

12.21.2009

Photo by Steve Vanderwerff 

Defense Imagery Management Operations Center     

Rear Adm. Joseph Kilkenny, Commander, Naval Education and Training listens to Cmdr. Kenneth Coleman, executive officer, USS Independence (LCS 2), discuss LCS capabilities during Kilkenny's visit to the ship to see first hand the second littoral combat ship delivered to the Navy. LCS is a new breed of U.S. Navy warship with versatile war fighting capabilities, capable of open-ocean operation, but optimized for littoral, or coastal, missions. Independence will be commissioned into the fleet during a commissioning ceremony Jan. 16, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Steve Vanderwerff)

• Date Taken: 12.21.2009
• Date Posted: 10.08.2014 00:24
• Photo ID: 1576194
• VIRIN: 091221-N-QP955-003
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 932.54 KB
• Location: AT SEA