Story by Edvin Hernandez | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 09.20.2019
The Office of the Curator of Ship Models at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division received a special request to convert a 24-inch model of USS Independence (LCS 2) into USS Canberra (LCS 30) from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Colan Ratliff, a ship conservator at Carderock, received the LCS model from the Pentagon on Sept.16 and had only two days to complete the alterations,......