USS Coronado (LCS 4) "Crown of the Fleet" Coronado, California april 5, 2014

Coronado, California: USS Coronado, 2014. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. . Fully illustrated with . Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... In 2002, the U.S. Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the Independence-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, USS Indedence. Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the conventional monohull Freedom-class littoral combat ship. The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design. These seaframes were designed be outfitted with reconfigurable payloads, called mission packages, which can be changed out quickly. Mission packages are supported by special detachments that will deploy manned and unmanned vehicles and sensors.Coronado is the second Independence-class littoral combat ship.