On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:08 PM, John Groth <aurictech@cox.net> wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom-class_littoral_combat_ship

With a rated full-load water displacement of 3,900 short tons, this ship is rated as being capable of a top speed of 47 knots.

This strikes me as a "Torpedo Boat Carrier" rather than a torpedo boat itself, particularly as it's set up to deploy Fleet-class unmanned vessels, which are planned to (eventually) have autonomous operating capability:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet-class_unmanned_surface_vessel

So now we'll have *truly* expendable [robot] patrol boats . . .

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