TIMELAPSE: The USS Detroit Gets Ready To Launch
The USS Detroit, the sixth ship in the US fleet since 1813, is preparing for christening in Marinette, Wisconsin. Later this year it will launch and the Freedom Class combat ship will come to Detroit, and when she comes down the Detroit River it will be quite a spectacle. Some quick facts. The ship is 387 feet long, her top speed is expected to be 45 knots (or 52 miles an hour) and the USS Detroit will be able to be at sea for 21 days at a time. She will have guns and torpedoes, and even three...