The US Navy (USN) Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator (AESD), SEA JET, ties-up to the pier after completing its first day of sea trials on Lake Pend Oreille at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Acoustic Research Detachment in Bayview, Idaho (ID). Funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR); the SEA JET is a 133-foot vessel testing an underwater discharge water jet from Rolls-Royce Naval Marine, Inc., called AWJ-21, a propulsion concept with the goals of providing increased propulsive efficiency, reduced acoustic signature, and improved maneuverability over previous Destroyer Class combatants
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Bayview
State: Idaho (ID)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: John F. Williams, CIV, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
30/11/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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