US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RDML) (lower half) Jay M. Cohen, CHIEF of Naval Research, delivers the principal address at the christening of the Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator (AESD), Sea Jet, during ceremonies at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Acoustic Research Detachment (ARD) in Bayview, Idaho (ID). Sea Jet will operate on Lake Pend Oreille, where it will be serve as a model representing a destroyer size surface ship to test and demonstrate various technologies. Among the first technologies tested is an underwater discharge water jet from Rolls-Royce Naval Marine, Inc., called AWJ-21, a propulsion concept with the goals of providing increased propulsive...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RDML) (lower half) Jay M. Cohen, CHIEF of Naval Research, delivers the principal address at the christening of the Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator (AESD), Sea Jet, during ceremonies at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Acoustic Research Detachment (ARD) in Bayview, Idaho (ID). Sea Jet will operate on Lake Pend Oreille, where it will be serve as a model representing a destroyer size surface ship to test and demonstrate various technologies. Among the first technologies tested is 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.
Base: Bayview
State: Idaho (ID)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: John F. Williams, CIV, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
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