Well, it’s Rain, err, Rose Festival time here in Portland and one of my favorite things is watching the ships arrive for Fleet Week. The Star this year is the USS Jackson, a US Navy littoral (near shore) combat ship.
Here is a picture shortly before tying up between the Burnside and Steel Bridges.
In the below photo, you can see the ship is actually a trimaran.
McIntyre Studio 
Lots of horsepower to do 47 knots!
By: Mike on June 10, 2017
at 9:55 am
I looked up the GE LM2500 gas turbine engines. The 4th version is rated at 47,370 shp. So that’s nearly 100,000 hp to move 6.6 million lbs. of ship…
By: John McIntyre on June 12, 2017
at 7:42 am
Excellent framing of the ship with no less than 3 bridges!
By: Sues on June 10, 2017
at 10:44 am
Susan said you went down to see the ships. These are good pictures. It is fascinating to go on a ship. We have been on some old battleships and submarines in our travels. Wow what our guys went through to protect our freedom. It was special to be on a battleship like my brother-in-law served on.
Thanks for the pics.
By: Phil-Luetta Marsh on June 12, 2017
at 11:54 am