Watch The Uss Little Rock Make Its Harrowing Slide Into The Water

Over the weekend, Lockheed Martin launched the USS Little Rock, the Navy’s ninth littoral combat ship (a smallish ship, designed for combat close to shore). And with its launch came a big ol’ splash. While “ninth littoral combat ship” might not sound like a huge distinction, the USS Little Rock is a ship with a heritage. As Foxtrot Alpha points out, its predecessor was a light cruiser that served valiantly in WWII before being decommissioned and then recommissioned for service as a guided missile cruiser. Today, it sits in a museum in Buffalo, leaving the new Little Rock with a big bow to fill. Its inaugural splash into the Menominee River in Wisconsin here is probably a good start.View full post on YoutubeOf course while that giant splash definitely looks a little scary—like Little Rock might actually be in danger of tipping over—slide launches like this are done all the time. They always look harrowing, but they’re almost always just fine: View full post on YoutubeOf course, every now and then you run into a little trouble:View full post on YoutubeBut the Little Rock looks like she’s doing just fine.Source: U.S. Navy