New ($500 million dollar) littoral ship due to arrive on Thursday

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New littoral ship due to arrive on Thursday
Written by Jeanette Steele
7:32 p.m., Oct. 17, 2012

ABOARD THE FORT WORTH - A blown fuse in a communications system meant the Navy helicopter had to find the Fort Worth, the U.S. fleet's newest littoral combat ship, by sight in the ocean off San Diego on Wednesday.

The helicopter passed over a destroyer, a big, bulky warship, all squared-off angles. Nope, not that one.

When the helicopter found the Fort Worth, it was obvious at a glance that the small, sleek ship was a different creature all together.

The Fort Worth, the third in the Navy's new littoral combat ship line, is bound for San Diego, its new home port. The ship is scheduled to sail past Ballast Point and into the bay, arriving at its San Diego Naval Base pier at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.