The trimaran hull was not the central reason the Littoral Combat Ship concept ran into trouble. The specification claimed to move beyond the frigate while assigning the new ship many familiar frigate tasks. That mismatch suggests the intended mission was poorly understood before design choices were fixed. A novel label and hull form could not resolve contradictory requirements at the start of the programme.
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Why the Littoral Combat Ship problem began with its mission
The Littoral Combat Ship inherited frigate missions under a new label, exposing a requirements problem before hull form became the issue.