Going to be able to do a lot with it. Were going to find special things that this ship is capable of doing. Before leaving port, the sioux city, and the others in the lcs line, will already have an advantage. They can sail in shallower waters than most navy ships, and are among the fastest. Here on the bridge, they can control the command of the ship, the engineering, but most importantly is the navigation, said breen. The u. S. S. Sioux citys navigator, lt. Ida quigley, says think of an lcs like a jet ski. There are no propellers, no ruddders in that sense, said lt. Ida quigley, u. S. Navy. Its all water jet propulsion. At lt. Quigleys station on the bridge are two combinators. They control the direction, and speed, of the water pushing the ship forward. Here youre using this to laterally move the ship, lt. Quigley said. So, it can literally walk off the pier by using the different thrusters. For now, quigley, and ralston, train aboard the milwaukee, which is virtually identical to th