US Navy Ribs in Action

[clloyd]

Ribs galore. The official US Navy Flikr feed filtered on "rigid-hull"

Flickr Search: rigid-hull

[RyanPratt]

Cool find, thanks!

[Nos4r2]

Good images.

I find it rather amusing that you have a ship called the USS Ponce.

Originally Posted by google dictionary

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=ponce

ponce
pɒns/
Brit.informal
noun
noun: ponce; plural noun: ponces

1.
derogatory
an effeminate man.
2.
a man who lives off a prostitute's earnings.

verb
verb: ponce; 3rd person present: ponces; past tense: ponced; past participle: ponced; gerund or present participle: poncing

1.
live off a prostitute's earnings.
"he was arrested for poncing on the girl"
seek to obtain (something) without paying for it or doing anything in return.
"I ponced a ciggie off her"

[jyasaki]

Ponce, I believe, is an island off Puerto Rico.

jky

[Boatnomad]

Great pictures Interesting stern gate launch and recovery system, must be something else in rough weather!

[jyasaki]

Sorry, Nos; mislead you a bit.

Ponce is a city (or area, anyway) on the island of Puerto Rico. Named for Ponce de Leon (which I wouldn't have figured out.)

Interestingly Ponce is being (or has been) fitted with a Laser Weapon System (LaWS) designed to interdict drones and small watercraft.

jky