The Navy also wants the ship designed to operate with a crew of just 95, instead of the 325 sailors aboard existing destroyers.
Phoenix is normally operated with a crew of one vessel command Fireboat officer, one engineer who operates the pumps and engines, one pilot who steers/navigates the boat, one fire Engine company officer, and three to five firefighters to handle hoses and nozzles.
Andrew Linington, a spokesman for Nautilus, a maritime trade union, said: "These days, a merchant ship operates with an average crew of 20. "So if you go to the rescue of sometimes several hundred people, it can compromise the safety of the entire ship.
He's armed only with an insatiable lust for revenge and an M60 machine gun - a weapon usually operated by a crew of three.
It was operated by a crew of 10, including the pilot, copilot, navigator-radioman, bombardier, and gunners.
For example, the deal with Poland included a side agreement that an American Patriot air defense battery would be moved from Germany to Poland, where it would be operated by a crew of about 100 American service members.
The vehicle was operated by a crew of four (commander/loader, gunner, driver, and co-driver).
You'd think the Liebmanns, of whom 18 have been in the company since it was founded, would know their stuff so well by now that they could operate with a skeleton crew of overseers.
Although no new issue of the magazine is expected -- the final copy was published last week, three and a half years after the first issue -- the magazine's Web site, www.thestandard.com, is expected to continue in the immediate future, operating with a skeleton crew of journalists and technicians.
Only one base operates with a nurse on board in addition to the aforementioned three-man crew.
Operated by a crew of about 70, the yacht reportedly is equipped with two helicopter pads, intruder detection systems, a missile defense system, 24 guest cabins, two swimming pools and multiple hot tubs.
