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Posted on 09/29/2015 1:12:07 PM PDT by mrsmith
The United States Navy decommissioned its last Perry-class frigate, reducing the Navy's number of ships that have sunk an enemy vessel to just one... After 30 years of service — including an April 1988 battle when it fired missiles at and sunk an Iranian oil platform and an Iranian Navy vessel — the ship's service came to an end Tuesday with a ceremony at Mayport Naval Station.
Now the only Navy ship that has sunk an enemy is the USS Constitution, which did so during the War of 1812...
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Meals on Wheels and muzzie outreach......
>>I’m nonplussed by this. I guess a navy’s job just ain’t what it used to be but this is just weird.
The Navy only has two real jobs: strategic deterrence (SSBNs) and projection of air power (CVNs, the various gator carriers, SSGNs, and SSNs). All the “old Navy” stuff is obsolete except in support of those two roles.
But that statement must be said with the warning: it could all change quickly.
The last I heard, the Chinese were building up their navy as fast as the possibly could.
ValJar just cleaning house while she can.
This ship did harm to her countrymen.
I don’t know if this is the right thing to do or not.
But I do know I don’t trust any decision make by the Rainbow WH, and LGBT friendly Pentagon.
We may get into a war with China sometime in our lifetimes.
They gave up the battleships a long time ago, in favor of carriers.
>>We may get into a war with China sometime in our lifetimes.
That’s why I said that it could change quickly. We will not be prepared, no matter how much warning we get. It takes us 20 years to design and build a ship and we worry more about the LGBT berthing arrangements than survivability in battle.
We shouldn’t be decommissioning ANYTHING until we get an American president back in office who will rebuild our military. That is, IF we’re still a country.
Build the Montana class BBs to start.
Do you know that when the USS Missouri was laid down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, they made the steel on site?
Build the Montana class BBs to start.
Do you know that when the USS Missouri was laid down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, they made the steel on site?
I can see that but it’s strange to this Navy Brat.
I guess there’s few if any sailors that have sunk an enemy vessel left too.
But if things change quickly there’s an awful lot of tradition that will be with the men and officers who’ll have to handle it. An awesome institution the US Navy.
BB-67 Montana, BB-68 Ohio, BB-69 Maine, BB-70 New Hampshire and BB-71 Louisiana.
Jessica is not pleased.
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I guess I would include the Fast Attack Subs that perform intelligence gathering ops or carry Seals in to harms way and latter recovers them
>>I guess I would include the Fast Attack Subs that perform intelligence gathering ops or carry Seals in to harms way and latter recovers them
Yeah. I meant that it only has two “real NAVY type” jobs. Working with Special Ops and delivering the Marines is a side business.
A Montana, even with modernized weapons and electronics is nothing more than a giant target. That’s before you take into account that it’s be largely defenseless against some of the new shipkiller missiles.
There are modern BB designs that incorporate stealth and other things the Montana could never hope to integrate properly. Some of them have a design speed (on paper) of over 45 knots and are sufficiently able to defend themselves that they don’t need to tie up an escort flotilla. Nuclear powered railgun batteries anyone?
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