Posted on 05/22/2015 9:04:35 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The first air warfare destroyer built in Adelaide, the Hobart, is launched at Osborne.
Picture: Tom Huntley Source: News Corp Australia
AUSTRALIA’S most powerful warship, the Hobart, is being launched this morning in a ceremony at shipbuilder ASC’s Osborne headquarters.
Praising the highly skilled workforce, Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said Australia could not afford to lose a naval shipbuilding industry.
Premier Jay Weatherill drew cheers from thousands of workers at the ceremony when he praised them for their efforts and urged the Federal Government to build the next-generation submarines in Adelaide.
“I want our Federal Government to trust South Australians and indeed national workers with the task of building our country’s future submarines right here at Techport,” Mr Weatherill said.
The ship has been slowly lowered into the water from its dry dock.
Navy chief Vice-Admiral Tim Barrett congratulated the workers on launch of the air warfare destroyer, the first of three being built at ASC’s Osborne headquarters.
“As one of the largest defence projects ever undertaken in Australia, the Royal Australian Navy looks forward to receiving one of the world’s most capable air defence warships,” he said.
The Hobart is now 76 per cent complete and will be moored to an ASC dock for combat system and propulsion testing, ahead of sea trials.
It is expected to be handed over to the Navy in June, 2017.
The ship is 146.7m long, has a crew of 180 people and a top speed of 28 knots, or 52km/h.
The party was overshadowed to a degree by yesterday’s release of a Federal Government audit claiming the destroyers cost three times as much to build in South Australia as they would if they had been built overseas.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...
A 180 man crew? Isn’t that rather large for a modern ship of that size?
Actually it’s a bit low. Modern destroyers run 200-250
The focus of all navies going forward will be carrier killer weapons systems. At some point aircraft carriers, like battleships before them will be rendered obsolete.
Don’t submariners say there are only two type of ships. Subs and targets?
what’s a carrier killer weapons system
“what’s a carrier killer weapons system”
I think the most obvious Carrier killing weapon is this one
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/21/us-navy-railgun-test-video-2015_n_7350072.html
A 300+ mile range 7 or 8 times the speed of sound
Who needs an airplane?
good Lord! Imagine if the United States was to clear up its debt and get real presidents. where could it be in 200 or 300 years? the technology is unthinkable.I I can’t imagine Russia or China competing with this kind of weaponry.
The congress is a problem as well because they are the ones who allocate the monies for barbed wire museums and research programs to determine why there is a difference between males and females.
Good point. if only America keep going in a straight line. The world has never known such advancement in technology.
The LCS have a crew in that range. They do, however, have a shipboard and a shore division - so essentially, you have 2 crews, one aboard and one ashore that swap places every few months (or deployments?)
I was at the USS Fort Worth’s commissioning in Galveston, and even was given a ships coin from Sec. Mabus.
That straight line began stuttering in 1963 ... with the cancellation of Project Orion (Mars by 1965, Saturn by 1970), and has been grinding slowly to a complete halt, before going into full reverse ...
I didn’t know about any of that. It saddens me. What was the reason for backing off of those goals?
Failure of political will ... like today
that is saddening. However we are making weapons that seem like something out of Star Wars.and I have read NASA is working on a propulsion system that can make ships go half a billion miles an hour. I always have hope for this great country. I still think there is more than 50% that are like us. Or perhaps I am a dreamer
I’ve been dreaming for the past 40 years or since the last man left the moon.
“NASA is working on a propulsion system” but I don’t put put too much stock in it at this point (see link below). When NASA goes back to full on nuclear propulsion (like the NERVA nuclear engine) then you know they are serious.
Meanwhile, NASA is somthing of an inside joke, other than it’s robotic missions.
Try this one: http://rt.com/usa/177204-nasa-space-drive-emdrive/
or
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2006/04/evaluating-nasas-futuristic-em-drive/
boy you really have to know physics to follow those articles lol.and I am in no position to comment on the feasibility of such endeavors.I do know NASA should stay out of the global warming business though lol
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