Posted on 01/15/2015 8:38:13 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Jan 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Thursday said the Navy would rename the modified Littoral Combat Ships it plans to build in coming years as "frigates," given their enhanced capabilities.
"One of the requirements of the Small Surface Combatant Task Force was to have a ship with frigate-like capabilities. Well, if it's like a frigate, why don't we call it a frigate?" Mabus told the annual conference of the Surface Navy Association.
Mabus said the changed designation would apply primarily to the next 20 ships to be built, but 32 earlier Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) that have either been built or ordered would also be reclassified if and when
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What the rest of the world was calling a frigate (one step down from a destroyer) we were calling a destroyer escort (DE). ...(and the rest of the posting)
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Thanks for the posting that was very succinct and described some of the various designations of Navy ships.
I served in Catapults on a carrier and used to really feel sorry for the guys on the destroyers we could see when we were in really rough seas, as the waves would sometimes completely cover their ships. We were quesey from the stormy seas, but those poor guys must have been heaving in buckets.
Like your ‘about’ page.
To-may-toe, to-mott-o
The Knox class frigates did not have any aa capability and only one 5 inch gun
CWIS and the 5inch gun are some defense. Not much but a little.
As built Basic Point Defense Missiles (BPDMS) later converted to CIWS. Served on FF 1058 USS Meyerkord.
I was on one of those....
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