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U.S. Navy Adds 4 New Ship Classes to Its Roster
Fox Business ^ | November 27, 2015 | Rich Smith

Posted on 11/30/2015 7:53:37 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

So long,Littoral Combat Ship. We hardly knew ye.

Lockheed Martin's USS Freedom (LCS 1) was the Navy's first littoral combat ship. New vessels of the same basic shape and size will henceforth be dubbed "frigates."

Say goodbye to the "Mobile Landing Platform," the "Afloat Forward Staging Base," and the "Joint High Speed Vessel," as well. As of this year, the United States Navy has done away with all four of these clumsy, elongated, ad hoc ship classes, replaced each with a new name -- and introduced a new theme for U.S. war-planning in the process. Henceforth, LCSes will be christened as "frigates," while the other three classes morph into Expeditionary Transfer Docks, Expeditionary Mobile Bases, and Expeditionary Fast Transports, respectively.

So in a word, the U.S. Navy of the future is going to look a whole lot more "expeditionary." This has implications for U.S. foreign policymakers, for its warship-makers -- and for those of us who invest in them as well....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: boondoggle; military; navy; pos; specialforces; wasteofmoney
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1 posted on 11/30/2015 7:53:37 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Watching the TeeVee series "The Last Ship" [USS Halsey (DDG-97)].

I'm liking it. USS Halsey (DDG-97) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer.

2 posted on 11/30/2015 7:57:56 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

An LCS will now be called frigate? What a joke! Someone has way too much time on their hands.


3 posted on 11/30/2015 8:02:57 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Perhaps they’ll consider replacing the LHD-1 USS Wasp. That was a horrible ship. Sixteen crappers in the birthing all tied into a horizontal sewer line, so when the ship rocked, the ones on each end would gurgle sewage onto the deck. The power would go out in random parts of the ship. Every time the baking galley made bread or pastries, they would burn it and the smoke would travel through the ventilation system to our berthing.


4 posted on 11/30/2015 8:03:49 PM PST by patro (Phrogs Forever)
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To: patro

Nothing too good for the Marines!


5 posted on 11/30/2015 8:15:03 PM PST by twister881
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; ...

Active Duty ping.


6 posted on 11/30/2015 8:16:43 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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The LPH-9 uss Guam was the same..$hit out of the crappers and vent ductint to and from the mess hall. They were bright enough to de commission it to coral reef.


7 posted on 11/30/2015 8:18:33 PM PST by davidb56
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Always fighting the last war and more admirals than ships means the U.S. Navy is in the hurt locker. Fewest vessels since before WWI. Need more blue water ships and fewer brass hats. China and Russia are back, and they’re not just building brown water “expeditionary” vessels.


8 posted on 11/30/2015 8:19:48 PM PST by twister881
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To: meatloaf

LCS should be renamed PT boats for Part Time, since they don’t have enough crew to operate 24-7.


9 posted on 11/30/2015 8:20:03 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

the administration is artificially inflating the number of surface combatants in the fleet without actually adding anything of substance to the navy.

typical obamite smoke and mirrors.


10 posted on 11/30/2015 8:22:00 PM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Are they painted pink?


11 posted on 11/30/2015 8:26:49 PM PST by laweeks
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And who’s wild idea was it to put the vestibules down six decks from the enlisted mess deck? When I was stuck on mess duty, we busted a few burger Patty boxes on the way up. Patties were raining down through the ladder rungs and hatches. We cooked and served them that day, all crunchy with non-skid chunks cooked into them.


12 posted on 11/30/2015 8:35:31 PM PST by patro (Phrogs Forever)
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To: kiryandil

The original USS Halsey (CG-23) was my first ship.


13 posted on 11/30/2015 8:36:44 PM PST by ExpatGator (I hate Illinois Nazis!)
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BB, BC, CA, CL, DD, DE, SS

. Will someone please tell me what's wrong with classifying ships that way.

14 posted on 11/30/2015 8:55:41 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These are not fit for combat. I served on the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and it was armored. These littoral ships are thin-skilled and just about anything would punch a hole in it from one side to another.


15 posted on 11/30/2015 9:20:45 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: meatloaf

Probably some secretary or researcher or military historian who wants to keep a job by retyping all the forms.


16 posted on 11/30/2015 9:34:17 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: MediaMole

I served on FF (Knox) and FFG (Perry) class frigates. The frigate is your entry level ocean going vessel. LCS’s are closer to corvettes, they would never be confused with a frigate.


17 posted on 11/30/2015 9:42:01 PM PST by phormer phrog phlyer
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"These littoral ships are thin-skilled and just about anything would punch a hole in it from one side to another."

Every ship in the US Navy has the same problem. And, just about all new ships everywhere.

Armor is out. Defensive weapons and Offense are in.

Why waste all that weight and bulk for armor when it can be used for missiles and radar?

18 posted on 11/30/2015 9:55:47 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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"Expeditionary Fast Transports"

Impressive. When the Australian navy had one it was just an mere AKR (RollOn/PollOff Cargo Ship). The Timor Intervention would have gone so much better if it was an Expeditionary Fast Transport.

19 posted on 11/30/2015 10:16:17 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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To: patro
Every time the baking galley made bread or pastries, they would burn it and the smoke would travel through the ventilation system to our berthing.

Are you sure that wan't the cake dryer?

I was in Independence, and one of the squadron heads was constantly turning into a lake of poo. We finally got the big XO to do something about it so they attempted hydro blasting the line. They blew out an elbow going through one of the ship stores. That sewer line ran along the top of the hangar deck in a futile attempt so go slightly uphill.

20 posted on 11/30/2015 11:12:34 PM PST by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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