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US Navy launches 1st Littoral Combat Ship, US Coast Guard launches 1st National Security Cutter
US Navy, Chief of Naval Operations and US Coast Guard ^
| October 14, 2006
| Jeff Head
Posted on 10/14/2006 10:00:11 AM PDT by Jeff Head
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Thought US Navy and US Coast Guard buffs would be interested, as well as anyone following US Military (particularly maritime) developments.
Fine vessels.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:00:12 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
To: joanie-f; Dukie; Squantos; JohnHuang2; RobFromGa; k.trujillo; Travis McGee; jim macomber; ...
FYI...more late US Naval developments.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:01:01 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jeff Head
Say hello to my little freind Iran.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:01:41 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(EeevilCon, Snowflake, Conservative Fundamentalist Gun Owning Bush Bot Dittohead reporting for duty!)
To: Jeff Head
To: Jeff Head
Armed with at 57mm. gun! Those were obsolete before WW2 ended, unless you were shooting at wooden buildings.
Perhaps it is a type and it will have a 5inch (125mm) gun or maybe a 75mm (3 inch) of which the Italians had a good model.
But doesn't seem like much aramament unless you are going to be taking on the local Sea Scouts in their rowboats.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:07:30 AM PDT
by
GreyFriar
( (3rd Armored Division - Spearhead))
To: MNJohnnie
I believe we are going to build upwards of fifty of those LCS vessels before all is said and done. They will work great in the littoral regions, along coasts or in confined spaces like the Persian Gulf, but are not really suited for high seas warfare. In coinjunction with a PHIBRON, or under cover of a US CSG futher out to sea, they will be real knife cutters.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:08:37 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: battlegearboat
To: GreyFriar
It is not a typo. Modern 57mm guns with enhanced munitions are a far cry better than their WW II predesessors both in terms of range in in terms of the damage they inflict. Neither of these ships is suited or planned to be major surface combatants on the high seas. The LCS works close int to shore in knife cutting range, and the Coast Guard cutter is for maritime patrol and interdiction out to sea along our coasts.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:11:10 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jeff Head
The LCS looks like a very nice yacht. I'm gonna buy one .... as soon as I win the lotto. :)
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:15:05 AM PDT
by
vincentjay
(I'm convinced that Bill Clinton is the man most-likely to be revealed as the anti-christ.)
To: GreyFriar
Rapid fire 57mm guns are just the thing for a speed boat full of explosives driven by a suicide terrorist or an Iranian Guard infiltration team.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:16:24 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(EeevilCon, Snowflake, Conservative Fundamentalist Gun Owning Bush Bot Dittohead reporting for duty!)
To: vincentjay
hehehe...lol...you better win several of the big jackpot verieties.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:17:50 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: GreyFriar
"... doesn't seem like much aramament ...."
I wouldn't be surprised if they're someday retro-fitted with the new rail guns which are now under development. If I remember correctly, they're expected to start putting them in the fleet within about ten years.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:18:16 AM PDT
by
vincentjay
(I'm convinced that Bill Clinton is the man most-likely to be revealed as the anti-christ.)
To: GreyFriar
Good morning.
"Armed with at 57mm. gun! Those were obsolete before WW2 ended, unless you were shooting at wooden buildings."
The fire direction systems, different ammo types and rate of fire make a difference, you know.
What's the gun on a Bradley? How about a Warthog? 25mm and 30mm?
These aren't your daddies 57mm guns. These are self loading, accurate systems that are great for the type of action the ships are made for.
Where was this stuff when I was a kid?
Michael Frazier
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:19:18 AM PDT
by
brazzaville
(no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
To: MNJohnnie
...or for close support to shore, or interdicting other potential hostiles in the littoral regions.
And this vessel can really operate just off shore since it can itself operate in 20 ft of water. It is also fast, in excess of 50 knots, which makes it faster than most of those terrorist speed boats.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:19:56 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: vincentjay
I'm afraid those will require too much electric power for these small vessels...until they miniaturize the power plants a
lot more.
Now, the new CVN-21 carriers are going to have plenty of power.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:22:38 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: brazzaville
Exactly...very well said.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:22:56 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jeff Head
I wonder what the old fogies will say when they find out the Bradley has a 25mm gun?. Guess maybe someone should explain to them it is not the size of the gun, it is the round you put in the gun that makes all the difference. Problem with the old ww2 guns was what the ammo they were firing, not the size of the gun
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:26:31 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(EeevilCon, Snowflake, Conservative Fundamentalist Gun Owning Bush Bot Dittohead reporting for duty!)
To: Jeff Head
I just wish they didn't rhyme it with clitoral
To: Jeff Head
Good afternoon. I hope you and the family are doing well. Thanks for the ping.
5.56mm
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:38:43 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: M Kehoe
Thank you my friend.
We are doing pretty well all in all. My wife is helping my Mom down in Texas, and one of our daughters has had to come home here and be under bed rest for her next child because she went into labor 12 weeks early...but they have it under control. In the process, I am gladly playing Mr. Mom for my 3 year old granddaughter who is here with her Mom.
So, life is full of experiences and we plow on through, trusting in God in Heaven to work it all out if we do our best.
As always, best Fregards.
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posted on
10/14/2006 10:50:42 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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