Posted on 05/17/2008 3:42:33 AM PDT by Reaganesque
Interesting. And shows me I’m quite old. When I served, the USS Independence was an aircraft carrier.
Is there a C class ship?
It sure has a big flight deck!
May God always bless this ship and her crew!
Big and multi-purpose flight deck. Down underside, this ship appears to have four water jet ports. Very useful in real shallow waters...
I have no idea.
Yes, it’s called the USS HRC.
Why wouldn’t a ship designed for close to shore work need a lot more guns. After all, land battles seem to rely on big tank guns and howiters etc. It seems the Navy has dropped cannons from almost all its designs.
Wasn’t this tried with aircraft back in the 60’s 70’s when it was thought dogfighting would only be fought with missles?
Using water jets, it’s going to need pretty reliable intake filters that don’t need crewmembers to be constantly clearing them of mud, seaweed, and trash - I take it they’ve got it figured out?
“Cool looking ship”
I disagree. It ain’t pretty, BUT, It does not have to be pretty.
Stealth has taken all the prettyness out of both ships and airplanes. Look at the B-2 bomber Vs. the B-1.
The B-1 looks like it is doing 250 MPH while parked and the B-2 looks like it is still in the packing crate.
The F-117 Vs. the F-16. The F-117 proves that a piano can fly if given enough power, while the F-16 is the perfect meld of man and machine.
A stealthy ship is a strange looking bird, but I am willing to bet that it will be above and beyond anything produced by any other country in the world.
I seem to remember Australia loaning us one of their littoral ships for evaluation a few years ago. I wonder if this ship came out of that experiment.
.....Bob
OK, I need to ask a stupid question. What is “littoral”? I’m not familiar with the term.
“Very useful in real shallow waters...”
Once!!!!!!!!
A concern of mine too. This ship seem under gunned for shore support of infantry. IMO shore support should require either a gun of at least 5" caliber or a very large missile (cruise or short range ballistic) load out, this ship seems to have neither.
But aren’t they all Literal Combat Ships ?
One Phalanx defensive weapon per side, if one fails is that side unprotected? Whats plan B?
Shallow water, generally near shore, less than 300 ft. deep.
Littoral = http://www.blurtit.com/q470662.html
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