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U.S. Navy brings back stunning WWI era 'Dazzle' ship camouflage
U.S Naval Institute ^
| 3/1/13
| U.S. Naval Institute
Posted on 03/01/2013 10:59:41 AM PST by Saint X
Fridays deployment of USS Freedom (LCS 1) will revive a tradition of camouflaging warships. Outside of smaller patrol boats, the U.S. largely abandoned elaborate color schemes and stuck with haze gray.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.usni.org ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: camouflage; navy; ships
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
So you're basically saying that the 'dazzle type' paint scheme will confuse wave level optical perception if we paint our ships to look like the USS Cole post attack.
All that money and equipment training wasted when all we really needed was paint and some gay decorators and florists doing their thing.
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posted on
03/01/2013 11:48:46 AM PST
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: DoodleDawg
It’s purely for show now rather than disguise. The new Littoral Combat Ships are much-maligned, so this is probably a good PR stunt to generate a bit of excitement.
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posted on
03/01/2013 11:49:43 AM PST
by
Saint X
To: Saint X
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posted on
03/01/2013 11:49:52 AM PST
by
wizr
(We are "one Nation, under God " or "one nation, trod under ". Keep the Faith.)
To: Saint X
With the advent of radar camouflage lost much of its usefulness. Now stealth, that’s where it’s at!
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posted on
03/01/2013 11:50:24 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
To: Saint X
Where did this money come from?
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posted on
03/01/2013 11:52:37 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: Saint X
Very interesting pictures-Thanks!
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posted on
03/01/2013 12:19:07 PM PST
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: Covenantor
Er,uhm, ah ... no.
I’m saying the exact opposite.
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posted on
03/01/2013 12:20:27 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: DoodleDawg
You might think so.
But, of two merchants and a destroyer and a carrier and an amphib, all 20 miles off but close to each other near the shore, how do you aim a torpedo at the right target?
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posted on
03/01/2013 12:24:06 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Saint X
I think this one is the best design.
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posted on
03/01/2013 12:47:42 PM PST
by
BubbaBasher
("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
To: ArmstedFragg
Now every vessel will need an onboard scenic designer. Why not? According to out Drill Instructors, the navy has plenty of interior decorators.......
J/K
To: BubbaBasher
Hmmm...Didn’t realize that there were any battle wagons remaining in the Navy’s inventory...Same view the chicoms had when the Missouri sat off shore and unloaded salvo after salvo...
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03/01/2013 1:55:42 PM PST
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SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: C210N
Before the War, a US submarinewith contaminated fuel”set-sail” to return to its Hawaiian base.
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posted on
03/01/2013 3:15:07 PM PST
by
Does so
(Progressives Don't Know the Meaning of INFRINGED...)
To: Saint X
The USS California shown bombarding Guam in 1944 is the most effective one of the bunch, historic or modern. It could be a small rocky island for all you could tell at a glance with the naked eye.
I suspect this is intended to help foil lower-tech terrorist attacks by small cells using speedboats. It serves no other purpose that I can see, other than jumping on the camo fashion bandwagon.
To: Saint X
Anybody know what the post-war studies showed for effectiveness of those paint schemes? Seems logical to me that it would’ve been effective against visual targeting by subs or small craft. But was there any data to prove it?
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posted on
03/01/2013 3:54:08 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Robert A. Cook, PE.
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03/01/2013 4:05:43 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: ArmstedFragg
Now every vessel will need an onboard scenic designer.Yeah, well Ubama's military should be getting plenty of those prancing up the gangplank.
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
But, of two merchants and a destroyer and a carrier and an amphib, all 20 miles off but close to each other near the shore, how do you aim a torpedo at the right target? Because the acoustic signature of a large, single screw merchantman is different than that of a large, twin screwed warship which is, in turn, different from a small twin screwed warship. Any sonar man worth his salt can identify targets by the noise they're putting out alone and target the torpedo accordingly.
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posted on
03/02/2013 5:39:03 AM PST
by
0.E.O
To: 0.E.O
The details of why your conclusion - although on the surface seems right - is wrong are classified.
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posted on
03/02/2013 12:03:29 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
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posted on
03/02/2013 12:23:16 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Saint X
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03/02/2013 12:30:46 PM PST
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Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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