Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

New sub Navy's 'most lethal warship' ( USS John Warner )
CNN ^ | August 5, 2015 | Brad Lendon

Posted on 08/05/2015 2:44:42 PM PDT by george76

It's 7,800 tons, 337 feet and $2 billion worth of steel and stealth, with war-fighting controls that look like a big arcade video game.

That new-boat smell may have worn off a bit during sea trials, but the man in charge was pumped with pride as the U.S. Navy's newest submarine joined the fleet in a commissioning ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station on Saturday.

The shiniest and coolest thing I've ever seen in my military career," Cmdr. Daniel Caldwell, a 22-year Navy veteran and the first captain of the USS John Warner, told CNN. "It's going to make whatever I do next anti-climactic."

Remember those old war movies with a captain looking through a periscope and calling out coordinates for a torpedo attack? Well, this ain't that sub.

For one, it doesn't even have a periscope. Instead, the John Warner will go about its business using a photonic mast, a piece of electronic wizardry that includes high-definition and infrared video to enable the Warner, the 12th in the Virginia class of attack submarines, to see and to not been seen like nothing else under the seas.

...

In front of that is where two sailors drive the sub, like a pilot and co-pilot seated before a curved wall of video screens. Driving a sub used to take a crew of four, Caldwell said, but technology has cut that number in half.

The John Warner is armed with 12 Tomahawk cruise missiles that are launched from two huge bays at the front of the boat, sort of like the chambers in a revolver, as well as MK48 torpedoes that are fired from four tubes, two on each side of the ship.

...

The Navy has won praise for keeping the Virginia class on budget while delivering two subs a year.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: boats; navy; submarines; usn; ussjohnwarner; virginiaclass
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-44 next last

1 posted on 08/05/2015 2:44:42 PM PDT by george76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: george76

BFL bubblehead comments...:)


2 posted on 08/05/2015 2:47:07 PM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.Buy into it,)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Nice, if we ever have the will to use it when needed.


3 posted on 08/05/2015 2:47:09 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76; Army Air Corps; sukhoi-30mki; C19fan
SO much of The Untied States Military's Hardware I have little faith in.

From the F-35 to the POS LCS.

But the Virginia Class Subs are the real deal.

They are pretty Bad Ass and we have a lot of them and I do believe we would know how to use them.

4 posted on 08/05/2015 2:48:24 PM PDT by KC_Lion (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! G-d bless you all!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Head; KC_Lion; rlmorel

what is the reasoning behind the door opening to the side?

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/uss-john-warner-shows-off-jumbo-missile-tube-during-com-1722122511


5 posted on 08/05/2015 2:51:44 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KC_Lion

Well Allah (PBUH) did promise the faithful Virgin...ians ;)


6 posted on 08/05/2015 2:52:28 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: george76

7 posted on 08/05/2015 2:52:40 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KC_Lion

are they nukes ?


8 posted on 08/05/2015 2:57:45 PM PDT by onona (If I agree with something Donald says in a forest, and no one hears, am I still a "Trumper" ?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: onona

NAH.. why would they do that?...


9 posted on 08/05/2015 2:59:40 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: onona

Tomahawk missiles come in a variety of flavors, the exact nature of their specific load out and capabilities is classified.


10 posted on 08/05/2015 3:00:50 PM PDT by BlueNgold (May I suggest a very nice 1788 Article V with your supper...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: george76


11 posted on 08/05/2015 3:07:39 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

The boat can have some minimal headway to keep stability and still launch. Opening to the side offers less water resistance due to a smaller cross section than if the hatch opened fore and aft.


12 posted on 08/05/2015 3:08:46 PM PDT by frostbit (Cogito ergo bang)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: rlmorel

If you are amongst the best of the best and not claustrophobic I hear the chow can’t be beat.


13 posted on 08/05/2015 3:10:23 PM PDT by DAC21 (.z)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: onona

“...are they nukes?...”
-
Are you asking about the sub itself? (yes)
Or are you asking about the missiles? (they can be)


14 posted on 08/05/2015 3:10:33 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

It sure looks slick. Saving this for a retired submariner I know.


15 posted on 08/05/2015 3:19:16 PM PDT by GoneSalt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: KC_Lion

I’m an ex navy nuke submariner, so how ‘bout them ruskies?


16 posted on 08/05/2015 3:21:11 PM PDT by brivette (lol~)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: brivette

and yes, I still glow in the dark.


17 posted on 08/05/2015 3:23:38 PM PDT by brivette (lol~)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: beethovenfan

7,800 tons of diplomacy ....


18 posted on 08/05/2015 3:34:09 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: george76
MK48 torpedoes

Hard to believe that we are still using the MK48. Oldie but a goodie I guess? I guess not too odd as we were still using the MK16 along with the MK48 when I was in. Glad there is no more talk of the MK45. LOL

19 posted on 08/05/2015 3:35:08 PM PDT by WHBates
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Repeal The 17th; onona
"Or are you asking about the missiles? (they can be)"

But it isn't a "boomer" - nukes aren't it's first (or second) priority.
I think the term would be "hunter-killer"?

20 posted on 08/05/2015 3:35:20 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-44 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson