An artist’s conception of the AMDR AN/SPY-6(v) radar onboard an Arleigh Burke Flight III guided missile destroyer (DDG-51). Raytheon Image
Posted on 05/03/2016 12:07:38 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
An artist’s conception of the AMDR AN/SPY-6(v) radar onboard an Arleigh Burke Flight III guided missile destroyer (DDG-51). Raytheon Image
The electrical grid on the ship will also be upgraded from the 450-volt configuration to a 4,160-volt grid which will lead to additional design changes.
Lasers or rail guns or both...
Bath, NY? Bath, ME? Bath, England? Where is it?
the article makes it pretty clear that its Bath, ME.
Bath NY... now THAT'S funny
Made me smile. My grandfather worked at Bath Iron Works. I used to love going to see my grandmother (my grandfather passed away before I was born) and go by there on the way to Woolwich.
Anyone who know ships knows Bath Iron Works, Electric Boat in Groton, and Newport News on the east coast.
One of the few sane items our Navy procures.
We can do without the "Zumwalts".
I remember the training video “The Deadly Shipmate”.
I wonder what they will call the 4160 Volt training video:)
“The Dead Shipmate”
Is that 30x the ERP or processing power, or what?
...and the wild women of watusiland.
The Zumwalts are effectively test beds for new technologies. Rail guns in particular. Possibly lasers. Our kids will look at these ships as transitional oddities.
"And a letter was sent to Joe's family."
“And a letter was sent to Joe’s family, containing Joe’s ashes.”
Build more ships! More Jobs for American workers! We need at least 100 ships more—and no little gunboats—cruisers, Destroyers, small Flattops to launch drones—the weapon of the 21st Century. We also need a cool presidental yacht! It should be armed to the teeth to keep terrorists away and give the president a place to do deals. We also need a Tall ship—a big windjammer—for the cadets at Anapolis.
Sounds sensible - but then we wouldn't need more than four of them for that role.
It is in Maine. I have been fortunate enough to take a tour of the shipyard.
Very impressive. And they are great ships. Universally agreed to be one of the best, if not the best of that class of ship constructed by any country.
I have always loved good looking ships, but I have to say, this is a face only a mother could love. However, I photoshopped this to add a dazzle camo, and it makes it at least seem more menacing or warlike:
With all that, it is a big vessel, hard to see how it could be called a "destroyer" class of ship. And butt-ugly, too. This one below is my favorite all time picture from my favorite all time class of vessel...the most beautiful iron warships ever built:
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