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Largest destroyer built for Navy headed to sea for testing
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If anyone thinks the F-35 is a goat rope.....just wait till this thing rolls over on its back. You ain't seen nothing yet.
Just in time to fight ISIS. Now these are the type of weapons that the Islamic terrorists fear!
Maybe it was designed to fight climate change?
Scaling back from 32 ships to only 3 is, uh, a bit of a change. Looks like the builder is trying to recoup the R&D plus profit that was originally spread over 32 ships into just those three!
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"Operational concerns, growing costs and fleet makeup led the Navy to truncate the 32-ship program to three ships, he said. With only three ships, the class of destroyers could become something of a technology demonstration project, he said."
Three too many. What a waste.
Three too many. What a waste.
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Yep. This program has already been significantly reduced in scope, but is going to cost s fortune just to make the couple of hulks...excuse me, hulls that we are buying useable.
Is it really as big of a POS as I've heard? Does it really have stability issues as well?
What about the trimaran LCS? Junk too?
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It's supposed to have guns and missiles, but it looks like they scaled back the guns and missiles.
Hard to tell since it's designed to have all that cleaned up and stowed. Did you read something on that?
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No, I have no idea how it's configured. I'm sure all of it is stowed away.
Has anyone noticed that the ships skipper is Captain James Kirk? Is this thing for real? See quote from the news article below:
"We are absolutely fired up to see Zumwalt get underway. For the crew and all those involved in designing, building, and readying this fantastic ship, this is a huge milestone," the ship's skipper, Navy Capt. James Kirk, said before the ship departed.
"We are absolutely fired up to see Zumwalt get underway. For the crew and all those involved in designing, building, and readying this fantastic ship, this is a huge milestone," the ship's skipper, Navy Capt. James Kirk, said before the ship departed.
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I Like this quote "This is pretty exciting. It's a great day to be a shipbuilder and to be an American," she said. "It's the first in its class. There's never been anything like it. It looks like the future."
Uhm....What's old is new again?
Uhm....What's old is new again?
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If his middle mane is "Tiberius" we have a right to be worried.
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Only if they have to go up against the Kobayashi Maru
I Like this quote "This is pretty exciting. It's a great day to be a shipbuilder and to be an American," she said. "It's the first in its class. There's never been anything like it. It looks like the future."
Uhm....What's old is new again?
Cannon balls will deflect right off that thing.
If it doesn't have some serious stabilization system, the ride is going to be wild with all that tumble home.
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At what length is a destroyer no longer a destroyer but a light cruiser?
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Jaybird180
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What's the role of a Destroyer?
As I understand we no longer have Battleships. And the other types of ships....geez, no wonder I didn't join the Navy.
As I understand we no longer have Battleships. And the other types of ships....geez, no wonder I didn't join the Navy.
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they got the bow all wrong, supposed to go the other way
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Maybe it was designed to fight climate change?
Scaling back from 32 ships to only 3 is, uh, a bit of a change. Looks like the builder is trying to recoup the R&D plus profit that was originally spread over 32 ships into just those three!
Pfft. They just pulled the plans off of the CSS Merrimac, circa 1862.
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So according to the video the boat weighs 16000 lbs
Pretty sure tons makes more sense.
Must have grabbed that info from its dating profile "BBW(big beautiful warship) loves to get wet and be filled with seamen"
...I am shamed forgive me gods of good taste and humor.
Pretty sure tons makes more sense.Must have grabbed that info from its dating profile "BBW(big beautiful warship) loves to get wet and be filled with seamen"
...I am shamed forgive me gods of good taste and humor.
So according to the video the boat weighs 16000 lbs
Must have grabbed that info from its dating profile "BBW(big beautiful warship) loves to get wet and be filled with seamen"
...I am shamed forgive me gods of good taste and humor.
Great post....
Destroyers run picket escort for any number types of convoys. Since WWII I suspect their primary duty has been Carrier Group picket assignments.
wanttaja
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Were you referring to the Confederate States Ship *Virginia*, suh?
Confederate navy never had a "Merrimac".
Ron "Triumph of alliteration over accuracy" Wanttaja
Why wouldn't it be able to do that? However, the LCS series, Littoral Combat Ships, were supposed to be taking that over, lighter,master, shallow draft, able to run down a torpedo boat in coastal waters. I haven't been hearing a bunch positive there either.
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Which enemy still uses cannon balls?
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Depending on what you've heard.....probably.
Let's just say that they built a scale model and sailed it around Chesapeake Bay. It rolled over a few times.
It has a whole slew of other issues right now as well. Defense acquisition at its worst.
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The tri-hull is not a bad design, but the whole LCS modular concept is extremely flawed and that program is getting cut back while it looks for a purpose.
The best way to describe the LCS program in pilot speak would be if your organization bought 20 Cessna 337s when what you really needed was 6 172s, 3 Bonanzas, 4 310s, 6 King Airs and a G5.
That's LCS in a nut shell.
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Very true. Bath has a lot of money in the development and the majority of the issues are not necessarily the fault of the yard, but poorly thought through Navy designs.
Outside of sea keeping, does it do anything well?
wanttaja
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Depends on how many rapid-firing light cannon it carries, its acceleration and turning radius, and, of course, its draft. Can't really see the thing in a tight twisting fight with an E-Boat.....
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Doubtful. It will be a while before it is ready for any kind of operational testing, but not looking terribly promising right now.
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Were you referring to the Confederate States Ship *Virginia*, suh?
Confederate navy never had a "Merrimac".
Ron "Triumph of alliteration over accuracy" Wanttaja
You're exactly correct. I saw that when I researched whether Merrimac had a "k" in its name. I didn't have time to research the Monitor vs Merrimac story that I recalled from my history, so I just went with Merrimac.
Damn I hate guys like you.