SKorean Amphibious Ship & Sg's
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LPX is an 18,500 ton displacement ship carrying helicopters, VSTOL aircraft, hovercraft, troops and vehicles.The LPX is a 18 000 ton ship for logistic support of the Korean Navy. It will built by Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd in Pusan shipyard.It was completed and will be handed over to Korean Navy in July 2005.
fr http://www.jjma.com/Documents/Services/ShipDesign/intnat/skorea_lpx.htm
2.Sg own hovercraft
: 15/03/2005 STimes
The ACV-1 is about 45m long and has a drive-through cargo
deck, which vehicles can enter from either the bow or the stern.
See the photo later here.
IT IS haze-grey, travels on a cushion of air and is Singapore's biggest
hovercraft yet.
This is a sneak peek at ACV-1, being prepared for its first sea trials by
shipbuilder Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine).
The hovercraft - 'Air Cushion Vehicle 1' - is being fitted out at ST
Marine's yard at Benoi Basin in Jurong.
When ready, it will travel at high speed on land or water on a cushion of
air forced under its hull by powerful fans.
ST Marine spokesman Laura Chua declined to comment on ACV-1 or its
capabilities.
A check with Jane's Fighting Ships, which lists almost all naval hovercraft
the world over, and makers of civilian hovercraft showed no hovercraft similar
to ACV-1.
This could mean the hovercraft is of local design or a new design developed
with a foreign partner.
A Straits Times photograph of ACV-1, taken in late January when the shipyard was open to the media for the launch of another vessel, gives a good indication of its size.
It is about 45m long and has a drive-through cargo deck, which vehicles can
enter from either the bow or the stern using a hydraulically operated ramp.
Hovercraft can hit the beach regardless of tide and are not affected by
underwater obstructions such as large rocks, which can damage conventional
landing craft.
This gives hovercraft like ACV-1 the ability to land cargo on virtually any
coast.
Such capabilities are likely to interest the Republic of Singapore Navy,
especially after the tsunami relief operation in Meulaboh in Sumatra when army combat engineers had to toil for hours to remove debris before beaches could be used by its landing craft.
ST Marine's foray into the specialised field of hovercraft comes after an
18-year break.
In 1987, when the company was known as Singapore Shipbuilding & Engineering, it unveiled the Tiger 40, a prototype 16m-long hovercraft with an aluminium hull, jointly developed with a British company, Air Vehicles Ltd.
After a series of sea trials and a marketing drive that failed to find a
launch customer, the project was dropped.
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wooo.. power projection.....mini-carrier isn't it?
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Its' official according to zaobao.
http://www.zaobao.com/special/realtime/2005/07/050704_29.html
LP-X Amphibious Ship
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/lp-x.htm
The ROKN has a well-defined requirement for new amphibious ships. It has stated a need for at least one, but possibly up to three, LPD-type unit that is to be procured under the program known as LPX. This ship would displace around 10,000 tons and would significantly enhance KoreaÂ’s current AMW capability, both in terms of assault and OOTW operations.
The LPX program, similar to the Japanese Ohsumi type LPD, could be regarded as another effort to have a greater regional influence. A new design amphibious landing ship, the LPX is planned for delivery in 2005. This ship will displace approximately 10,000 tons. ROK Navy desires the ship to have a large flight deck like a helicopter carrier; a flooding well deck to accommodate Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVÂ’s) and Landing Cushion Aircraft (LCAC) is being considered. The New LPD will carry 700 troops, 10 helicopters, and 12 landing craft
By August 2001 a substantial portion of Korea's W10 trillion weapon introduction projects were facing delay due to budget and political reasons. Budget authorities were been reluctant to earmark funds to the projects citing the economic slump. Major projects facing indefinite postponement are the Air Force's W1.8 trillion E-X (airborne early warning control system) project and advanced anti-aircraft missile SAM-X system and the Navy's new landing ship LP-X projects.
As of September 2002, SMART-L and SPS-48E were in competition for LPX's 3D VSR. SPN-46 and SPN-720 were also in the running for LPX's precision approach control radar. -
I think this is in response to the Japanese maritime self defence force which already have operational 'mini-carrier' looking amphibious ships(3) similar in apperance to that of these 2 Korean vessels.
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see the image http://jczs.sina.com.cn/2005-07-05/0747302934.html
Can our ACI-1 fit into the wey dock of LST? -
ACV-1 being built in Sg. 45 m in length.Read my first posting in this thread.In the military role, these craft are particularly useful for amphibious assault, logistics support and fast attack - perhaps lying up on an unprepared beach under trees and then taking the direct line (regardless of deep water channels, mud, sand, rock etc.) to intercept.
fr http://www.griffonhovercraft.com/8000.html
Another very important role for the 8000TD (M) is Mine Counter Measure(MCM). Hovercraft do not set off mines over which they travel (they produce virtually no acoustic, magnetic or pressure signatures) and the Royal Navy proved that, should a mine inadvertently be set off beneath a hovercraft, r hovercraft.the air cushion will absorb the shock wave, there will be no injures to the crew, and the craft will travel back to its base under its own power. Equipped with today's light-weight sonars, navigation and tracking systems, the hovercraft can travel under its own power (or be transported to the mined area) operate off an unprepared beach and carry out rapid mine clearance in the surf zone (i.e. from ten meters water depth right up to and onto the beach).
The 8000TD is set to dominate the medium-lift market for hovercraft.
I like it can go almost everywhere and mine blast proof,alomost!
2.Payload of our hovercraft.Specifications 8000TD
fr the above co.
9300 kgs payload
Min. crew: 2
Personnel: 63-84
Length: 21.20m
Ours is double in lenght.Use ur head to think lah.Dunt tell us here for its still
classified.Mod here will give u a slap.
3.http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=122277
we have talked about it. -
hmm.. isn't the yard supposed to be camera-free?Originally posted by lionnoisy:
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Forget to tell u the photo appear on STimes : 15/03/2005.
Power Plant Four Avco-Lycoming gas turbines; 12,280 bhp;
fr http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/lcac.htm
two shrouded reversible-pitch propellers;
four double-entry fans for lift
Length 88 feet, 29 m
Beam 47 feet, 15.7m
Displacement 200 tons full load
Capacity 60 tons/75 ton overload(British tons or 1000 kg?)
Speed 40 plus knots with payload
Armament 2 - 12.7mm MGs. Gun mounts will support: M-2HB .50 cal machine gun; Mk-19 Mod3 40mm grenade launcher; M-60 machine gun
Crew 5
Range 200 miles at 40 kts with payload
300 miles at 35 kts with payload
A good indication to new babe.
It seems the ship in this photo as big as LST.Note the heli landing circle.I hope new hovercraft can make good use of well dock.Hey!I dunt say it can.With LCACs in the fleet, an amphibious assault force could be nearly 500 miles away at H-hour minus 24 and still make pre-dawn attack launched from beyond an enemy's horizon. The LCAC's air-cushion capability also allows it to proceed inland beyond an enemy's horizon to discharge cargo on dry, trafficable beaches, thus reducing build-ups of troops, equipment and other material in the surf zone.
Is the well dock as big as LST?
fr http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/ship-lcac.html
240 troops?
Load Capacity: 60 tons / 75 ton overload (54.43/68.04 tonnes)
Military lift: 24 troops or 1 MBT -
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It seems the ship in this photo as big as LST.Note the heli landing circle.I hope new hovercraft can make good use of well dock.Hey!I dunt say it can.
The ship in the photo is the USN Whidbey Island Class LSD (16360 tons full load). Well dock is 440ft by 50 ft (sorry about the units). The big well dock is to accommodate 4 LCAC (87ft by 47 ft).
Whidbey Island is twice the Endurance's displacement! -
S Korean Navy Launched Region's Biggest Troop Landing Ship on 12.07.05
STimes 13.07.05
With a displacement of 13,000 tons the Dokdo will not only be the largest vessel in the Korean Navy but also substantially larger than the similar Osumi-class landing ship (8,900 tons) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, and with a larger payload capacity as well, making it the regions largest of its kind. Previously, the largest ship in the Korean Navy was the 9,000-ton support vessel Cheonji.
fr http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200507/200507040024.html
The Dokdo can carry a battalion of marines (about 700 men), 10 armored vehicles, up to 200 vehicles, 15 helicopters, and two LCAC hovercrafts capable of landing on enemy shores doing 40 knots ? a mix that enables it to launch troop landings from both sea and air. Such “amphibious” capabilities of the Korean Navy have been limited to four 4,300-ton Kojoonbong-class landing ships and four 4,080-ton Unbong-class landing ships given to it by the United States after use in World War II.
Japan has built three Osumi-class landing ships since 1998, but their payload -- 330 unarmed men and 10 armored vehicles -- is far short of the LPX. Japan deployed Osumi-class vessels when it sent troops to Iraq and during relief operations following the South Asian tsunami of late 2004. That the Korean Navy was able to send only a 4,300-ton landing vessel exposed shortcomings in ocean-going operations the new ship will go some way toward remedying.
Some experts say the vessel could be converted into a light aircraft carrier in an emergency carrying AV-8 Harrier VTOL aircraft, but military authorities deny this.([email protected] )
Image fr http://news.sina.com.cn/w/2005-07-11/02057185338.shtml
More images fr http://jczs.sina.com.cn/2005-07-13/0753305390.html -
Originally posted by lionnoisy:S Korean Navy Launched Region's Biggest Troop Landing Ship on 12.07.05
STimes 13.07.05
fr http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200507/200507040024.html
Image fr http://news.sina.com.cn/w/2005-07-11/02057185338.shtml
More images fr http://jczs.sina.com.cn/2005-07-13/0753305390.html
That looks less like a LST and more like a mini-carrier to me. -
Especially with the "island".Originally posted by fudgester:
That looks less like a LST and more like a mini-carrier to me.
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The ' Jervis Bay ' has a top speed of 43 knots fully-loaded and 48 knots travelling light.
HSV-X1 fr http://foxxaero.homestead.com/indrad_049.html
Delivered: 1999
Leased by the US military: July 2001 - July 2003
Builder: Incat, Hobart, Australia
Propulsion system: four diesels
Propellers: four
Length: 338 feet (103 meters)
Beam: 85.3 feet (26 meters)
Draft: 13.45 feet (4.1 meters)
Displacement: approx. 1700 tons full load
Speed: 50 knots
Range: 1500 nautical miles @ 40 knots
Armament: none
Aircraft: helicopter landing pad only
Crew: 45
fr http://united-states-navy.com/ships/hsv-x1.htm -
Nice.... that's a catamaran right? They're supposed to be more stable than normal ships?Originally posted by lionnoisy:
The ' Jervis Bay ' has a top speed of 43 knots fully-loaded and 48 knots travelling light.
HSV-X1 fr http://foxxaero.homestead.com/indrad_049.html
Delivered: 1999
Leased by the US military: July 2001 - July 2003
Builder: Incat, Hobart, Australia
Propulsion system: four diesels
Propellers: four
Length: 338 feet (103 meters)
Beam: 85.3 feet (26 meters)
Draft: 13.45 feet (4.1 meters)
Displacement: approx. 1700 tons full load
Speed: 50 knots
Range: 1500 nautical miles @ 40 knots
Armament: none
Aircraft: helicopter landing pad only
Crew: 45
fr http://united-states-navy.com/ships/hsv-x1.htm -
Jevis Bay and HSV-1 are built by Austal of Australia. They are what we called the Wave Piercing Catamaran.
Most catamaran suffer from bad quarter sea rolling. Coupled with pitch, this gives you a very uncomfortable ride and is likely to get many onboard sea sick.
Austal's wave piercing catamaran combine modern hull shaping with active ride control to give a much reduced motion thus giving a comfortable ride compared to the traditional catamaran.
I think RAN has returned Jevis Bay to Austral following their East Timor operation. US Army is operating 2 of them (HSV1 and HSV2). -
Japanese DDG 177--7700 tons .It took 8 months to build so much?
http://forum.mil.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/viewone.cgi?gid=71&fid=5170&itemid=2538 -
Did anybody mentioned our SIngapore navy has hoovercraft?
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Actually, Tim Huxley's book made such a comment :
"The RSN is also believed to have a long standing interest in procuring a larger helicopter carrying vessel. However, cost, manning considerations and the ability of the new LSTs, the planned large surface combatants and the requisitioned merchant vessels to carry helicopters suggests that procurement of a specialised platform is not a high prority" -
not in the near future...
manpower is a serious problem....
now rsn are expriencing serious manpower shortage...
altohugh sources states that rsn have some 5000++ personnel...
I dont see so much... most are either non-sea deployable... they either downgraded or what.... sea deployable only a handful...
this is what i see in some squadrons....
want a helo carrier, this giant needs lot more personnel than frigate and lst man.... where to get them? -
I heard NRC is having tough time getting people.
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Where got people wanna sign on now???
TEven if they sign on, the garang one will choose army, the wanna slack one will choose air force....
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Sg do has a large hovercraft park in changi near to the jetty going to pulau tekong. It is under CIAS to avoid others "misunderstanding". The reason of ownership is to use it as sea rescue. Hovercraft is best use as a beach landing not "sea rescue".
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Read my post, of cuz I know Sg has hoovercraft. At Changi I not sure.Originally posted by UTAS:Sg do has a large hovercraft park in changi near to the jetty going to pulau tekong. It is under CIAS to avoid others "misunderstanding". The reason of ownership is to use it as sea rescue. Hovercraft is best use as a beach landing not "sea rescue".
I infrequently saw 1 in Tuas area.
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Sorry... couldn't stop giggling when I saw this... Imagine SAF using giant vacuum cleaners....Originally posted by Arena:Read my post, of cuz I know Sg has hoovercraft.
