Navy testing two pricey, super-fast warships
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Saw this on MSN this morning...
updated 8:44 a.m. PT, Thurs., Oct . 22, 2009new and expensive ship....
".......ships are built to accommodate helicopters and mission "modules" for either anti-submarine missions, mine removal or traditional surface warfare. The modules are designed to be swapped out within 24 hours, allowing the ships to adapt quickly to new missions.
While they're fast, they aren't necessarily the fastest military ships afloat. The Navy used to have missile-equipped hydrofoils and the Marines' air-cushioned landing craft is capable of similar speeds, Wertheim said. And smaller ships are capable of higher speeds.
Nonetheless, the speed is impressive, especially considering that other large naval vessels have been cruising along at a relatively pokey 30 to 35 knots for decades.
Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, noted that Independence sustained 44 knots despite a 30-knot headwind and 6- to 8-foot seas in Alabama's Mobile Bay. "For a ship of this size, it's simply unheard of to sustain that rate of speed for four hours," he said.
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Trimaran concept like the LCS is designed to generate greater speeds.
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You mean US Navy not Singapore navy.....doh
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Originally posted by Miracles&Prophecies:
You mean US Navy not Singapore navy…..doh
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Hey, this ship profile reminds me of the frigate in Warship Gunner 2....
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Look pretty futuristic from the front, almost looked like it could launch fighters off the deck heh.
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E US should really learn from e Israeli`s lesson, while these ships r fast n manoeuvrable, they lack heavy defensive armaments. Many ppl feels e US preference for large, open-water warships has potentially corrupted its littoral warfare yet oddly their emphasis on heavy defensive armaments has being missing
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USS New York LPD - 21
I guess it is going to be deployed to the gulf....
