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Off Topic => Ten Forward => Topic started by: Ferretlxix_XC on June 27, 2006, 05:50:26 pm
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I was doing some research for my journalists on the Navy.mil site for the Sea Fighter since the ship is particapating in the RIMPAC events here, I found these images and was suprised to see the DDX electric drive concept vessele operating check out page two and three, I think it's real obviouse on what the vessele is supposed to represent. Here is the Link (http://www.navy.mil/view_gallery.asp?category_id=61).
(http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/thumbnails/thumb_051209-N-7676W-013.jpg)
Sea Fighter
(http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/thumbnails/thumb_051130-N-7676W-081.jpg)
Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator (AESD)
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You know, that DDX design is ugly, but it's growing on me...
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You know, that DDX design is ugly, but it's growing on me...
I know what you mean but, I'm just wondering what are the Bosn mates going to work on wiht such a small fore deck.
The thing I'm liking about it though, is that's it's a departure off our standard designs. Much like the DDG-51 calss when it first came about.
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You know, that DDX design is ugly, but it's growing on me...
I know what you mean but, I'm just wondering what are the Bosn mates going to work on wiht such a small fore deck.
LOL... but with that MASSIVE sail area, why wonder?
I mean, sure, you can't make someone grab "Ye Olde Moppe and Bucket" when they piss you off- but you can have a lot of fun watching them in a rope seat, repainting the side of that cliff-like superstructure. ;)
The thing I'm liking about it though, is that's it's a departure off our standard designs. Much like the DDG-51 calss when it first came about.
The bow was what got me, but looking back at the old pre-WWI battleships, you see that same kind of foreward-sloping bow. Kinda 'everything old is new again.'
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Hey Steve, I saw a thing on TV the other day, about an X-Ship. have any info on that? It looks to be a good universal build.
Stephen
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(http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_050823-N-7676W-052.jpg)
Lol, in a way, I see your point. I guess they just never really gave the hull concept a name back then and now, they can call it a breakthrough.
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([url]http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_050823-N-7676W-052.jpg[/url])
Lol, in a way, I see your point. I guess they just never really gave the hull concept a name back then and now, they can call it a breakthrough.
You know looking at that picture . . . you really don't get a good idea of how big it is. To me it looks like a toy because I don't see any referances.
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The vessel is just a proof of concept prototype to get the electric drive concept rolling and ideas about the new hull design on a smaller scale than what the actual ship will be.
Here is another pic to bring this one in better perspective.
The little boats and the people all over the place should help you out.
(http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_051130-N-7676W-211.jpg)
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The LCS is coming out of her hiding spot and in all truth, she's not that small.
Shot taken in the rain on Navy.mil (http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=39345)
The Freedom under cover (http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=39344)
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Looks to be about the size of a WWII Fletcher; correct me if I'm wrong, there Ferret. Something that we've been sorely missing in our arsenal since destroyers suddenly got obese and wound up being ships that should have been rated light cruisers.
It'll be nice to see a few on the ways in Mobile, you'll be able to get a nice view of them from the Alabama.
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Looks to be about the size of a WWII Fletcher; correct me if I'm wrong, there Ferret. Something that we've been sorely missing in our arsenal since destroyers suddenly got obese and wound up being ships that should have been rated light cruisers.
It'll be nice to see a few on the ways in Mobile, you'll be able to get a nice view of them from the Alabama.
No that looks smaller than a Fletcher.
Displacement: 2,325 tons (2,924 tons Full load)
Length: 376 feet 5 inches
Beam: 39 feet 7 inches
Draught: 13 feet 9 inches
Machinery: four Babcock & Wilcox boilers
2-shaft G.E.C. geared turbines
Performance: 60,000 shp for 38 knots
Bunkerage: 492 tons
Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 15 knots
Guns: five 5 inch; four 1.1 inch; four 20 mm
Torpedoes: ten 21 inch
I am going to say that the AESD is about 120 feet from that picture at the dock.
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LCS is in the neighborhood of 300 feet...
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The Freedom falls in the catagory as a corvett in the sense of size.
Well from what I seen in the news, she's just got dipped.
(http://www.dlund.20m.com/images_newer/LCS092306c.JPG)
from Navy.mil
Navy Christens Littoral Combat Ship Freedom
Story Number: NNS060921-02
Release Date: 9/21/2006 11:45:00 AM
Special release from the U.S. Department of Defense
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy will christen Freedom, the first littoral combat ship (LCS) at 10 a.m. EDT Sept. 23, during a ceremony at Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis.
The future USS Freedom acknowledges the enduring foundation of our nation and honors American communities from coast to coast which bear the name Freedom. States having towns named Freedom include California, Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The 378-foot Freedom will be the first U.S. Navy ship to carry this class designation.
Birgit Smith will serve as ship’s sponsor. She is the widow of Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, who was killed in action in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The ceremony will be highlighted by Smith breaking a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship, which is a time-honored Navy tradition. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen will deliver the principal address at the ceremony.
A fast, agile, and high-technology surface combatant, Freedom will act as a platform for launch and recovery of manned and unmanned vehicles. Its modular design will support interchangeable mission packages, allowing the ship to be reconfigured for antisubmarine warfare, mine warfare, or surface warfare missions on an as-needed basis. The LCS will be able to swap out mission packages pierside in a matter of hours, adapting as the tactical situation demands. These ships will also feature advanced networking capability to share tactical information with other Navy aircraft, ships, submarines and joint units.
Freedom is the first of two LCS seaframes being produced. Freedom is an innovative combatant designed to operate quickly in shallow water environments to counter challenging threats in coastal regions, specifically mines, submarines and fast surface craft. The LCS is capable of speeds in excess of 40 knots and can operate in water less than 20 feet deep.
Freedom will be manned by one of two rotational crews, blue and gold, similar to the rotational crews assigned to Trident submarines. The crews will be augmented by one of three mission package crews during focused mission assignments. The blue crew commanding officer is Cmdr. Donald Gabrielson, who was born in northern Minnesota and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1989. The gold crew commanding officer is Cmdr. Michael Doran, who was born in Harrisonville, Mo., and graduated from Villanova University in 1989. Upon the ship’s commissioning in 2007, Freedom will be homeported at Naval Station San Diego.
In May 2004, the Department of Defense awarded both Lockheed Martin Corp., Maritime Systems & Sensors in Moorestown, N.J., and General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, separate contract options for final system design, with options for detail design and construction of up to two flights of LCS ships.
In December 2004, the Navy awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. the contract for detail design and construction of the first LCS. Lockheed Martin’s teammates include Gibbs & Cox in Arlington, Va.; Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis., where the ship is being built; and Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La.
For more information on the LCS, visit the Web site at http://peoships.crane.navy.mil/lcs.
For more Department of Defense news, visit www.defenselink.mil.
For more news from around the fleet, visit www.navy.mil.
Some of her stats given on answers.com (http://www.answers.com/topic/uss-freedom-lcs-1)
(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/b/b1/LittoralCombatShip-ArtistsRendering.jpg)