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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #150 on: 23 August 2017, 15:12:12 »
do you want tinfoil conspiracists? cause that's how you get tinfoil conspiracists...
OK, then. A big LED screen on each side showing a giant eye, linked to the radar systems set to detect any returns that look like tinfoil and have the eyes track them... }:)

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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #151 on: 23 August 2017, 16:47:42 »
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #152 on: 23 August 2017, 17:37:31 »
An LCAC replacement proposal. It lost out to the Ship-to-Shore Connector (basically an improved LCAC):

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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #153 on: 23 August 2017, 23:02:16 »
So, question about modern non-carriers: when the officer in charge makes the decision to shoot something, how many people actually need to do things so that the big exploding thing hits the target?
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« Reply #154 on: 24 August 2017, 04:53:17 »
So, question about modern non-carriers: when the officer in charge makes the decision to shoot something, how many people actually need to do things so that the big exploding thing hits the target?

Depends on what it is, you'd have the radar crew working to lock a target up they pass the data to the fire control folks and then it comes down to the WSO (Weapons System Officer) and he/she is the one who presses the button.  But once the orders given its an incredibly fast process as the target would already be tracked on radar/sonar and both groups would be there waiting for any order.
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #155 on: 24 August 2017, 06:14:43 »
An LCAC replacement proposal. It lost out to the Ship-to-Shore Connector (basically an improved LCAC):


The thing looks like crazy bulldozer/paddle ferry.  I'd rather seen US picked up the French L-Cats instead.  Grant you they can't go on land, but they seem to be pretty well designed and arguably bit more solid.

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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #156 on: 24 August 2017, 07:27:13 »
The thing looks like crazy bulldozer/paddle ferry.  I'd rather seen US picked up the French L-Cats instead.  Grant you they can't go on land, but they seem to be pretty well designed and arguably bit more solid.




I think the benefits of the air cushion in landing outweighs that of the catamaran on-water


I guess the ideal would be a hull that would allow an air cushion craft to float like a boat at low speeds (to save fuel) and then inflate the air cushion and zip in/out in gas-guzzler mode
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #157 on: 24 August 2017, 09:07:34 »
So, question about modern non-carriers: when the officer in charge makes the decision to shoot something, how many people actually need to do things so that the big exploding thing hits the target?
Depends on the weapon system. In theory, it's all rigged so once the tracking is complete, the target is localized, and the weapon loaded, it's push the button/pull the trigger and fire, with nobody else needed.

In practice, there are a large number of sailors assigned to troubleshoot systems at battlestations. For torpedoes, we'd have 11 men in the room to move weapons and man the console, Sonar fully manned, and all but one officer (EOOW) working on the solution with the Fire Control Technicians.
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #158 on: 24 August 2017, 09:38:54 »

I think the benefits of the air cushion in landing outweighs that of the catamaran on-water


I guess the ideal would be a hull that would allow an air cushion craft to float like a boat at low speeds (to save fuel) and then inflate the air cushion and zip in/out in gas-guzzler mode
If I recall, a "deep" catamaran hull like that is more stable when the sea is rough.
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #159 on: 25 August 2017, 01:34:41 »
Something about summon bigger fish:



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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #160 on: 25 August 2017, 14:25:19 »


There aren't a lot of ships from any era that can claim to have had a career as wild and varied as that of the German-built battlecruiser Goeben. Her sister Moltke spent her career in Hipper's battlecruiser squadron, seeing action against their opposite numbers in the Grand Fleet on a couple of occasions. Goeben, however, was detached along with a light cruiser (Breslau) to the Mediterranean, ostensibly to raid. In fact, she ended up being a major catalyst to the Ottoman Empire joining World War One.

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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #161 on: 05 September 2017, 15:42:52 »
Ex Pacific Griffin recently completed very near my neck of woods. Nice shot of USS Coronado firing Harpoon, I'm sorry but missile launches never get old for me.






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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #162 on: 06 September 2017, 09:37:11 »
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41159979

Not a manned vessel obviously, but still impressive. :)
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #163 on: 06 September 2017, 09:45:55 »
Nice seeing the LCS get some weapon upgrades Harpoons and other
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #164 on: 06 September 2017, 12:29:47 »
Nice seeing the LCS get some weapon upgrades Harpoons and other
If its built, the FFG variant is suppose to have those and a short range missile like Hellfires too.
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #165 on: 06 September 2017, 13:14:55 »
If its built, the FFG variant is suppose to have those and a short range missile like Hellfires too.


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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #166 on: 06 September 2017, 15:02:50 »
If its built, the FFG variant is suppose to have those and a short range missile like Hellfires too.

They were talking about buying Brimstones for them at one point
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #167 on: 06 September 2017, 18:40:04 »
They were talking about buying Brimstones for them at one point
There going to put all-season tires on the things?  :o

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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #168 on: 06 September 2017, 20:27:28 »


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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #170 on: 07 September 2017, 06:05:45 »
Everytime i see one those things, I think somebody is workin hack that thing or it's controller and deciding it should go Grand Theft Auto ith it.  It's neat idea, good saving money on  personnel, but i don't think its will be good when things get ugly once people figure it out.
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #171 on: 07 September 2017, 08:53:11 »
Was it ever made public how the Iranians got their hands on that air drone? IIRC they claimed to have hacked it...

I think it will be a bit safer when used to escort a manned ship, thought. Easier to do something about it when you're actually within detection range of the drones!

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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #172 on: 07 September 2017, 19:28:13 »
First down payment on a Hegemonising Swarm!

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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #173 on: 08 September 2017, 04:17:20 »
DARPAs Sea Hunter autonomous ship being tested (the final product will lack the crew section ontop and instead carry a mission module)
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #174 on: 08 September 2017, 06:05:03 »
Why does it look like it is made out of inflatable rubber?

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« Reply #175 on: 08 September 2017, 06:18:10 »
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #176 on: 08 September 2017, 06:33:31 »
Deckhouse looks temporary way its made.
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #177 on: 08 September 2017, 15:43:55 »
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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #178 on: 09 September 2017, 01:28:42 »
Don't mind me.  Much like the USCGC Modoc during the battle against the Bismarck, I'm just passing through...

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Re: Naval Pictures Forecastle: Laying siege to the poop deck!
« Reply #179 on: 09 September 2017, 07:39:11 »
*snips*
The only issue I have with that is the fact that the armor scheme of an old battleship doesn't tend to protect the hull below waterline very well, especially for something like artillery cannons.
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