Usn Frigate Program

[lucklucky]

https://news.usni.org/2023/04/18/cno-very-important-to-add-2nd-constellation-class-shipyard-build-4-frigates-a-year

[shep854]

I like the names so far; homage to the classic early 1800's USN frigates.  It sounds like the Navy is finally getting a class right.

Edited April 19, 2023 by shep854

[Stuart Galbraith]

Sadly you just know that If they turn out to be a great success, the later ones will be named after failed politicians.

[Sardaukar]

Well, they surely should be more successful than LCS program...

[shep854]

4 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Sadly you just know that If they turn out to be a great success, the later ones will be named after failed politicians.

That thought did occur to me...

"Well, they surely should be more successful than LCS program..."--Sardaukar

It seems that somebody finally remembered that combat involves actually engaging and exchanging fire, not gaily zipping around lobbing the occasional missile.

[Josh]

Ingalls and Austral seem fairly well positioned to become a second yard. Four per year plus 2x Burke 3 would help a lot for Burke I/II retirements.

[RETAC21]

16 hours ago, Sardaukar said:

Well, they surely should be more successful than LCS program...

Your faith may be misplaced... 

As for class names, there was the dead admirals class, aka as the Ayatollah class or in print: the Kidd class.

[Stuart Galbraith]

I always thought they named them after Captain Kidd.

 

[lucklucky]

11 hours ago, RETAC21 said:

Your faith may be misplaced... 

As for class names, there was the dead admirals class, aka as the Ayatollah class or in print: the Kidd class.

Well LCS was not even really armed...

[shep854]

On 4/19/2023 at 11:26 AM, Stuart Galbraith said:

Sadly you just know that If they turn out to be a great success, the later ones will be named after failed politicians.

Hopefully, those names will be soaked up by LCS'...

[Stuart Galbraith]

5 hours ago, shep854 said:

Hopefully, those names will be soaked up by LCS'...

Im still annoyed they named one after one of my favourite aircraft carriers, Independence. I would rather have seen another one of those as a Ford than JFK.

 

[shep854]

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Im still annoyed they named one after one of my favourite aircraft carriers, Independence. I would rather have seen another one of those as a Ford than JFK.

 

That would be a good frigate name

[Stuart Galbraith]

Yes, it would. Its gratifying to learn there is going to be another Chesapeake though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chesapeake_(FFG-64)

[RETAC21]

6 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Yes, it would. Its gratifying to learn there is going to be another Chesapeake though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chesapeake_(FFG-64)

USS Macedonian

[shep854]

8 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Yes, it would. Its gratifying to learn there is going to be another Chesapeake though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chesapeake_(FFG-64)

And you can't have her!!

[Stuart Galbraith]

Make sure you use steel masts this time.

 

 

[shep854]

Latest scoop

 

[Colin]

Canada adopting some of the USN style ops centre stuff for our CSC

 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-fleet-being-shaped-todays-sailors-royalcanadiannavy/

[lucklucky]

Makes sense if it is AEGIS.

 

here is the Italian PPA cockpit  +ops center 

 

From about 40sec.

 

[shep854]

9 hours ago, Colin said:

Canada adopting some of the USN style ops centre stuff for our CSC

 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-fleet-being-shaped-todays-sailors-royalcanadiannavy/

Well, of course it will be inclusive; we're talking about Canada!

[shep854]

8 hours ago, lucklucky said:

Makes sense if it is AEGIS.

 

here is the Italian PPA cockpit  +ops center 

 

From about 40sec.

 

Is that a stealthy bulbous bow?

[Colin]

2 hours ago, shep854 said:

Well, of course it will be inclusive; we're talking about Canada!

LOL, inclusive and bilingual and the steering flats will be on Newfoundland Time...... 

[lucklucky]

11 hours ago, shep854 said:

Is that a stealthy bulbous bow?

No, it is to give more waterline length to get more speed without the expense of a longer hull.

[Allan W]

What is the difference between an Operations Room and a CIC?  I always thought they were different terms for essentially the same thing.

[lucklucky]

I think so too. I can see a split between technical operation and planning and decision  -command area- but the difference would not be necessarily by those terms.