Leeroy Jenkins
Super Anarchist
Lose a zodiac and kill some crew?
“Here she comes, Miss America...”
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Matagi
Super Antichrist
Whoever moved this to its rightful place:
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
Bulb bow for reducing the wake from drag, coupled with a sonar dome.
Navy ships don't run aground. The captain makes double-damn sure because he will be running a floor buffer at the YMCA the day after his ship touches bottom.
- DSK
Willin'
Super Anarchist
Yeah, heh, heh! Good one! Especially not submarines.
Who put that ground there!
Then again, you may be right, subs are boats, not ships.
Fah Kiew Tu
Curmudgeon, First Rank
Should see the end of 'contributions' by a couple others too, including she who threw the first political post on this thread but lacks the guts to do it in the proper forum.Yes - I actually did ask that it be moved. People bickering over stupid shit, and attacking each other, just poisons the atmosphere. I shoulda known that posting that pic, etc would be misconstrued as a political statement...sigh...let the poison stay in PA, where I will not venture to stay
FKT
Elegua
Generalissimo
You're a good man Charlie Brown. Your initial post should have been fine. Some people have no self restraint nor self awareness.Yes - I actually did ask that it be moved. People bickering over stupid shit, and attacking each other, just poisons the atmosphere. I shoulda known that posting that pic, etc would be misconstrued as a political statement...sigh...let the poison stay in PA, where I will not venture to stay
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AJ Oliver
Super Anarchist
you mean "stray"?..let the poison stay in PA, where I will not venture to stay
On the whole, that is a reasonable perspective on your part . . .
don't ask me how I know
Jud - s/v Sputnik
Super Anarchist
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Rain Man
Super Anarchist
That thing in the OP is still driving around in WG. Saw it yesterday. Next time they come up, can someone down there please ask them to bring me along a new raw water pump for my 3GM30F? It would save a lot of shipping and random CBSA charges.
I wonder if it spends the night anchored in Nanoose Bay. Maybe I will take a look tomorrow night.
I wonder if it spends the night anchored in Nanoose Bay. Maybe I will take a look tomorrow night.
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Re the bulb, could it also serve as sort of a curb feeler to protect the screws from grounding? Looks like they are about the same depth.Definitely. The tumblehome is quite interesting as well. Here are some model maker's drawings:
None of the dealers have one in stock? Vector Yacht Services and Gartside Marine, both in Sidney, have a lot of stock between them.
SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
I'll bet the people responsible for that are still laughing about it.
"Can you believe we convinced that tasteless idiot to spend $200,000,000 on that thing"? :lol:
"Maybe we should try clothes"
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3to1
Super Anarchist
the bulb is likely just bow volume where it should be on that hull. hydrodynamics 101.
oh, and fuck the waste of militarism.
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I think the rail gun was the advanced weapon they designed the ship around.
The beauty of the rail gun is they don't require explosives to shoot. So the amount of armour and safety systems required to protect the weapons stores is severely reduced. If the rail gun had worked well, it would be a game changer for military ship design.
May as well give up on it right now. Strip out the sensitive stuff, paint it gold, and sell it to TFG as his next superyacht.
Then once he's inside, lock the doors, and use it as a target.
loneshark64
Super Anarchist
Actually it was designed around the AGS. That was scuttled. Then they considered the rail gun which is now also dead. Next up is hypersonic.
The Advanced Gun System is a 155 mm naval gun, two of which are installed in each ship. This system consists of an advanced 155 mm gun and its Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP).[70] This projectile is a rocket with a warhead fired from the AGS gun; the warhead has an 11 kg / 24 lb bursting charge and has a circular error probable of 50 meters. This weapon system has a range of 83 nautical miles (154 km).[56] The fully automated storage system has room for up to 750 rounds.[67][70] The barrel is water-cooled to prevent overheating and allows a rate of fire of 10 rounds per minute per gun. Using a Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact (MRSI) firing tactic the combined firepower from a pair of turrets gives each Zumwalt-class destroyer initial strike firepower equivalent to 12 conventional M198 field guns.[71][72] The Zumwalts use ballast tanks to lower themselves into the water for a reduced profile in combat.[73] In November 2016, the Navy moved to cancel procurement of the LRLAP, citing per-shell cost increases to $800,000–$1 million resulting from trimming of total ship numbers of the class. The Navy is monitoring research on alternative munitions, but since the AGS was tailor-made to use the LRLAP, modifications will be needed to accept different shells, which is unlikely to happen by the time the first Zumwalt vessel enters operational service in 2018, leaving it unable to fulfill the naval gunfire support role it was designed for.[74][75][76]
Lyndon B. Johnson, the last Zumwalt, was being considered for the installation of a railgun in place of one of the 155 mm naval guns after the ship is built. This is feasible because the installed Rolls-Royce turbine generators are capable of producing 78 megawatts (105,000 hp), enough for the electrically powered weapon.[77][78] In 2021, US Navy funding for railgun development ceased with no plans to continue the project.[79]
In March 2021, the Navy solicited information from industry on how to reconfigure the Zumwalt-class ships to host hypersonic missiles. Since they would be too large to fit in the VLS tubes, it has been suggested that the two AGS, having no use since the cancellation of its ammunition, could be replaced with three-pack advanced payload modules to fulfill a conventional prompt strike deterrence role.[80]
Pertinacious Tom
Importunate Member
There we go. I was waiting for this thread to start to turn controversial and ugly.
How do you hang an anchor off that bow? And retrieve it? And what kind(s) of anchors should a literal combat ship carry?
