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johnjo

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Received an email today, this is is the text it contained. At the bottom is a link. Eat your heart out Phylis. :lol:

 

This is the U.S.S. Independence (LCS-2). It is a Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster.

 

The U.S.S Independence was built by General Dynamics. It's called a "littoral combat ship" (LCS), and the tri-maran can move its weapons around faster than any other ship in the Navy. (Ironic that with all that high tech built in, the ship reminds us of the Merrimac ironclad from Civil War days.)

 

Littoral means close to shore, and that's where these very ships will operate. They're tailor-made for launching helicopters and armored vehicles, sweeping mines and firing all manner of torpedoes, missiles and machine guns.

 

These ships are also relatively inexpensive. This one's a bargain at $208 million, and the Navy plans to build 55 of them.

 

This tri-maran is the first of a new fire breathing breed, ready to scoot out of dry dock at a rumored 60 knots.. It's like a speedy and heavily armed aircraft carrier for helicopters.

 

At 43 knots she's running at half power and is reported to be able to do around a 45 degree turn at that speed.

 

NOTE the absence of a bow wave.

 

Pirates Beware!!!

 

OldGoldy Rising Star

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........................Pirates Beware!!!.............................

 

Indeed.

 

A couple of them in the Indian Ocean might just give those Somali bas**rds a taste of their own medicine :lol:

Nightwatch Veteran II

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Fair weather ships perhaps?

 

What would they be like in a bit of ruffers?

 

Just like any other ship apart from the outriggers.

 

Martyn

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Roger t' Bodger

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The wake signiture is huge! Visible from space! Why not give these improvished nations with a handful of ragged arsed 'pirates' the cost of a couple of these fairweather machines and solved the problem that way. It's a loada crap!!!!

matty40s Veteran II

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The wake signiture is huge! Visible from space! Why not give these improvished nations with a handful of ragged arsed 'pirates' the cost of a couple of these fairweather machines and solved the problem that way. It's a loada crap!!!!

 

and it almost stops to go round corners, I don't have much bow wave on a flat canal surface, but I don't often engage reverse thrust to go round corners, especially not if it's even larger than the Tixall Wide.

Giggetty Collaborator

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Received an email today, this is is the text it contained. At the bottom is a link. Eat your heart out Phylis. ;)

 

This is the U.S.S. Independence (LCS-2). It is a Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster.

 

The U.S.S Independence was built by General Dynamics. It's called a "littoral combat ship" (LCS), and the tri-maran can move its weapons around faster than any other ship in the Navy. (Ironic that with all that high tech built in, the ship reminds us of the Merrimac ironclad from Civil War days.)

 

Littoral means close to shore, and that's where these very ships will operate. They're tailor-made for launching helicopters and armored vehicles, sweeping mines and firing all manner of torpedoes, missiles and machine guns.

 

These ships are also relatively inexpensive. This one's a bargain at $208 million, and the Navy plans to build 55 of them.

 

This tri-maran is the first of a new fire breathing breed, ready to scoot out of dry dock at a rumored 60 knots.. It's like a speedy and heavily armed aircraft carrier for helicopters.

 

At 43 knots she's running at half power and is reported to be able to do around a 45 degree turn at that speed.

 

NOTE the absence of a bow wave.

 

Pirates Beware!!!

 

 

Not fast enough for Phylis, I'm afraid

Teadaemon Proficient

Teadaemon

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The Americans would appear to be nearly ten years too late - RV Triton was launched in 2000, and proved (IIRC) that the trimaran concept worked for warships of that size (including an acceptable level of heavy weather performance).

carlt Veteran II

carlt

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Indeed.

 

A couple of them in the Indian Ocean might just give those Somali bas**rds a taste of their own medicine :lol:

One wonders, if your livelihood was taken away from you and there was no welfare system in your famine and war ridden country, to stop your kids starving, would you turn to crime or just watch your family die.

Naughty Cal Veteran II

Naughty Cal

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Received an email today, this is is the text it contained. At the bottom is a link. Eat your heart out Phylis. :lol:

 

This is the U.S.S. Independence (LCS-2). It is a Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster.

 

The U.S.S Independence was built by General Dynamics. It's called a "littoral combat ship" (LCS), and the tri-maran can move its weapons around faster than any other ship in the Navy. (Ironic that with all that high tech built in, the ship reminds us of the Merrimac ironclad from Civil War days.)

 

Littoral means close to shore, and that's where these very ships will operate. They're tailor-made for launching helicopters and armored vehicles, sweeping mines and firing all manner of torpedoes, missiles and machine guns.

 

These ships are also relatively inexpensive. This one's a bargain at $208 million, and the Navy plans to build 55 of them.

 

This tri-maran is the first of a new fire breathing breed, ready to scoot out of dry dock at a rumored 60 knots.. It's like a speedy and heavily armed aircraft carrier for helicopters.

 

At 43 knots she's running at half power and is reported to be able to do around a 45 degree turn at that speed.

 

NOTE the absence of a bow wave.

 

Pirates Beware!!!

 

 

Where do i sign?

 

Sod Phylis, I'd like one of those.

 

Oy

luctor et emergo Veteran II

luctor et emergo

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I'm just wondering why do they have a basketball court marked out on the deck.

cheers

nigel

 

 

They are American.

 

:lol:

 

 

 

One has to wonder why the designer went to the trouble to create a stealth hull, only to give it biggest wake possible...

 

:lol: :lol:

carlt Veteran II

carlt

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One has to wonder why the designer went to the trouble to create a stealth hull, only to give it biggest wake possible...

 

:lol: :lol:

A bit like The Enterprise chasing a cloaked Klingon Warbird, by following its warp trail?

luctor et emergo Veteran II

luctor et emergo

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A bit like The Enterprise chasing a cloaked Klingon Warbird, by following its warp trail?

 

Lets hope the bad guys don't sent a photon torpedo up it's 'exhaust pipe'....

 

:lol:

RLWP Veteran II

RLWP

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It's good, but it's no USS Enterprise (CVN-65 or NCC-1701!!!)... :lol:

 

 

You're right there. This is USS Enterprise:

 

03_uss_enterprise_cvn_65.jpg

 

Richard

luctor et emergo Veteran II

luctor et emergo

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You're right there. This is USS Enterprise:

 

03_uss_enterprise_cvn_65.jpg

 

Richard

 

 

If you look at this image, and consider the amount of perseverance, ingenuity, ability, thought, vision etc that we, homo sapiens, posess.

Thousends of years of evolution and development, have enabled us to create super-sonic aircraft, and store, maintain, fly and land them on a self contained floating island no bigger than large foorball stadium.

 

And we use this ability, to kick the sh*t out of each other...

 

:lol:

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