New Chinesse Stealth Fast Attack Ship

[Galileo]

http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/chinese_stealth1.jpg
http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/chinese_stealth2.jpg

(Source : StrategyPage.com)

[Lysander]

I think there is a thread on this already.

[platform389]

...and here is the friend that wants to meet it.

A true stealth ship.

Virginia class SSN

http://www.bergall.org/774/774-3.jpg

[Operation Ivy]

Welcome Galileo woot , i think the US got something that looks like it too, any help He219 :D

[Seraphim]

http://www.knmskjold.org/logg2001/Little%20Creek.jpg
http://www.knmskjold.org/logg2001/isfjell3.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/SeaShadow3-small-s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/SeaShadow-DNST9402100-s.JPG
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/seashadow-ss2-s.jpg

[He219]

Welcome Galileo woot , i think the US got something that looks like it too, any help He219 :D

You mean these?
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/videodb/thumbnail/030724_4-0.jpghttp://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/thumbnails/thumb_020403-N-0780F-001.jpghttp://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/thumbnails/thumb_030225-N-1050K-001.jpg
HSV-X and TSV-X

and the 20 year old pioneer, Sea Shadow (mms://wm.nmc.global.speedera.net/wm.nmc.global/nmcn_040424_03.wmv) ...

p-)

[Gordon]

The US have got that big, twin hulled transport ship that is used to get large numbers of troops in close to shore without detection.

Did a little searching and it's called the TSV-1X Spearhead.

Here's some links to sites and pics:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/hsv.htm

http://www.incat.com.au/news/news.cgi?news_task=DETAIL&articleID=63329§ionID=6305

http://www.ferry-site.dk/picture/ferry/Incat60b.jpg

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_030115-N-5319A-006.jpg

[Gordon]

That is one crazy looking ship on that video He219 ... seen a pic of it before but not a video ... the future looks interesting.

[He219]

That is one crazy looking ship on that video He219 ... seen a pic of it before but not a video ... the future looks interesting.
They used a parody of it in one of the Bond movies. It's future is research only.

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/thumbnails/thumb_030225-N-1050K-001.jpg

From left, the Navy's Joint Venture (HSV-X1) and the Army's Spearhead (TSV-1X) are high-speed catamarans designed and built by Australian shipbuilders. The joint-service vessel design was coordinated by the Navy’s Warfare Development Command in close partnership with elements of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The vessel’s impressive speed can move troops and equipment into a theater of operations quicker than currently used military transport vehicles. The ability to carry such loads is a considerable savings in both time and money when compared to using military and commercial aircraft. Operation Enduring Freedom is the first time the craft have been deployed together in support of military operations.

[Gordon]

Yeh, I saw that movie, didn't Bond blow up the ship and then get with the chick .... ;) .... surprise surprise.

[He219]

Yeah, and he'd say something like "I have an appetite for a little Chinese" ...

lol

[Travis]

The US have got that big, twin hulled transport ship that is used to get large numbers of troops in close to shore without detection.

Did a little searching and it's called the TSV-1X Spearhead.

Here's some links to sites and pics:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/hsv.htm

http://www.incat.com.au/news/news.cgi?news_task=DETAIL&articleID=63329§ionID=6305

http://www.ferry-site.dk/picture/ferry/Incat60b.jpg

http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_030115-N-5319A-006.jpg

these look just like my cities farries. p-)

http://www.bcauditor.com/PUBS/1999-00/report-5/images/Fastcat-side.jpg
http://www.palmsmotelvancouver.com/images/bcferry.jpg

[Maj C]

The stealth ship is not the same as the HSV made by Austal out of Australia...the stealth ship is meant to be low radar vis...the HSV is just meant to be fast and is not just for research - we've already bought a few to transport large numbers of troops for Okinawa. The only problem seems to be they ride really rough so everyone gets seasick.

[usa320]

waste of cash IMHO. money would better be spent on refitting the Tarawa and Wasp class assault ships and creating a Special Forces command and operations ship instead.

I mean the need for a stealth ships really isnt there, seeing as i dont see the US doing ship-ship combat anytime soon.

[Ghostwolf]

...and here is the friend that wants to meet it.

A true stealth ship.

Virginia class SSN

http://www.bergall.org/774/774-3.jpg

Word.

When was the U.S.S. Virginia completed?

[J-10]

http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/chinese_stealth2.jpg

It is waterjet propulsion, I think.

Did any other ship use waterjet propulsion now?

[J-10]

Some more:
http://bbs.china.com/images/2004-04-28/10831638801083160342.jpg

http://pic.tiexue.net/origin/2004_4/2004_4_28_61060.jpg

http://bbs.china.com/images/2004-04-29/108324767320081.jpg

[Ghostwolf]

It is waterjet propulsion, I think.
Did any other ship use waterjet propulsion now?

I would say Japan JMSDF's Hyabusa Class Fast Patrol missile Boat(PG),
and of course the Royal Norwegian Navy's Skjold Class Fast Patrol Boat(FPB).

http://www.yuri.sakura.ne.jp/~right/equipment/jmsdf/ships/pg824/pg824_01_82501.jpg

[J-10]

It is waterjet propulsion, I think.
Did any other ship use waterjet propulsion now?

I would say Japan JMSDF's Hyabusa Class Fast Patrol missile Boat(PG),
and of course the Royal Norwegian Navy's Skjold Class Fast Patrol Boat(FPB).


Thank you! Ghostwolf always nice job :D

http://www.knmskjold.org/images/boemlafd.jpg
SKJOLD-class MTB.

L o a: 47 m
Beam: 13,5 m
High: 15 m (On cushion)
Draft: 2,3 m / 0,9 m
Speed: In excess of 55 knots
Displacement: 260 tons
Main engines: 2 gas turbines Rolls Royce Allison 571 KF 8160 Hp (Total 16320 Hp)

Weapons:
8 NSM Kongsberg Anti Shipping Missile
Mistral Manpad SAM
Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid

Delivered from Kværner Mandal, Gismerøya in Mandal:
P-960 KNM Skjold

http://www.analisidifesa.it/immagini_articoli/5393.jpg

[Ghostwolf]

Some more pics here:

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13316&start=16

[caspermeister]

Fast Cat? I think they're gone, aren't they? Sold to the US? Fast Cat Project is a big scam. Waste of BC tax payers money p-)
http://www.bcauditor.com/PUBS/1999-00/report-5/images/Fastcat-side.jpg

[Galileo]

J10
It is waterjet propulsion, I think.

Did any other ship use waterjet propulsion now?

Yes, A friend of mine told me that the propulsion system is from France, first developp for civilian ship but Chinesse obtain blue print unofficially.