Reply With QuoteI can't wait until they stretch the LCS and call it a frigate.
LCS 3 Completes Sea Trials
“Fort Worth performed extremely well during its trials,” LCS Program Manager Capt. John Neagley said in an emailed statement. “The ship’s level of completion coupled with Marinette Marine’s excellent craftsmanship resulted in relatively few material deficiencies.”The Navy will take possession of the Fort Worth sometime this spring, and later in the summer the 378-foot-long ship will begin the long trek to the sea across the Great Lakes and through the Saint Lawrence Seaway. A commissioning ceremony is to be held Sept. 22 in Galveston, Texas, and afterwards the ship will continue to its homeport of San Diego, Calif.
Great news among crappy news. Look at the bright side, every new class of ships have problems, and LCS is no different. Can't wait until she joins The Fleet.
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I can't wait until they stretch the LCS and call it a frigate.
Won't happen, they'll re-work it as an OPV before they re-work it as a Frigate.
Is the LCS "3" yet another hull design?
Re-working the cargo areas would be enough? They wouldn't have to stretch them?Originally Posted by Ordie
Why those LCS have so poor armament, no missiles at all (not speaking of the RAM missiles of course)? The trimaran design I think can get VLS.
It takes 10+ years to develop a warship.
Within those 10 years, there can be many paradigm shifts in naval doctrine and foriegn policies.
At the time of concept, "From the Sea-Littoral Warfare" was the buzz-word amongst naval planners. No need for SSM, Torpedos, Big guns,
Today, Alfred Thayer Mahan is required reading for Chinese PLAN- Naval Officers.
And the USN is finding themselves with a fleet ill suited for the Asian Pivot. There are debates within the USN if the LCS are a modern version of the Yangtze River gunboat as in the movie "Sand Pebbles". (Expendible for the sake of flying the flag)
We're not buying enough of these "gunboats" Ordie.
Do we need any more?
The FFG were the jack of all trades frigate. (ASW, SSM, Escort, Shore bombardment), the LCS is not.
Unlike the FFG, the LCS must return to base to swap modes.
We also have fewer bases in East Asia than before.
Same thing really, but they're much cheaper than the LCS designs from what I've heard.
If it's a presence type boat we need at least 50.
That's okay, but we must be willing to sacrifice them.
As what happened with the USS Panay.
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