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Originally Posted by mweber24
I'd say the U.S. Pegasus class PHM was a complete failure. Designed for a mission the USN really NEVER has a need for, and it cost a lot of money to boot.
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The PHM's met their requirements, it was just a bad requirement. That per-se doesn't make them bad ships, just ill-concieved, so they did not make my list.
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The OHP class is a GREAT design for its mission and cost, especially by Flight IV when it had Mk92 Mod 6 and LAMPS III with TACTASS.
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Not sure I totally agree with this. Many of the same complaints for the Type 42 apply here - 10 pounds of potato's in a 5 pound bag. They could have been so much better had a few less corners been cut, and if they weren't all so badly overloaded. And quite frankly, I think the decision to delete Mk 13 was perfectly sound. Yes the launcher can fire SM-2 but the ships can't without modification and since there was no requirement for them to do so why pay for that capability. Given their current missions Harpoon is of much reduced importance as well. If nothing else this has to save some desperately needed weight margin.