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Originally Posted by mweber24
OK, i'll give it a shot. Why was the transom of the FFG7 class extended to accept the SH60B LAMPS III? What is the only ship actually retrofitted for this after initial build?
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Having worked on that class of ship (LBNSY
was the Planning Yard) I generally knew the answers but couldn't remember the specific ID numbers of the equipment. We were more concerned with the superstructure cracking and the ships getting too heavy where the toilet drains were underwater and making them Stealthy as well.
So I googled the answers for the correct numbers:
PERRY-class ships were produced in two variants, known as "short-hull" and "long-hull", with the later variant being eight feet longer than the short-hull version. The long-hull ships [FFG 8, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36-61] carry the SH-60B LAMPS III helicopters, while the short-hull units carry the less-capable SH-2G.
The units with long hulls (FFG 7, 8, 15, 28, 29, 32, 36-61) were to have had the sonar suite upgraded to SQQ-89(V)2, with SQS-56 hull sonar retained,
As further information, LBNSY did not develop the hull lengthening drawings. It was done under contract for NAVSEA by Bath Shipbuilding. However, we were working on another hull modification.
We did develop the drawings for repairs of the cracked superstructures, the reinforcement strips (that saved the Roberts from cracking in two) and the ballasting while moving the waste drains on up.