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  • USN Commissions New BATTLESHIP

    According to the Boston Globe, anyway.... ;)

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    Fact checking has died, a new battleship with one 5" gun and splinter armor, hmmm, agreed it is as powerful as a battleship ever was, but ... she's a DESTROYER. Good choice for the name IMO, we need to honor our fallen hereos.
    Last edited by USSWisconsin; 14 Nov 10,, 17:18.
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    • #3
      you can't even refute the story, since it's an AP story, not a boston globe story.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by dundonrl View Post
        you can't even refute the story, since it's an AP story, not a boston globe story.
        $ 1,000,000,000.00 U.S. Dollars for a Destroyer. YIKES !!! "STICKER SHOCK BIG TIME"

        May she serve well and defend all who sail under her flag.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by blidgepump View Post
          $ 1,000,000,000.00 U.S. Dollars for a Destroyer. YIKES !!! "STICKER SHOCK BIG TIME"

          May she serve well and defend all who sail under her flag.
          the ship herself is cheap.. it's the electronics onboard that are SPENDY

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          • #6
            Money well spent, compared to the capabilities of two LCS's.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by surfgun View Post
              Money well spent, compared to the capabilities of two LCS's.
              operationally yes, but LCS is new and still in development and AB is a proven design in mass production, IMO this is what we need to expect, apples and oranges here
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              • #8
                Originally posted by USSWisconsin View Post
                operationally yes, but LCS is new and still in development and AB is a proven design in mass production, IMO this is what we need to expect, apples and oranges here
                Agreed needed, but far from the original price estimates. Hopefully, the system will mature to excuse the more than expected costs. Oh, by the way, the USN is to commission another "Battleship" in Wilmington, N.C. on 11/20/10 DDG 107 USS Gravely. (article states a $2 Billion cost)
                http://www.starnewsonline.com/articl...2&tc=yahoo
                Last edited by surfgun; 21 Nov 10,, 20:42.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by USSWisconsin View Post
                  Fact checking has died, a new battleship with one 5" gun and splinter armor, hmmm, agreed it is as powerful as a battleship ever was, but ... she's a DESTROYER. Good choice for the name IMO, we need to honor our fallen hereos.
                  *Amen to that!
                  Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.

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                  • #10
                    Media speak:
                    All guns are AK-47s,
                    All armored vehicles are TANKS,
                    All naval vessels are BATTLESHIPS,
                    And all aircraft are JET FIGHTERS,

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                    • #11
                      USS Gravely a marvel of modern technology, warfare

                      "We might be the first ship ever to have a fireplace," Wencl said.

                      I beleive the Admiral's cabin on some battleships had them around 100 years ago... they burned coal.
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                      • #12
                        Big Brother would be so proud of us, we seem to be moving closer and closer to Newspeak
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                        Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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                        • #13
                          At least it is 10,000t. Iran calls little corvettes battleships. lol

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                          • #14
                            Size in the eye of the beholder ???

                            Originally posted by KRON1 View Post
                            At least it is 10,000t. Iran calls little corvettes battleships. lol
                            So .... :whome: my modest 22 - foot bow rider is really a "pocket battleship" ? :roflmao:

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by USSWisconsin View Post
                              USS Gravely a marvel of modern technology, warfare

                              "We might be the first ship ever to have a fireplace," Wencl said.

                              I beleive the Admiral's cabin on some battleships had them around 100 years ago... they burned coal.
                              For your USN battleships built during the 20th century, your "Post Dreads" (most of which were caught in Pearl Harbor) used steam pipe radiators fed from the boilers to heat alot of spaces aboard including the Flag Quarters. This is a shot of Pennsylvania's Flag Quarters.
                              http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/013832.jpg
                              Last edited by Dreadnought; 29 Nov 10,, 16:06.
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