Originally posted by jlvfr
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The problem with the support ship concept is that we would return to the old destroyer/tender formation during pre-WW2 and WW2 era. That means another class of ship to service, escort, and man.
Smaller ship also means very cramped quarters. It's not good for morale to deploy for 2 months at a time, maybe up to 4 months at a time, on a small ship, rocking in the ocean, with cramped quarters.
I like the LCS concept, except for the unusual high speed dictated by the navy. The last few knots squeezed out by the designers will usually require disproportionate machinery space. We can probably save 25% of the engineering if the speed is dropped to below 40 knots. This extra room would be saved for growth, which invariably would be required for every single warship that has ever sailed the seas.
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