New Battleships

[Ronsant]

Any military experts have opinions or information on these new battleships that were announced today?
I thought it was all about carriers. But I know very little about navy strategy.
Let’s keep to military strategy and what ships do what, no political opinions so thread doesn’t get locked.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

Battleships are another amazing thing. There have been several shows about them that cover how they are designed and built and especially the safety features they must include to attempt to keep the people working aboard them as safe as possible. I often think how incredible it is we could build such things so many years ago. Way as far back as during the days of WWI & WWII. Not only building them, but also finding so many young men and women who served / serve on them.

 

[Ronsant]

I live in New England, so I’ve been able to see the USS Massachusetts in Fall River Mass. a number of times. Very impressive.
Not sure what these new ones will look like. I thought naval power was all, about carrier groups these days.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

I live in New England, so I’ve been able to see the USS Massachusetts in Fall River Mass. a number of times. Very impressive.
Not sure what these new ones will look like. I thought naval power was all, about carrier groups these days.

Yeah. We mostly only hear talk about the carriers which are totally impressive lethal floating cities. Never served but I think all carriers are sent to sea in what they call a carrier group. Meaning the carriers travel every where surrounded by a host of protective vessels. I think they include subs, destroyers and cruiser ships. Not really sure if a battleship is part of those groups.

 

[Passport1]

Navy vet here. Battleship North Carolina docked in my town. Been aboard several times. Wouldn't relish being a sailor on her. Battleships are a thing of the past. Preparing to fight the last war with new tech is not a good idea. This project should be stillborn.

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[JohnnyJohnson]

Not practical one drone one missile one torpedo one mine can take out that ship.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

Navy vet here. Battleship North Carolina docked in my town. Been aboard several times. Wouldn't relish being a sailor on her. Battleships are a thing of the past. Preparing to fight the last war with new tech is not a good idea.

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exactly .... look how easy the poor USS Arizona was sent to the bottom by a lucky placed bomb and became a tomb to over 1,000. Imagine what weapons of today could do.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Not practical one missile one torpedo one mine can take out that ship.

I thought they were rendered obsolete even before WW2 started? No expert.

The supposedly greatest and largest battleship was the Japanese Yamato. It was sunk by airplanes .

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

I thought they were rendered obsolete even before WW2 started? No expert.

The supposedly greatest and largest battleship was the Japanese Yamato. It was sunk by airplanes .

The giant German ship the Bismarck got put out of action by a single British airplane launched torpedo. Took out the rudder and crippled her. There was rumors that the German crew scuttled it on purpose as opposed to being captured or sunk as a sitting duck.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

I thought they were rendered obsolete even before WW2 started? No expert.

The supposedly greatest and largest battleship was the Japanese Yamato. It was sunk by airplanes .

Once I stumbled upon a web site about the Japanese ship The Yamato. There is actually a museum I believe someplace in Tokyo that has a very impressive and very large model of the ship. It is an amazing feat of engineering to look at. If only man would have put all those types of efforts into something good instead of deadly.

 

[Ranger83]

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Personally I’d like to see the frigates and other modern vessels we have on order completed on time and budget before we start on the vanity class projects.

 

[4wd]

I’ll wait to see details on what the Navy is talking about …

 

[Rand]

Thought it was april fool's day for a second or 2.

 

[Ranger83]

Once I stumbled upon a web site about the Japanese ship The Yamato. There is actually a museum I believe someplace in Tokyo that has a very impressive and very large model of the ship. It is an amazing feat of engineering to look at. If only man would have put all those types of efforts into something good instead of deadly.

We tested the armor after the war.

https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2021/03/12/about-that-chunk-of-the-yamatos-armor-in-d-c/

 

[Ronsant]

I’ll wait to see details on what the Navy is talking about …

The press conference was pretty light on actual details. Lasers, missles, but I’m still not convinced that a carrier wouldn’t be a better use of funds.

 

[4wd]

The press conference was pretty light on actual details. Lasers, missles, but I’m still not convinced that a carrier wouldn’t be a better use of funds.

They are coming too - eventually we hear the quiet part out loud. Where do we draw the line between what Korea works -vs- what is classified …

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

Nothing more than a distraction.

 

[Ronsant]

https://www.goldenfleet.navy.mil/

I did find this….. so maybe it’s not so much a battleship like WW2, but a new type of super large destroyer?

 

[Jackson_Slugger]

LOL didn't we already have the USS Zumwalt debacle?

 

[Ronsant]

LOL didn't we already have the USS Zumwalt debacle?

I had to look that up. Let’s hope this ship is a better operation all around.