Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)
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Jura The idiot
General
... well the power installed on LCSs is similar to that on WW2 Battleships! (from what I recall, it's about the same as on the Roma) ... what's going in the red ellipse in here:
please?
That's sea water being forced back up through the anchor chain hole.... well the power installed on LCSs is similar to that on WW2 Battleships! (from what I recall, it's about the same as on the Roma) ... what's going in the red ellipse in here:
please?
When in heavy see, or making very rapid transits like this...that can happen...and does on many vessels.
Jura The idiot
General
now I see I should've taken the snapshot of one second earlier, with an unobstructed view:
LOL thanks Jeff
Naval Today said:
Production is ramping up for these vessels, both the Freedom and the Independence variety at Marinette Marine in Wisconsin, and at Austal in Alabama. Each site has 3-4 under construction at any one time and is working toward launching two each per year over the next few years...which will mean four LCS per year.
A total of six have been acquired by the US Navy to date, with a total of ten launched to date.
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Jura The idiot
General
Well, it says that the incoming crew, Crew 102, is 100 personnel.
Unless Crew 101 had other operational or testing and evaluation requirements that required more personnel for what they were tasked to do, I would expect that they were the same size.
Conversely, Crew 102 could have requirements that required more crew members for operational or other duties during their rotation.
Short of something like that, where the operational or other requirements between the two crews and what they are expected to accomplish differed, I would expect the 100 crew of Crew 102 replaced the 100 crew of Crew 101.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
For forward deployed ships, especially short ranged, small ships like the LCA, would it not make sense to deploy slightly more personnel than needed to crew the ship to cover for things like illness/injury, holidays and other absenteeism?
I know that normally ships a crewed to take such inevitable crew downtime into consideration to make sure the ships can continue operating without having to return to port for replacements.
However, as I said, given the small size of the LCA, and its relatively short range (and short deployments) compared to larger warships, would it not make more sense to remove some of the built in on-ship crew cover and just set up a rota so you have your "just in case" crew remain on shore while the ship goes to sea with a smaller complement?
That should help save costs and also give the crews more flexibility.
I know that normally ships a crewed to take such inevitable crew downtime into consideration to make sure the ships can continue operating without having to return to port for replacements.
However, as I said, given the small size of the LCA, and its relatively short range (and short deployments) compared to larger warships, would it not make more sense to remove some of the built in on-ship crew cover and just set up a rota so you have your "just in case" crew remain on shore while the ship goes to sea with a smaller complement?
That should help save costs and also give the crews more flexibility.
Naval Today said:
This is the sixth LCS vessel acquired by the US Navy...three of each variant.
Next year the program really kicks into gear with four vessels being commissioned (two of each variant)...and that will continue, four per year, for several years to come.
