At least she’s a museum…every ship I ever set foot on from Marines to Navy will either be razor blades or reefs!Old? Crap Griz, I can't even tell you how many times I worked the deck of the Lex when I was in VA-44.
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Ship Photo of the Day
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Memory refresher: USS Kitty Hawk was lead ship of her class, sisters were USS Constellation and USS America; USS John F Kennedy was a variant of this class.
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia
USS Kitty Hawk and USS Constellation
Happened to see in the The Drive that Russian amphibs were on the move; 6 of which are currently transiting the English Channel southwards.
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5 are reported as the Project 775 Ropucha class LST’s with a length of 369 ft, beam of 49 ft and displacement of 4,080 tons at full load. Can carry 25 armored vehicles each.
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A single larger, and much newer, Project 11711 Ivan Gren class is with them. It is 442 ft long, beam of 54 ft and displacement in excess of 9,000 tons. Wikipedia states it can carry up to 13 main battle tanks or 36 armored vehicles.
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The Ropucha-class landing ship Kaliningrad during a visit of the Cartagena in 2004.
Landing ship Georgiy Pobedonosec on exercises in the Barents Sea
BDK Alexander Shabalin
Project 11711 Ivan Gren class
Flotilla Of Russian Landing Ships Has Entered The English Channel
Evidence mounts that the six landing ships are ultimately headed toward the Black Sea and possible action against Ukraine.
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Ropucha-class landing ship - Wikipedia
A single larger, and much newer, Project 11711 Ivan Gren class is with them. It is 442 ft long, beam of 54 ft and displacement in excess of 9,000 tons. Wikipedia states it can carry up to 13 main battle tanks or 36 armored vehicles.
Ivan Gren-class landing ship - Wikipedia
The Ropucha-class landing ship Kaliningrad during a visit of the Cartagena in 2004.
Landing ship Georgiy Pobedonosec on exercises in the Barents Sea
BDK Alexander Shabalin
Project 11711 Ivan Gren class
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Max the Mad Russian
Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
Worth to include in routine issue of Notice to Mariners: LST Ivan Gren is unable to steer when she goes astern. No one knows why, even design bureau let alone shipbuilder, Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad (former German Schichau-Werke in former German Koenigsberg). At least no one confesses. Evidently some secret Putin's plan to symbolize the snake - that creature cannot move back through the narrow hole, too. Always forward, period.
Honestly - have no slightest idea what they are loaded with. But they're loaded full, according to pictures. Maybe Arab families on their way back home after failure on Polish/Belarussian border?
Have been several times aboard of LST Alexander Shabalin (named after famous PT-boat commander of Great Patriotic War) back in 1990s, as almost all Polish-built ships she is quite comfortable and propelled by German-made diesel engines, unusually quiet. Since the main task of such LSTs of Baltic Fleet was the amphibious assault on Bornholm Island to seize airstrips there and so open the bottleneck of Danish Straits, that noiselessness was kinda main trait providing some defence from Bundesmarine U-boats but generally useless against Bundesmarine Tornado IDSs who evidently would hunt them down without mercy. Have heard that Tornado crews of West German Navy were utmost professional in maritime interdiction
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Just a nice Sunday photo of back in the day: The Big E leading USS New Jersey.
Max the Mad Russian
Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
Great ships each of which we were envious to. But here they seem to steam in dangerously tight formation. Too closely, isn't it?
Seems kind of pointless for an amphib. How does she maneuver off the beach?
Max the Mad Russian
Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
Still hiding this fact from top brass. Project 11711 Gren is derivate from Polish Project 775, but with no help from now NATO Poland. Apparently a mistake in design of a rudder. But as a leadship and given traditional corruption in building process, she is astronomically expensive as is. Redesign and rebuild may attract attention so the ship is using as a Ro-Ro ferry for military cargoes only.
Originally designed for Brazil, then optioned to the Ottoman Empire and then after payment was complete, kept by the Royal Navy due to the outbreak of WW1, HMS Agincourt.
This ship holds the record for the most main guns (14) and most turrets (7) of any dreadnought. (The turrets were named for days of the week starting with Sunday and working back) Not as heavily armored as contemporary British battleships, she was further hampered by a lack of internal subdivision in the original design which included an 85’ x 60 ‘ officer’s wardroom.
With the Sixth Division at Jutland, she made one of the closest passed to the High Seas fleet battleline and fired 144 main battery shells but was not observed to score any hits. After the war, she was scrapped due to treaty obligations.
Length: 672 ft, Beam: 89 ft, Displacement: 31,000 tons
22 boilers produced 34,000 HP, feeding 4 turbines to 4 shafts for 22 knots.
Armor: Belt: 9”, Deck: 1-2.5”, Turrets: 8-12”
Armament: 14 (7x2) EOC 12”/45 caliber rifles firing 850 lb shells out to 18,850 yds
20 single 6” cannons, 10 single 3” cannons and 3 21” torpedo tubes.
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This ship holds the record for the most main guns (14) and most turrets (7) of any dreadnought. (The turrets were named for days of the week starting with Sunday and working back) Not as heavily armored as contemporary British battleships, she was further hampered by a lack of internal subdivision in the original design which included an 85’ x 60 ‘ officer’s wardroom.
With the Sixth Division at Jutland, she made one of the closest passed to the High Seas fleet battleline and fired 144 main battery shells but was not observed to score any hits. After the war, she was scrapped due to treaty obligations.
Length: 672 ft, Beam: 89 ft, Displacement: 31,000 tons
22 boilers produced 34,000 HP, feeding 4 turbines to 4 shafts for 22 knots.
Armor: Belt: 9”, Deck: 1-2.5”, Turrets: 8-12”
Armament: 14 (7x2) EOC 12”/45 caliber rifles firing 850 lb shells out to 18,850 yds
20 single 6” cannons, 10 single 3” cannons and 3 21” torpedo tubes.
HMS Agincourt (1913) - Wikipedia
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Max the Mad Russian
Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
Maybe it's worth to add that her design had strongly influenced Japanese Fuso and Ice classes of BBs.
IJN Kitakami was a Kuma class cruiser commissioned shortly after WW1. She and a sister ship were later modified to become “Torpedo Cruisers” mounting 10 quad 24” torpedo launchers for the long ranged and deadly Long Lance. The Japanese plan was to launch a massive, long range torpedo attack at night to cripple the enemy battleline. The idea was overcome by aviation and submarines and the Kitakami was converted again, this time to a fast transport. At the end of the war, she was converted a final time to carry Kaiten human torpedos.
Of note, I did read about a pre WW1 Russian battleship design thst mounted 42 underwater tubes on each side but the ship was nevrr built.
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Kitakami in 1935
Kitakami on 20 January 1945 at Sasebo Naval Arsenal.
Kaiten Type 1 being first trial launched.
Of note, I did read about a pre WW1 Russian battleship design thst mounted 42 underwater tubes on each side but the ship was nevrr built.
Japanese cruiser Kitakami - Wikipedia
Kitakami in 1935
Kitakami on 20 January 1945 at Sasebo Naval Arsenal.
Kaiten Type 1 being first trial launched.
While looking at the Japanese Kuma class cruisers, noticed that the lead ship was sunk by the Royal Navy submarine: HMS Tally-Ho.
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HMS Tally-Ho - Wikipedia
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Man, the Brits have have some sweet ship names! Not as aggressive as some of the other ones I like, but still really cool.While looking at the Japanese Kuma class cruisers, noticed that the lead ship was sunk by the Royal Navy submarine: HMS Tally-Ho.
HMS Tally-Ho - Wikipedia
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Nice photo of USS Midway with USS Iowa.
Interestingly,
The heavily subdivided arrangement of the machinery spaces was based on that of the Montana-class battleship.[8]While the Essex-class carriers had eight main engineering compartments, the Midway-class had 26, including twelve boiler rooms well off the centerline and four widely separated engine rooms.
The Midway class also produced 212,000 HP as the Iowa class did.
Interestingly,
The heavily subdivided arrangement of the machinery spaces was based on that of the Montana-class battleship.[8]While the Essex-class carriers had eight main engineering compartments, the Midway-class had 26, including twelve boiler rooms well off the centerline and four widely separated engine rooms.
The Midway class also produced 212,000 HP as the Iowa class did.
Are they doing an UNREP? You can almost see the Venturis between the too.
Any of you carrier bubbas ever done an UNREP as the actual oiler? I know the carriers have the equipment to be able to do it and I've always wondered if you had to do some sets and reps as both the giver and receiver ship in order to get your OOD qual.