Posted on May 21, 2018
Why the Navy’s New Destroyer Could Be a Total Game Changer
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A good description of the upgrades on FIII. LT Brad McInnis CDR Mike Kovack Maj Marty Hogan MCPO Roger Collins LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SCPO Larry Knight Sr. SCPO David Lockwood PO1 John Y. CWO3 Dennis M. Capt Tom Brown CMDCM Gene Treants MCPO Roger Collins CPO (Join to see) CDR Mike Kovack CPT Jack Durish Col Jim Harmon PO2 Robert Aitchison SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas LT Axel Newe
Why the Navy’s New Destroyer Could Be a Total Game Changer
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I am going to sound like a grumpy old CHENG, but since I went completely dark at 1SD on my 1st U/W as CHENG directly because of all these new fangled "tests"... If they don't get a good handle on the engineering plant upgrades and thoroughly test the crap out of them, none of the new-fangled radars will be worth crap... just look at LCS. That being said, the sailors will give it their all to make sure that it works.
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I think it will go better with these. I was surprised to see they upgraded the AC to 300 Tons, I thought the 200 Ton units were behemoths. Our plant on Laboon ran perfectly even or VCDs did well. We were the test platform for the ROs so on my deployment we ran both VCDs and ROs, we had water coming out of our ears.
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LT Brad McInnis
LCDR (Join to see) - I love those RO's. Best water I ever drank. We usually ran it to overflow as they made so much water. Bigger AC's are always nice!
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This is great news, take an already capable and proven platform (really that's an understatement when referring to the Arleigh Burkes) and update it to serve for decades to come.
Also good to see some of the investment we made in the Zumwalt class paying off in front-line warships. I've always viewed the Zumwalt as more of a semi-deployable technology test bed than a warship (though they can certainly (hopefully) fight in certain limited scenarios).
Also good to see some of the investment we made in the Zumwalt class paying off in front-line warships. I've always viewed the Zumwalt as more of a semi-deployable technology test bed than a warship (though they can certainly (hopefully) fight in certain limited scenarios).
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Ah, yes a new Radar system, well an upgrade to the AEGIS at least, but it is still a DDG-51 with all of the inherent flaws of that design. Have they fixed the Fantail? You know where if the seas are rough you might lose a helo before it can take off or during landing? The bow is prone to crushing if the seas are too heavy as she was designed. Hopefully, that was fixed during newer models and upgrades? In spite of these and other problems, she is still a destroyer and handles like one. Highly maneuverable and fast to get underway, a ship fun to be on.
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PO2 Robert Aitchison
Interesting to hear about some of the shortcomings of the Arleigh Burke platform. I never got the chance to serve on one (the first were coming online around the time I got out of the Navy) but comparing it to the Spruance Class it seemed like they solved most if not all of the shortcomings of the former.
Interesting to see the evolution of the destroyer just over my lifetime, we went from the early cold war steam powered destroyers to the Spruance Class (which was revolutionary in it's time to the Arleigh Burkes).
Also interesting if you look at the destroyers of allied navies, a whole lot of them follow the general design of the Arleigh Burkes.
Interesting to see the evolution of the destroyer just over my lifetime, we went from the early cold war steam powered destroyers to the Spruance Class (which was revolutionary in it's time to the Arleigh Burkes).
Also interesting if you look at the destroyers of allied navies, a whole lot of them follow the general design of the Arleigh Burkes.
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CMDCM Gene Treants Most, if not all the DDGs have had a bow strengthening modification to correct what you're referring to. Some of the older hulls (low 50's) had to have new bows attached!
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