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great ship - 2/13/2017 7:40:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		So it is Sep. of '43 and as US I just got my first Tacoma class PF, (the Long Beach.) Wow, what a great escort. Long-legged and an ASW rating of 11. I wish I had more of these coming and less of the regular DEs.
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RE: great ship - 2/13/2017 10:55:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Description and ship's history:

https://www.uscg.mil/HISTORY/cutters/USN/PF/PF34_Long_Beach.pdf

Many of this class were manned by the USCG and transferred to the Soviet Union as the war ended. Interesting that this one ended up in the Japanese Maritime Defense Force.

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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 12:31:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Love those PFs. I wish they could be stuck in CVE TFs, though.

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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 12:34:19 AM   
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Love those PFs. I wish they could be stuck in CVE TFs, though.

Edit: I always thought it was an insult to name a lowly PF, rather than a CL or CA, after that city.

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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 2:24:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		They could've named an AO after that city, like the USS Kankakee.

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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 3:09:19 AM   
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They could've named an AO after that city, like the USS Kankakee.

The navy already had other plans:






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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 8:01:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		I always wonder what was going on in the head of the designer to put such an ugly, fat Tower on a otherwise beautiful ship?

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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 11:05:42 AM   
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https://uglyships.wordpress.com/

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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 11:28:04 AM   
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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 12:55:27 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Barb

If you want to see some really ugly things, you should look here :D

https://uglyships.wordpress.com/



Buuaa....

Ok the destroyer has some kind of an excuse, because he´s a warship with stealth technology and therefore must be constructed in that way, but the other ones...baaah.

I am shure getting the command over such a ship is special punishment or something.



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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 3:27:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's not really a great ship. It's just a good ship.

ETA: Sorry. Thought we were talking about the HMS Lollipop.

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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 4:28:04 PM   
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It's not really a great ship. It's just a good ship.

ETA: Sorry. Thought we were talking about the HMS Lollipop.

No, we were talking about time traveling cats with laser beams shooting out of their eyes. Pay attention, man!

Or was that the other thread? Hmm...

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RE: great ship - 2/14/2017 10:16:41 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Odin

I always wonder what was going on in the head of the designer to put such an ugly, fat Tower on a otherwise beautiful ship?

Phased array radar requires a panel for each direction. Under the façade there are hundreds of pencil-like radar generating "fingers" that can each be aimed a few degrees one way or another. When something is detected, multiple radar fingers can lock on and track much more accurately than a traditional single source radar beam. This technology was made necessary by the advent of anti-ship missiles.

As for the tower, the USS Enterprise CVN that was just retired had the phased array panels on her tower too.

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RE: great ship - 2/15/2017 6:32:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hehe, the Trollbas is a port tender, or general work boat, or something like that. Here is a little more about her:
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:304735/mmsi:257156700/imo:0/vessel:TROLLBAS

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RE: great ship - 2/15/2017 8:32:03 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


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ORIGINAL: Odin

I always wonder what was going on in the head of the designer to put such an ugly, fat Tower on a otherwise beautiful ship?

Phased array radar requires a panel for each direction. Under the façade there are hundreds of pencil-like radar generating "fingers" that can each be aimed a few degrees one way or another. When something is detected, multiple radar fingers can lock on and track much more accurately than a traditional single source radar beam. This technology was made necessary by the advent of anti-ship missiles.

As for the tower, the USS Enterprise CVN that was just retired had the phased array panels on her tower too.


Ok thank you.

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RE: great ship - 2/15/2017 12:33:26 PM   
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RE: great ship - 2/15/2017 1:29:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


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ORIGINAL: Odin

I always wonder what was going on in the head of the designer to put such an ugly, fat Tower on a otherwise beautiful ship?

Phased array radar requires a panel for each direction. Under the façade there are hundreds of pencil-like radar generating "fingers" that can each be aimed a few degrees one way or another. When something is detected, multiple radar fingers can lock on and track much more accurately than a traditional single source radar beam. This technology was made necessary by the advent of anti-ship missiles.

As for the tower, the USS Enterprise CVN that was just retired had the phased array panels on her tower too.


That answers one of those irritating questions I have always pondered on but never took the time to research. Thanks!

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