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RN:
Town class light cruiser HMS Glasgow, seen here in Valparaiso, Chile. Lightly damaged by German cruisers during the Battle of Coronel she in turn assisted in the sinking of SMS Leipzig during the Battle of the Falklands.
Town class light cruiser HMS Glasgow, seen here in Valparaiso, Chile. Lightly damaged by German cruisers during the Battle of Coronel she in turn assisted in the sinking of SMS Leipzig during the Battle of the Falklands.
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Australia:
HMAS Stuart and HMAS Arunta in Darwin Australia, 2020. HMAS Stuart (L) was upgraded during the ASMD program (Anti-Ship Missile Defence) and HMAS Arunta (R) has been further upgraded under the AMCAP program (Anzac Mid-Life Capability Assurance Program)
HMAS Stuart and HMAS Arunta in Darwin Australia, 2020. HMAS Stuart (L) was upgraded during the ASMD program (Anti-Ship Missile Defence) and HMAS Arunta (R) has been further upgraded under the AMCAP program (Anzac Mid-Life Capability Assurance Program)
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Imperial Italy:
Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser 'Varese', date unknown
Bravo Zulu can u explain me please the term "Imperial Italy"?
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Italy was a monarchal state from around 1860+ until post WW2 in 1946 I believe. Italy had a king and was an imperial state
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An Indonesian Navy Kapitan Pattimura (Parchim I)-class corvette, KRI Pati Unus.
Natuna, MINA -Indonesian Navy’s Fleet Command I (Koarmada I) held a Level-3 Combat Task Force Exercise (Gelagaspur) in the Java Sea Waters, Karimata Strait and Singkep Island, South Natuna Waters.
An Indonesian Navy Kapitan Pattimura (Parchim I)-class corvette, KRI Pati Unus.
Natuna, MINA -Indonesian Navy’s Fleet Command I (Koarmada I) held a Level-3 Combat Task Force Exercise (Gelagaspur) in the Java Sea Waters, Karimata Strait and Singkep Island, South Natuna Waters.
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Thanks !!!Italy was a monarchal state from around 1860+ until post WW2 in 1946 I believe. Italy had a king and was an imperial state
Italian Empire - Wikipedia
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If they are EOD doing a demo job, it will be for blast protection mate
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USN:
A "Zippo" Monitor of Task Force 117 uses it's dual flamethrowers to reduce possible enemy ambush sites along the riverbank of a small waterway in the Mekong Delta on May 3, 1968. Getting its nickname from the popular lighter, the different variants of Zippo Monitors were a valuable component of the Mobile Riverine Force. Official U.S. Navy Photo (USN 1135595)
A "Zippo" Monitor of Task Force 117 uses it's dual flamethrowers to reduce possible enemy ambush sites along the riverbank of a small waterway in the Mekong Delta on May 3, 1968. Getting its nickname from the popular lighter, the different variants of Zippo Monitors were a valuable component of the Mobile Riverine Force. Official U.S. Navy Photo (USN 1135595)
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Russia:
Admiral Kuznetsov, location and date unknown
Nanuchka-class corvettes/missile boats. 106th Small Missile Corvette Battalion subordinate to the 36th Brigade of Missile Boats based at Baltiysk, date unknown
Column at anchor includes a Slava-class cruiser (L) and an Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate (2nd from L). Date and location unknown
Admiral Kuznetsov, location and date unknown
Nanuchka-class corvettes/missile boats. 106th Small Missile Corvette Battalion subordinate to the 36th Brigade of Missile Boats based at Baltiysk, date unknown
Column at anchor includes a Slava-class cruiser (L) and an Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate (2nd from L). Date and location unknown
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Italy:
Battleship Dante Alighieri while it passes through Taranto's Ponte Girevole 15th Jan 1913
Battleship Littorio under construction at Genova, in 1935; this view allows a nice view of the "Pugliese" Torpedo Defence System.
Battleship Dante Alighieri while it passes through Taranto's Ponte Girevole 15th Jan 1913
Battleship Littorio under construction at Genova, in 1935; this view allows a nice view of the "Pugliese" Torpedo Defence System.
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USN:
Sea Hunter USV in Pearl Harbor, USS Missouri and the USS Arizona Memorial are in the background.
Sea Hunter is classified as a Class III USV and designated the Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MDUSV).
She is an unmanned self-piloting craft with twin screws, powered by two diesel engines with a top speed of 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h). Her weight is 135 tons, including 40 tons of fuel, adequate for a 70-day cruise. Cruising range is "transoceanic," 10,000 nautical miles (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) fully fuelled with 14,000 gallons of diesel, enough to "go from San Diego to Guam and back to Pearl Harbor on a tank of gas." Sea Hunter has a full load displacement of 145 tons and is intended to be operational through Sea State 5, waves up to 6.5 ft (2.0 m) high and winds up to 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h), and survivable through Sea State 7, seas up to 20 ft (6.1 m) high. The trimaran hull provides increased stability without requiring a weighted keel, giving her a higher capacity for linear trajectories and better operations in shallow waters, though the greater width decreases maneuverability.
A removable operator control station is installed during the testing period "for safety and backup" until it can be determined to reliably operate on her own. Operationally, computers will drive and control the ship, with a human always observing and taking charge if necessary in a concept called Sparse Supervisory Control, meaning a person is in control, but not "joy sticking" the vessel around. It can patrol without human guidance, using optical guidance and radar to avoid hitting obstacles or other watercraft. The ship has a host of non-standard features because of her lack of crew, including an internal layout that offers enough room for maintenance to be performed but not for any people to be permanently present. She is fitted with quicKutter shaft protection rope/line cutters from Quickwater Marine in Perth; these devices protect the vessel from damage caused by rope or net caught by the propellers, without affecting the vessel's performance.
The craft is expected to undergo two years of testing before being placed in service with the U.S. Navy. If tests are successful, future craft of this type may be armed and used for anti-submarine and counter-mine duties, operating at a small fraction of the cost of a destroyer, $15,000-$20,000 per day compared to $700,000 per day; it could operate with Littoral Combat Ships, becoming an extension of the LCS ASW module. Deputy US Defense Secretary Robert Work said that if weapons are added to the ship, a human would always remotely make the decision to use lethal force.
Following successful initial development, it was reported on 1 February 2018 that DARPA had handed development of Sea Hunter to the Office of Naval Research
The Chinese military has built a near identical copy of the Sea Hunter.
Sea Hunter USV in Pearl Harbor, USS Missouri and the USS Arizona Memorial are in the background.
Sea Hunter is classified as a Class III USV and designated the Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MDUSV).
She is an unmanned self-piloting craft with twin screws, powered by two diesel engines with a top speed of 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h). Her weight is 135 tons, including 40 tons of fuel, adequate for a 70-day cruise. Cruising range is "transoceanic," 10,000 nautical miles (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) fully fuelled with 14,000 gallons of diesel, enough to "go from San Diego to Guam and back to Pearl Harbor on a tank of gas." Sea Hunter has a full load displacement of 145 tons and is intended to be operational through Sea State 5, waves up to 6.5 ft (2.0 m) high and winds up to 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h), and survivable through Sea State 7, seas up to 20 ft (6.1 m) high. The trimaran hull provides increased stability without requiring a weighted keel, giving her a higher capacity for linear trajectories and better operations in shallow waters, though the greater width decreases maneuverability.
A removable operator control station is installed during the testing period "for safety and backup" until it can be determined to reliably operate on her own. Operationally, computers will drive and control the ship, with a human always observing and taking charge if necessary in a concept called Sparse Supervisory Control, meaning a person is in control, but not "joy sticking" the vessel around. It can patrol without human guidance, using optical guidance and radar to avoid hitting obstacles or other watercraft. The ship has a host of non-standard features because of her lack of crew, including an internal layout that offers enough room for maintenance to be performed but not for any people to be permanently present. She is fitted with quicKutter shaft protection rope/line cutters from Quickwater Marine in Perth; these devices protect the vessel from damage caused by rope or net caught by the propellers, without affecting the vessel's performance.
The craft is expected to undergo two years of testing before being placed in service with the U.S. Navy. If tests are successful, future craft of this type may be armed and used for anti-submarine and counter-mine duties, operating at a small fraction of the cost of a destroyer, $15,000-$20,000 per day compared to $700,000 per day; it could operate with Littoral Combat Ships, becoming an extension of the LCS ASW module. Deputy US Defense Secretary Robert Work said that if weapons are added to the ship, a human would always remotely make the decision to use lethal force.
Following successful initial development, it was reported on 1 February 2018 that DARPA had handed development of Sea Hunter to the Office of Naval Research
The Chinese military has built a near identical copy of the Sea Hunter.
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A U-2R after landing on the USS America (CV-66), November 1969, in support of the CIA's Project Whale Tale (Photo: NRO/CIA)
The idea started in the late 1950s when the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was looking for a way to overcome the range limitations of the U-2. Possessing a useful range of about 3,000 miles (4,800 km), the U-2 simply could not reach every location of interest to the CIA given the locations of U-2 bases. As a result, the CIA began a cooperative effort with the US Navy known as Project Whale Tale. The purpose of this project was to adapt the U-2 for use aboard aircraft carriers. Testing commenced in August of 1963 when, in the dark of night, a crane lifted a U-2C onto the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk at San Diego, California. The vessel streamed off the coast on the morning of 5 August where Lockheed test pilot Bob Schumacher began flight test operations.
Since this initial testing looked promising, Lockheed and the Navy modified three U-2A airframes with stronger landing gear, an arresting hook, and wing spoilers to decrease the lift during landing. These new aircraft became known as the U-2G.
The first, and probably only, operational mission of the U-2G occurred in May 1964 when a plane operating off the USS Ranger monitored French nuclear tests at the Mururoa atoll. Otherwise, the capability to operate U-2s at sea did not appear to be in great demand. However, CIA pilots continued to be trained for carrier operations over the next few years. The program continued when the much larger U-2R was introduced in 1967. Even being some 40% bigger than the U-2A or U-2G and with twice the range as well as four times the payload, the CIA and Navy still saw advantages to operating the aircraft from a carrier. Modifications included adding an arrestor hook and a wing-folding mechanism to fold the outer six feet of each wing for improved handling aboard ship (note: above photos are the U-2R variant)
https://tailhookdaily.typepad.com/tailhook_daily_briefing/2007/09/flightdeck-fr-1.html
A U-2R after landing on the USS America (CV-66), November 1969, in support of the CIA's Project Whale Tale (Photo: NRO/CIA)
The idea started in the late 1950s when the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was looking for a way to overcome the range limitations of the U-2. Possessing a useful range of about 3,000 miles (4,800 km), the U-2 simply could not reach every location of interest to the CIA given the locations of U-2 bases. As a result, the CIA began a cooperative effort with the US Navy known as Project Whale Tale. The purpose of this project was to adapt the U-2 for use aboard aircraft carriers. Testing commenced in August of 1963 when, in the dark of night, a crane lifted a U-2C onto the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk at San Diego, California. The vessel streamed off the coast on the morning of 5 August where Lockheed test pilot Bob Schumacher began flight test operations.
Since this initial testing looked promising, Lockheed and the Navy modified three U-2A airframes with stronger landing gear, an arresting hook, and wing spoilers to decrease the lift during landing. These new aircraft became known as the U-2G.
The first, and probably only, operational mission of the U-2G occurred in May 1964 when a plane operating off the USS Ranger monitored French nuclear tests at the Mururoa atoll. Otherwise, the capability to operate U-2s at sea did not appear to be in great demand. However, CIA pilots continued to be trained for carrier operations over the next few years. The program continued when the much larger U-2R was introduced in 1967. Even being some 40% bigger than the U-2A or U-2G and with twice the range as well as four times the payload, the CIA and Navy still saw advantages to operating the aircraft from a carrier. Modifications included adding an arrestor hook and a wing-folding mechanism to fold the outer six feet of each wing for improved handling aboard ship (note: above photos are the U-2R variant)
https://tailhookdaily.typepad.com/tailhook_daily_briefing/2007/09/flightdeck-fr-1.html
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USSR:
Fall, 1941. Soviet warships photographed by German aerial reconnaissance at Kronstadt Naval Base. The largest ship (number "2") is the heavy cruiser Kirov (1936-circa 1975); the vessel at centre (number "1") is a Leningrad class destroyer leader (either Leningrad or Minsk ).
Fall, 1941. Soviet warships photographed by German aerial reconnaissance at Kronstadt Naval Base. The largest ship (number "2") is the heavy cruiser Kirov (1936-circa 1975); the vessel at centre (number "1") is a Leningrad class destroyer leader (either Leningrad or Minsk ).
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