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Posted on 03/18/2015 2:10:08 PM PDT by naturalman1975
Much like the US Navy LHD, LHA, and similar her real striking power isn’t the weapons on her decks, it’s the horde of heavily armed grunts carried in her belly.
Canada and New Zealand do the same - HMCS and HMNZS respectively for their ships, and so do a couple of the other Commonwealth Realms, although most are too small to have much in the way of navy’s nowadays (even New Zealand struggles with her population of only a few million).
Hmmm, I’m guessing I could snap up a residence or 2 there on the cheap right about now...
Looking at Naval ships doesn’t bother me at all.
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Back in 1988 I got a flight in one of those, RAF Wyton, UK.
What a monstrosity. . .but fun.
Um, she’s not finished yet. Hasn’t even been commissioned yet, per the article.
Actually HMAS Canberra is now in commission. Her sister ship NUSHIP Adelaide is still in the final stages of fitting out and not yet commissioned.
Canberra is armed with close in defence weapons but they are quite small and not that visible, same as on most carrier type vessels. Her primary defence is intended to be ships escorting her, and if it comes down to it, the aircraft she’s carrying. That’s also her striking power, along with the troops she’d deliver to where they are neeed.
USS Canberra was a cruiser of the US Navy. It was named in honor of the original HMAS Canberra, which sank in the Battle of Savo Island, one of the nasty sea battles around Guadalcanal, when the Marines were fighting the Japanese on land. It is the only American warship named for a foreign ship or city. It is one of many American and Commonwealth ships at the bottom of Ironbottom Sound.
Er, the latter being the HMAS ship.
Yes - USS Canberra’s ships bell now has a place of honour on display in the Australian National Maritime Museum, donated there after her decommissioning.
Our Navies and our nations have a brotherhood forged in blood and fire.
Oh - and the date the bell was donated.
September the 10th, 2001.
The day before the blood and fire returned.
Very interesting, I didn’t know that.
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She sure is tall.
Hope she’s not too top heavy!
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The copters land on the top of the ramp;
then they roll down to the deck-
it saves gas.
Might want to rethink the F-35, it’s a pile of garbage.
Opinions on that are mixed and I’m hearing both sides, but the simple fact is the F-35B the only option currently under development in terms of a V/STOL fighter and that’s the only option for this type of small carrier.
All the eggs are in one basket. If it doesn’t work, we’re going to get anything different in anything close to the short term, so it’s the one we have to consider and hope works out.
I think a small UCAV might be a better fit. Unless the deck is really hardened that temps from the VTOL f35 will melt the decks. The C can’t be used since the boat is too small.
http://defensetech.org/2014/08/18/video-navy-drone-performs-carrier-landing-with-fa-18/
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