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Post by Noname117 on Nov 5, 2017 12:37:24 GMT -6
Wait, have USS Long Beach and the Albany class guided missile cruisers been mentioned yet?
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Post by babylon218 on Nov 7, 2017 10:27:18 GMT -6
Wait, have USS Long Beach and the Albany class guided missile cruisers been mentioned yet? Did... did they just bolt the CVN-65 superstructure onto a cruiser hull with the Long Beach-Class?
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Post by oldpop2000 on Nov 7, 2017 10:44:25 GMT -6
Wait, have USS Long Beach and the Albany class guided missile cruisers been mentioned yet? Did... did they just bolt the CVN-65 superstructure onto a cruiser hull with the Long Beach-Class? The one-off Long Beach shared her block superstructure with the Enterprise because she shared with her, the SPS-32 and SPS-33 phased array radars. There were vacuum tube systems and required almost constant repair. Vacuum tubes are very difficult to maintain On the USAF ground based systems including the computer systems, we had to do cold tube checks every shift. It drove everyone crazy. I can just imagine what it was like on a ship. But yes, they shared that iconic block structure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=04sCi50B5CY
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Post by Airy W on Nov 7, 2017 22:36:20 GMT -6
Am I the only one who likes the modern ships with the funky superstructures?
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Post by bcoopactual on Nov 7, 2017 23:10:07 GMT -6
Am I the only one who likes the modern ships with the funky superstructures? No, if you are referring to the modern stealth look, I like those ships as well. Except for probably the Zumwalts. They are a little too monolithic. I realize it's actually a lightweight structure but that superstructure makes them look top heavy to my eye. Either that or they remind me of the stern looking eagle muppet from the muppet show. Something about that ship isn't right aesthetically.
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Post by Airy W on Nov 7, 2017 23:44:28 GMT -6
I meant more the funky radar polyhedrons, I dont know what they are called.
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Post by bcoopactual on Nov 8, 2017 1:33:45 GMT -6
I meant more the funky radar polyhedrons, I dont know what they are called. My mistake. Those are passive electronically scanned arrays or something like that because the radar beams are steered electronically instead of physically moving a transmitter/antenna. They are cool looking.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Nov 8, 2017 12:40:25 GMT -6
You might find this short piece about the USS Long Beach interesting. navy-matters.blogspot.com/2016/07/uss-long-beach.htmlAs to Active Phased array, each module is a transmit/receive module which provides amplification during transmit and low-noise amplification during receive but it also performs beamsteering. Enjoy
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