From: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/citynotes.php?id=530627
"Look for a couple of big ships to make stops at Mayport soon. According to Capt. Aaron Bowman, commanding officer of Naval Station Mayport, the USS Independence will be in port this week. Also, a German frigate, the SMS Hessen, will spend some time at Mayport."
This ship looks badazz.
http://www.ussindependenceship.org/index.php
Neato! The LCS is such a pretty hull.
Wasn't there talk of them actually mothballing some of the current frigate fleet and replacing them with the LCS class ship at mayport? Maybe I was hallucinating.
Ohh, here it is.
QuoteMayport will be the Navy’s LCS hub for the East Coast, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead told lawmakers on Wednesday, and he said something else â€" LCS is seen as a “replacement†for the Navy’s current fleet of frigates. You can imagine how Iron Mike Burleson and the web’s Hardest-Working Amphibian probably feel about that.
http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/11/mayport-lcs-and-the-mantle-of-frigates/
I know LCS-1 (USS Freedom) was here.
Quote from: 02roadking on March 30, 2010, 12:22:41 PM
From: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/citynotes.php?id=530627
"Look for a couple of big ships to make stops at Mayport soon. According to Capt. Aaron Bowman, commanding officer of Naval Station Mayport, the USS Independence will be in port this week. Also, a German frigate, the SMS Hessen, will spend some time at Mayport."
This ship looks badazz.
http://www.ussindependenceship.org/index.php
Someone needs to call Optimus Prime & Bumblebee!!! That thing looks like a Decepticon!! Will these "Decepticons" be base in Jax?
QuoteWasn't there talk of them actually mothballing some of the current frigate fleet and replacing them with the LCS class ship at mayport?
The OHP (Oliver Hazard Perry) Class frigates are being phased out fleet wide...
http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/89177/ffg7---oliver-hazard-perry-class-guided-missile-frigate.html
QuoteHistory
The Oliver Hazard Perry (OHP) class of guide missile frigates (FFG7) was developed as a replacement for the navy's aging fleet of WWII era destroyers. Of limited capability (the frigate's air defense capabilities are limited to self protection only) the OHPs were intended to fill the classic frigate role - patrolling sealanes of communication (SLOC) and merchant protection and escort. Their reduced capabilities also make the ship relatively cheap to manufacture, ensuring that large numbers of them could be purchased.
The USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG7) was ordered in March of 1973, with the keel laid down at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME. in June of 1975. The Perry was launched in September of 1976 and commissioned into active service in December of 1977. A total of 51 FFG7 frigates were produced, with the last, the USS Ingraham (FFG61) being commissioned in 1989. Construction was divided between Bath Iron Works, and the Todd Shipyards in Seattle WA, and San Pedro, CA.
Ship construction was along two different hull designs. The "short hull" Flight I frigates were 445 feet long, non-RAST equipped, and embarked only a single SH-2F LAMPS I ASW helicopter. The "long hull" Flight III frigates were 453 feet long, were RAST equipped, and embarked two SH-60 LAMPS III ASW helicopters.
Currently there are still 30 FFG7 frigates in commissioned service. All of the original "short hull" frigates, to include the original Perry (FFG7) have either been decommissioned or sold and transferred to foreign navies. There are currently no plans to develop and produce a replacement for the FFG7 class.
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will they be available for public viewing?
If not, you can always get a pretty darn nice view from Huguenot.
Man, I bet that thing can fly! I wouln't want to be on the buisness end of that thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(LCS-2)
QuoteUSS Independence (LCS-2), the class prototype for the Independence-class littoral combat ship, will be the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence. It is the design produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the Navy's littoral combat ship program, and competes with the Lockheed Martin-designed USS Freedom.
It is intended as a small assault transport that can take on various capabilities with the installation of mission modules. The ship is a trimaran design that can make more than 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph), and was delivered to the Navy at the end of 2009.
Can you imagine being on a beach somewhere and seeing that thing come over the horizon at 40kts?
Talk about "shock and awe"!
Will there be a public viewing?