Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

The actual backbone of USN surface Fleet. How many of them are MC CAINs or FITZGERALD's just waiting to happen?? The warships are no better than the crews and training thereof. DFO

Great photo's Dennis many thanks.....

USS FITZGERALD

From Save the Navy:
"Superbly presented piece - the disturbing story of what happened on board the Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald during the deadly night time collision in 2017 that claimed 7 lives."

https://features.propublica.org/navy-ac ... 4WIdQC57xg

Yea......sure gives me a warm feeling..........or something. Excellent article. DFO

BAE Systems has won a potential $136.2m firm-fixed-price contract from the US Navy for maintenance, repair and modernisation of Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Bulkeley.

The company will provide the human resources and facilities needed to coordinate, integrate and complete multiple areas of the project, the US Department of Defense said Wednesday.

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/us-navy ... GMxfRiuOcY

Blimey , are we getting a good name somewhere per chance

The Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Porter has departed Plymouth, following a port visit during a storm.
Continues at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uss-por ... HWsZMtCTWA

Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyers,USS Gravely,Carney and Porter....participants in this years Exercise Joint Warrior,pictured at Faslane,March 30th 2019.

How about some shots of a Flt. I Burke?? DFO

designeraccd wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2019 3:23 pm How about some shots of a Flt. I Burke?? DFO

Yup Dennis Flight I with flight deck and no hangar(s);

Flight IIA's are with not only port & stbd hangars; but some have a) hangars and on the stbd side hangar deckhouse/superstructure there is a shuttered holding bay within which a AN/WLD-1(V)1 Remote Mine-hunting System (RMS) can be stowed/deployed.

See the Unmanned Drones - All Types for Military and Naval Use thread