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This is a response to the previous thread. These are Modern US Destroyer's from the 70's to the Present day. It makes more sense not post modern with WW1 and WW2 destroyers [ATTACH]37741[/ATTACH][ATTACH]37742[/ATTACH][ATTACH]37743[/ATTACH][ATTACH]37744[/ATTACH][ATTACH]37745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]37746[/ATTACH] 1. USS Bricoe 2-3. USS Barry 4. Uss Mahan 5. USS Spurance 6. USS Port Royal
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More, [ATTACH]38206[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38207[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38208[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38209[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]38211[/ATTACH] 1. Fife 2. Stump 3. Sullivans 4. Scott 5. Hancock then 6. Hancock now Regards Charles
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Modern Destroyers, [ATTACH]38597[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38598[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38599[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38600[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38601[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38602[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38603[/ATTACH] 1. Preble(fresh water rinse underway) 2. Chafee 3. Deyo 4. Fletcher 5. Preble 6.Russel 7. Zumwalt Class- Cancelled Regards Charles
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[ATTACH]38959[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38960[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38961[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38962[/ATTACH][ATTACH]38963[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]38964[/ATTACH] 3.)USS Benfold 4.) USS Chung Hoon 5.) USS Porter 6.) USS Stout Regards Charles
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[ATTACH]39429[/ATTACH][ATTACH]39430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]39431[/ATTACH][ATTACH]39432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]39433[/ATTACH] 1. Halsey 2. Kidd 3. McFaul with Cutter Dallas 4. Momsen 5. Ramage 6. Sullivans Regards Charles
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A very impressive array. Some marvelous-looking ships. Thanks for posting. Are the Zumwalts to be completely cancelled do we know yet? I read an article on the class's cancellation dated July last year that stated two would still be built, but I'm not sure whether that has now been supeceded. At 14,500 tons I'm also puzzled about where and how the USN makes the distinction between 'destroyer' and 'cruiser.'

Koo, As far I know the class was cancelled altogether this year. Regards Charles

Here is some information on the Arleigh Burke Class destroyers. Some what dated but give the reader a good idea of the internal and external workings of this class. [url]http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/man/uswpns/navy/surfacewarfare/ddg51_arleighburke.html[/url] Enjoy. Regards Charles

Thanks for the pic of the DALLAS, Charles, needless to say that one's being added to the collection. Pity about the other ship being there, spoils the pic a bit!!!! Mik

Mik, Your welcome. I would agree the other ships are in the photo. Regards Charles

US Navy site with loads of high resolution photos for the enthusiastic collector. Hope you have a few hours to kill.... [url]http://www.navy.mil/view_galleries.asp[/url] Bill

Bill, You are correct and I would agree with your comments. Thanks! Regards Charles

Is this artists impression of USS Zumwalt tooooo modern for this thread ? Bill
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Bill, NOT at all! The big question for the ship is will she have armor for self-protection. Hopefully she not be made from Alumminum! But what a surprise to find out she will be in fact built. Regards Charles

Funny how things often go full circle. Zumwalt at first glance reminds me of... one of the old monitors in use by both sides during the American civil-war!!:confused:

Re Post #3 pic #1 please excuse my ignorance; and although unrelated in respects to the task at hand the use of hose prompted me to ask is 'pre-wetting' a thing of the past? Little h

Little h, I see your question on pre-weting. Sorry it has taken so long for a response. But the use of fresh water on those ships is an effort to preserve the existing paint work and steel. Tho fresh water on some ships are just enough to handle the day to day useage, it's has been my experince the Chief Enginner is usually pretty tight about the use of fresh water on the weather decks. Regards Charles

[QUOTE=astraltrader;70775]Funny how things often go full circle. Zumwalt at first glance reminds me of... one of the old monitors in use by both sides during the American civil-war!!:confused:[/QUOTE] Exactly! I remember a ship built few years ago - SEA SHADOW, I think - very similar to VIRGINIA.

I think many sailors were glad to see that silly-looking Zumwalt design go under. Talk about designed by a committee! While it was "super-modern" in weaponry (which could easily be tossed on a more conventional-looking ship) the hull shape put me off completely. Where do you stand to fight fires and damage if the superstructure were mangled? No place to go outside the ship to take care of "outside" business? Something about that design had "ugly" written all over it, and when I see the mechanically or engineering "ugly" bug around a structure, I worry about "can it do the job?" This probably means that the design was just fine and i am finally a grumpy old f**t whose days have long since gone by. Give me a Fletcher or Burke any day! :) Three Hawaiian based Arliegh Burkes -- Chung-Hoon, Hopper and Richard H. O'kane
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Don, I would agree with your comment's on the Zumwalt design. I would summize there would have been a fire surpression system onboard, IF the battle damage did not render it useless! The Fletcher design is a "good " design and if you take a close look at the USCG Hamilton Class and compare the hull's you notice they are very close. Regards Charles

Hi Don. Glad to see that Dick O'Kane has a ship named after him.Would have thought it would be a Submarine though? Regards Steve.:confused:

Hi All, Took this a few years ago across the Gareloch at the refuelling pier north of the sub base at Faslane. I really don't think that the crew liked what I was doing. I was wearing a high viz vest and not trying to be sneaky in any way. I do thing bringing the Vulan Phalanx to bear was a bit much! Cheers, Sandy McAuslan. (I have a couple of earlier shots as well and it was bearing dead ahead in the first of them. Maybe they thought I was a rebel.)
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[I]Arleigh Burke[/I] herself (lead ship of the class) against the pier, and [I]Porter[/I] telling you to bugger off! [QUOTE] Jump to: navigation, search USS Porter may refer to one of several ships in the United States Navy named in honor of Commodore David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter. USS Porter (TB-6), a torpedo boat, launched in 1896, served during the Spanish-American War, and stricken in 1912 USS Porter (DD-59), a Tucker-class destroyer, commissioned in 1916, served in World War I, decommissioned in 1922, transferred to the United States Coast Guard as CG-7, returned to the Navy and scrapped in 1934 USS Porter (DD-356), the lead ship of her class of destroyers, commissioned in 1936, served in World War II and sunk in battle in October 1942 USS Porter (DD-800), a Fletcher-class destroyer, commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1953 USS Porter (DDG-78), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, commissioned in 1999 and actively serving as of 2012 Another ship with a similar name: USS William D. Porter (DD-579), a Fletcher-class destroyer named for Commodore William D. Porter (1808–1864). [/QUOTE] Hmmmm... so many USN destroyers named Porter. There is a story that goes with the last... I'll have to check the USN section to see if it has been told here before. Hint: "Don't shoot, we're Republicans!". {edit: And here it is, already posted: [URL="http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1299&highlight=William+Porter"]worldnavalships forums "Don't Shoot - We're Republicans" [/URL]}

This is U.S.S. Mitscher DDG 57 entering Portsmouth Harbour on the 13th October, Regards, Bob
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Thanks for the photos as always Bob. I seem to remember that Mitscher visited Portsmouth once before back in 2008. :)

Thank you Terry, Regards, Bob

Three of my favorite Arliegh Burke class photos -- Chung-Hoon and Richard H. O'Kane at Pearl Harbor and Howard out in the deep blue. Official USN photos.
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