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CWO3 Dennis M.
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PO1 Tony Holland Who sends a ship to a war zone that can't protect it's self? Russia! That's who!
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SPC Lyle Montgomery
SPC Lyle Montgomery
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What about our govt. ship The Gabriel Gifford having no armament? This ship has to rely on other ships to protect it.This is lunacy.
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CWO3 Dennis M.
CWO3 Dennis M.
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SPC Lyle Montgomery - I just did a check on this Navy ship, and they tell me she is not defenseless.
Class and type Independence-class littoral combat ship
Displacement 2,307 tonnes light, 3,104 tonnes full, 797 tonnes deadweight[4]
Length 127.4 m (418 ft)[4]
Beam 31.6 m (104 ft)[4]
Draft 14 ft (4.27 m)[4]
Propulsion 2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed 40 kn + (46 mph; 74 km/h), 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint
Range 4,300 nmi (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 kn + (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Capacity 210 tonnes (230 short tons)
Complement 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew
Sensors and
processing systems

Sea Giraffe 3D Surface/Air RADAR
Bridgemaster-E Navigational RADAR
AN/KAX-2 EO/IR sensor for GFC

Electronic warfare
& decoys

EDO ES-3601 ESM
4 × SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System

Armament

1 × BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun
4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns
1 × SeaRAM 11-cell missile launcher
8 x RGM-184A Naval Strike Missiles[14][15]
2 x Mk44 Bushmaster II
Mission modules

Aircraft carried

2× MH-60R/S Seahawks
MQ-8 Fire Scout
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SPC Lyle Montgomery
SPC Lyle Montgomery
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CWO3 Dennis M. - Sorry, I was misinformed on what I read on this website yesterday
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CWO3 Dennis M.
CWO3 Dennis M.
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SPC Lyle Montgomery - Not a problem, Brother.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
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Edited >1 y ago
TELL'EM Guys.
That Piece Of Junk Was Tuned Into A Sub ?
GREAT, We Can Always Use A Little More Bubble Gum Wrappers
But We Don't Put Up Your Bull Shit...
It's Time For The USA To
"LOCK N' LOAD"
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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Turkey can block Russian access to the Black Sea. They don’t like the Russians.
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