Navy Ship question?

[LearLove]

What is the difference between these 3 types of ships? Frigate, Destroyer, Cruiser. Is there a mission diff, size diff, armament diff? And how can you tell them apart if you were standing by or flying over a shipyard?

 

[Hamburger]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_ships

 

[Hobit]

While we're at it, what is the old sub you see while on appraoch to 27R & L at KPHL?

 

[Huggyu2]

flightinfo.com?

 

[Hobit]

flightinfo.com?

Well I need to correct my last post. The best view of the sub while in FLIGHT was on approach to 26 at Philly. The slanted approach path to 26 brought our FLIGHTpath right near the docks.

ARRRRRRHHHHH MATEY!!!!

:laugh:

 

[LivestockTony]

While we're at it, what is the old sub you see while on appraoch to 27R & L at KPHL?

You're probably looking at the USS Becuna, which is now a floating museum. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Becuna_(SS-319))

-TF

 

[LearLove]

I don't think there are and subs in the navy yard. just the one up by penns landing across from the battleship NJ. The carrier in the yard is the JFK.

 

[SIG600]

Before you guys get all wrapped up in discussion here, I would emplore you to dig deeper into the news reports that have recently sprung up. The Navy is taking this very seriously, as are we all.

Washinton Post
By Bill Gertz “Inside The Ring”
Al Qaeda targets Navy
An al Qaeda Web site last week announced that in response to U.S. targeting of al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen it would launch a campaign against U.S. Navy interests, including seeking data on naval nuclear weapons and Navy personnel and their families.
The group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the main al Qaeda affiliate that has been linked to the Christmas Day airliner bomb plot, announced Dec. 29 that it had called on all Muslims to take part in the "mast media campaign," specifically the gathering of information on U.S. naval interests. Targets include the names of vessels at sea, where they are based, capabilities, information on crew, their families and where they live, how ships are serviced by other nations and data on possible nuclear weapons on board.
The statement said: "The lions of al Qaeda flirted with the American Navy several years ago when they targeted the destroyer Cole! Now, with the help of God, every American naval vessel in the seas and oceans: aircraft carriers, submarines, and all of its war machines within range of al Qaeda - will be destroyed, God willing."
In response, the Navy has heightened its alert posture in the Middle East, according to a defense official.

 

[Flash]

Before you guys get all wrapped up in discussion here, I would emplore you to dig deeper into the news reports that have recently sprung up. The Navy is taking this very seriously, as are we all.

Washinton Post
By Bill Gertz “Inside The Ring”
Al Qaeda targets Navy
An al Qaeda Web site last week announced that in response to U.S. targeting of al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen it would launch a campaign against U.S. Navy interests, including seeking data on naval nuclear weapons and Navy personnel and their families.
The group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the main al Qaeda affiliate that has been linked to the Christmas Day airliner bomb plot, announced Dec. 29 that it had called on all Muslims to take part in the "mast media campaign," specifically the gathering of information on U.S. naval interests. Targets include the names of vessels at sea, where they are based, capabilities, information on crew, their families and where they live, how ships are serviced by other nations and data on possible nuclear weapons on board.
The statement said: "The lions of al Qaeda flirted with the American Navy several years ago when they targeted the destroyer Cole! Now, with the help of God, every American naval vessel in the seas and oceans: aircraft carriers, submarines, and all of its war machines within range of al Qaeda - will be destroyed, God willing."
In response, the Navy has heightened its alert posture in the Middle East, according to a defense official.

I'm sure an Al Qaeda mole is waiting for some armchair quarterback on fi to provide sensitive infor re the Navy rather than going directly to sites that provide that info in one sitting.

 

[rickair7777]

What is the difference between these 3 types of ships? Frigate, Destroyer, Cruiser. Is there a mission diff, size diff, armament diff? And how can you tell them apart if you were standing by or flying over a shipyard?

These three classes are the all designed to engage in combat on the high seas. They can all do generally the same things, but with different mission emphasis and generally more capabilities in the larger ships:

Surface Warfare (guns/missiles)
Antisubmarine Warfare
Air defense warfare (missiles mainly)
Launch/Recover Helos and small boats

Frigates are the smallest, and while the current US frigates have missiles, the launchers have been deactivated so they are gunboats only now. These are old ships and will not be replaced by newer frigates as they retire (there will be something called a Littoral Combat Ship instead"

Destroyers are medium size, and are optimized for Antisubmarine warfare (they were originally called "submarine destroyers").

Cruisers are the largest and are usually assigned the Air Defense mission since they carry more missiles than destroyers.

All three classes look like narrow fighting ships, as opposed to the box-like appearance of other warships. US Navy cruisers and destroyers share an almost identical design, but cruisers are larger. It would be hard to tell them apart unless you are familiar with them or see them next to each other (the cruiser has two guns, the destroyer only one). Frigates are smaller, and have a low superstructure which looks like a warehouse.