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Mar 30, 2017 11:40 PM
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wishiwasafish
I am about to be stationed on one. Wish me luck.
Undroid19
Thatguyfromtheotherday
USS Boondoggle?
nesste
This is a fast vessel
bellaluna
I dunno what I expected the bottom to look like, but that wasn't it.
JackBinary
Logain13
I can see her Littoris
apolloniusthegreat
They call them little crappy ships for a reason.
osprex
That's a freedom class littoral combat ship
sms001
I think the freedom class are the monohulls, this is the independence class trimaran.
iamjackscompletelackofcompassion
That thing is already back in the fucking drydock?
shoulkion
huh no balls.
RealFuckinNito
Bow chicka bow-wow!
Anonfox123
Whaaaaat?! I've seen concepts for this but apparently they actually exist now...
SomeDetroitGuy
Littoral Combat Ship.
ProbablyDrunkAgain
aka Little Crappy Ships
CasualRex
That name is one C away from greatness.
PhoenixQueenAzula
it happens
seriouslythatusernameistakentoo
Really dude? Nauty.
sureasyourebornyourenevergoingtoseenounicorn
This deserves more upvotes
21viking
Ho Lee Fuk
DadDoom
Imagine how many science experiments we could have funded, how many children could have been fed, how many educations could have been funded
Aethelfrid
Stealthy McStealthface
sureasyourebornyourenevergoingtoseenounicorn
Fuck yeah
retsaoter
This is what happens when pirates and ninjas set aside their differences and work together.
noprobllama
Holy shit! It looks like the bottom half is missing
mattiasww
It's a clip-on
keebler1510
No its a tri-maran it's meant to be like that.
LivingLikeLarrry
Holy ship ! It does!
crunchtastic
Its designed for litoral combat ie the space from inshore out to the open sea
xxFLYBOYxx
Read that as clitoral combat at first. I was like clitoral combat eh? You have my attention lol
crunchtastic
Lol
rookerrocks
Much different missile reserved for clitoral combat
Sporly
You can't hit what's not there
ThatOneAlienOnTheInternet
Fired my missile a few times to this one.
VileCoyote
"Fired my missile" sounds like you had a good time..
theonedollarbill
Man your stations, there's an in coming
ThatOneAlienOnTheInternet
In your stations, there's a man coming.
mythicfci
In your man, there's a station coming.
Promethianfire
The way it looks on the water reminds me of Civil War Ironclads.
dogneely
It's "retro"
OxyEmphasisontheMoron
It's an independence class littoral combat ship
WhoYouGonnaCallGhostNappa
You would be thinking of the zumwalt class then, aka DDX
moembo
They look SO WEIRD. But in a futuristic space ship kind of way.
WhoYouGonnaCallGhostNappa
The key thing about the design is that they self right in the ocean, so as long as it doesn't completely fill with water it will fix itself
lordski
I thought the same thing.
JinglingKeysFunForBabiesNotForBatman
It's the wave breaker sides. The ship narrows towards the top. They used to have flooding problems when introduced.
Doilooklikeacattoyaboy
Why would that shape flood more than the standard?
thegrimreaver
Physics. When a wave hits the side of a normal ship, the force is deflected downwards, and pushed the ship up. With a wave-breaker, the (1/2
thegrimreaver
wave breaks (heh) over the top of the ship, and pushes the ship down at the same time. (2/2)
Doilooklikeacattoyaboy
Huh. So a manufacturing fault since they couldn't make it watertight?
JinglingKeysFunForBabiesNotForBatman
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblehome
guywithwifi
trollAESTHETIC
You can't get torpedoed if you don't have a hull
98Problems
but but but... 3 hulls! But I too can't wait for hover-ships!
throwaawy
Zeziwa
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Valdien76
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ObsidianPhantomOfDawnsEos
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ObsidianPhantomOfDawnsEos
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bulletgrazer
WHY WOULD ANYONE TURN A SHIP INTO A HUMAN
GuardsmanMiku
BECAUSE ANIME
muzzleflazh
Same reason they would turn military grade guns into humans (Upotte!! Looking at you. )
bulletgrazer
Well, looked that up. Why must these abominations exist.
CivitatemInkas
I Ain't gonna Upotte.. But I'll upvote.
TwoToneeRebel
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Valdien76
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EmberFiretail
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Patharoth
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GuardsmanMiku
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70mustangboss429
In port because it cracked its hull?
IamLeoChen
And / or aluminum dust in engine
whomdidyouexpect
You mean, solid rocket fuel? Bet that helps it go faster.
semenscr0unger101
That's an LCS and they are all kinds of fucked up. There's a reason it's not in the water
veritas1980
do tell?
bachterman
literal combat ship
semenscr0unger101
*littoral
MedicSailor
Lol, every enlisted sailor new these were gonna have a boatload (intended) of problems at first. Usually that way with gov. projects.
Beepity
Yeah, they dissolve in salt water.
0101010111010001
This problem was fixed. They don't rust (faster than normal) anymore.
Scuttlebutte
Well we shouldn't feed them after midnight!
bringbackthewalkman
They originally planned for 15 or so. Then cut down to 7 or so. Now only 3. All wer supposed to be ready by now but only 1 is. And it broke
madethisthrowawayjustforyou
I don't know where you're getting those from. There's 26 currently planned, 13 of each variant. More than a dozen are under construction now
0101010111010001
Took the words right outta my mouth
bringbackthewalkman
Yeah my bad. Talking about a different ship class.
jmeyers1983
You are thinking of the Zumwalt, not LCS
bringbackthewalkman
You're right. When I saw all the issues in the comments I assumed that was the ship. Didn't know we had another one having big issues.
WadeWilson
No matter how you design it a ships gonna have issues. The ocean is a super caustic environment.
WadeWilson
Even the zumwalt has many more on the way. I think it's just outdated info
jmeyers1983
Info I have access to still says there will only be 3. One is complete, two more in production.
WadeWilson
Right, but they have I think five more scheduled. At least that's what the LT said when I was on the zumwalt two weeks ago
0101010111010001
This is from a PSA, planned service availability. That's like saying your car doesn't work because it's parked while you get an oil change.
shimmernshine
That's what you get when you base a military design on a one-off cruise ship/passenger ferry.
TedFromSales
It's galvanic corrosion!!
0101010111010001
This bad boy was made new from the ground up and the other contractors boat (Single hull) caught fire during sea trials!
shimmernshine
It was built from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSC_Benchijigua_Express up
TedFromSales
I'll need to talk with my dad (former naval engineer) but one of the reasons is there are two metals touching that are corroding
TedFromSales
cannot for the life of me remember the name but its a very stupid and simple (from an engineering perspective) thing they overlooked
shimmernshine
That's a pretty major oversight. Oh well, ready, fire, aim!
wooliebooger
It's the engines iirc. The word your looking for is galvanic corrosion
TugAndChug
They didn't overlook it, the non-engineers didn't approve funding for the rubber pieces (washers?) that the engineers called for
BobaFettBobaFettWhere
That's an expensive mistake
TedFromSales
See my comment above: galvanic corrosion
0101010111010001
This bad boy was made new from the ground up and the other contractors boat (Single hull) caught fire during sea trials!
YourMumKnowsMe
Could you explain why? It looks fucken cool imo.
0101010111010001
Short answer, first ship of its class always has problems. The first Mercury rockets wouldn't stop blowing up but nobody bad mouths them!
RichardPicture
"The first mercury rockets were crap!" My job is done here.
semenscr0unger101
Oh they look badass. Every ship is put through rigorous testing and scenarios when first commissioned, and these puppies failed so many
unknownSubscriber
Has there been any new class that didn't have problems? Specifically one as different as this?
semenscr0unger101
Personally I don't know, but someone posted about this in the other comments.
spookyu
There's definitely been ships with better track records. The aluminum Hull on these ships isn't very rugged and is one of the main problems.
semenscr0unger101
Google the LCS navy program and see what they say.
bohemiancrabcity
There are two different variants from different builders. This is not the fucked up kind. The Lockheed Martin's are fucked not GDs variant.
semenscr0unger101
Hey, fair enough. Good input
Nimin
AManWhoWasntThere
Take your little hands out of it! You can't handle it!!!
TheFermiSolution
Imagine this: Trump will be the first US president to have control over a fully operational, field deployed rail gun. -shudder-
Nimin
TheUsernameFormerlyKnownAs
NSFW - Not Safe For War?
MaverickSawyer
Yup. Still think they should use this hull layout with an all-steel construction. There's a reason they made the Burkes out of steel.
GingeraffeTW
Not Safe For Wallets.
nvsfg
I regret that have only one Upvote to give for this comment. We'll done Sir or Madame
a55mu11e7
not for our enemies
TheUsernameFormerlyKnownAs
"our"
a55mu11e7
this is America dood, you know we're always sticking ourselves between people.
TheUsernameFormerlyKnownAs
You're making one flawed assumption...
MadDrDrillBit
Wherever you are from, thers a good chance we spilled some blood and treasure for you.(Unless you're Canadian, who wants to live in igloo's)
IAmTheBadW01f
To be fair, "our" can be used to include oneself and a group of which the person being talked to is not a part
Yavin4hillbilly
Not Safe For Water
budthespudfromthebrightredmud
Talking with some American navy guys(I'm Canadian navy) they told me that this ship is unreliable, but I could be mixing it up with another.
TakeUrKill
It's a piece of shit.
overspeedreset
Naw your right, they spend most of the time broken.
MajorLeagueFister
That seems to eternally be the case with new equipment
DidItForScience
Across the Atlantic, the British are running Windows 4 Warships. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/05/windows_for_warships_hits_type_23s
frontsightfocus
The engineering plant on both classes of LCSs are prone to failure. The Freedom is currently in dry dock replacing its main diesel.
shadowrunner03
yup, cracks forming everywhere in the hull structure (gotta love us secrets being free to know_
budthespudfromthebrightredmud
They were just a rushed design, production was done far too quickly, but don't get me started on Canadian navy ships lmao ????????????
shadowrunner03
I'm waiting to see the issues with the new Australian Airwarfare destroyers ( Hobart class DDG) going to be a few teething issues there
owlest
made in China probably
grumpy173
is this one of those new destroyers that are horrendously expensive but don't work
MaverickSawyer
Currently classed as a "Littoral Combat Ship", soon to be reclassed as a Frigate. Which is bullshit.
notmyfirstrodeo
Quit talking about your girlfriend like that...
SomeDetroitGuy
You're thinking of the Zumwalt, probably. The Independence-class LCS are about $360 million a piece.
IAmGodot
Not a destroyer. They're littoral combat ships. But yes, more than double the budget per ship. And pentagon currently think there's a 1/2
unknownSubscriber
Is the price increase due to the cancellation of orders, thus increasing the per-unit cost?
SomeDetroitGuy
Double compared to what? They're $360 million a pop compared to $4 billion for a Zumwalt destroyer or $1 billion for a Aegis cruiser.
ElectricMoccasin
Dude, that's easy. They are double compared to $180 million.
IAmGodot
Also, the Zumwalt is grossly over budget. They're currently costing $7.5b per ship, not $4b.
IAmGodot
They were initially expected to cost $220m each but by 2008 the program cost had risen to $478m each.
IAmGodot
Zumwalt isn't an apt comparison because they fit different roles, one is a destroyer the other made for close-to-shore operations.
SomeDetroitGuy
Even the old Arleigh Burke destroyers were almost $2 billion each.
mikeatike
And Zumwalt is 3 or 4 times that.
d0o0o0d
How the fuck is it that a goddam DESTROYER costs 4x as much as a CRUISER? Goddam Pentagon procurement bullshit.
owlest
it's a stealth destroyer
lysani
Aegis is relatively old now compared to the much newer Zumwalt.
IAmGodot
0% chance that they can complete a 30 day mission without a critical systems failure. 2/2
KirchoffsVoltageLaw
That's what happens when you go for the cheapest contractor
0101010111010001
The NAVY awards contracts based on minimum price that meets minimum requirements. Everybody lowballs wildly then overruns.
bpetersen
Lcs - like a scout ship. Destroyers - major fire power ship
shadowrunner03
1/2 destroyers are not a major firepower ship. they are supposed to be close combat screening ship that is sacrificial if needed.
shadowrunner03
2/2 Cruisers are the fire power since battleships are no longer used
ImmortalLoveRodd
CGs are getting phased out in favor of DDGs.
shadowrunner03
for the price of 1 cruiser they can make several DDGs or Frigates(which is the LCS are now becoming the disposable one in place of the DD
ImmortalLoveRodd
Exactly. And the modern Arleigh Burke class is just as capable offensively as the Ticonderoga class.
tlk5164
HelloMyNameIsChris
lold hard
TheMightyHerring
What is he actually doing?
AndyBiz10
+1 amazing use of a gif!
MarkCaponi
HOLY SHIT IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS GIF FOREVER
tlk5164
RonsMustache
HippDeutschMan
Gif game on point!
tlk5164
PrincessNakedMoleRat
This is the best use of this gif I've seen yet.
tlk5164
ShitpostHero
reddogofchaos
Dafuq
IIIHalezIII
lmao
TimberWilly
MrMagnanimous
As you wish.
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