One day you wash up on the beach, wet and naked. Another day you wash back out. In between, the scenery changes constantly.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
What Goes 50 MPH and Weighs 3,400 Tons?
It has room for plenty of rod holders. I wonder what kind of gas mileage it gets? It drafts a little too much for me, though.
USS Milwaukee
Class & type: Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[3]
Length: 378.3 ft (115.3 m)[1]
Beam: 57.4 ft (17.5 m)[1]
Draft: 13 ft (4.0 m)[1]
Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed: 45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[4]
Endurance: 21 days (336 hours)
Boats & landing
craft carried: 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement: 50 core crew, 75 with mission crew (Crews rotate through hulls)
Sensors and
processing systems:
EADS TRS-3D C-band radar
X-Band Navigational Radar
S-Band Navigational Radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
WBR 2000
Super RBOCs
Nulka decoy launchers
Armament:
1 x BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun
1 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles
4 x .50-cal guns
Mission Modules
Aircraft carried:
2 MH-60R/S Seahawks
MQ-8 Fire Scout
Notes: Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.
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