Re: $100 billion for Navy and only 4 new ships?
From: Andrew C. Toppan (actoppan_at_gwi.net)
Date: 02/19/05
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:15:01 -0500 To: sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org
On 14 Feb 2005 18:32:43 -0800, "stork" <tbandrow@mightyware.com>
wrote:
>Is it fair to say that a Wasp class ship has roughly the same
>capabilities as a British Invincible class carrier? It stunned me
>somewhat that these assault ships have some decent aircraft
>capabilities in their own right.
This should not be "stunning" at all....the concept of big-deck
amphibs with substantial aviation capabilities is a very old one. USN
converted their first ship of this sort in 1955, followed that with
three converted fleet carriers in the late 1950's, commissioned the
first new-construction ship of the type in 1961, and has since built
19 new-construction LPH/LHA/LHD types of three classes.
The Royal Navy started similar conversions in the late 1950's.
However, these are NOT aircraft carriers in a conventional sense,
since they carry a huge amount of cargo and their aircraft are
principally intended for the landing and support of troops.
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