American warships inin CNB
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mmm i just sailed past CNB yesterday, and I saw LHD-2, if i'm not wrong is the USS Essex, docked at CNB, decks filled with sea stallions (?) and chinooks, plus a few planes on the aft part of its main deck.. anyone know what planes these are? that can take off from a helo carrier...
there were also large ships that were present there that were about the size of our LSTs (as they were parked next to them), i din see much, although one of them had a pennant number of 49, and if i remember correctly, it should be the USS Vincennes..although it din look much like a ticonderoga class to me..any other US or foreign large sized ships with the pennant number 49?
mmm i haven't been following the news recently as i was at sea..although i heard stuff abt Donald Rumsfeld visiting us..is that related to the visit?
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Oh the ex-carat exercise. It happened in my sembawang naval base for the exercise.
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Have posted in the following thread: http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=81217Originally posted by sgFish:mmm i just sailed past CNB yesterday, and I saw LHD-2, if i'm not wrong is the USS Essex, docked at CNB, decks filled with sea stallions (?) and chinooks, plus a few planes on the aft part of its main deck.. anyone know what planes these are? that can take off from a helo carrier...
there were also large ships that were present there that were about the size of our LSTs (as they were parked next to them), i din see much, although one of them had a pennant number of 49, and if i remember correctly, it should be the USS Vincennes..although it din look much like a ticonderoga class to me..any other US or foreign large sized ships with the pennant number 49?
mmm i haven't been following the news recently as i was at sea..although i heard stuff abt Donald Rumsfeld visiting us..is that related to the visit?
thank you!
The ships are USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Juneau (LPD 10), USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) as of June 1st. It was reported on the USN website. Theres also 2 Aegis destroyers and a Coast Guard ship for the CARAT exercise.
The aircraft on board the Essex would be CH-53 Sea Stallions, CH-46 Sea Knights (not CH-47 Chinooks), AV-8B+ Harrier IIs, AH-1 Cobras and UH-1 Hueys. From pictures and newsclips of Rumsfelds visit, there are also MH-60 Knighthawks on board. -
If I remember correctly, those should be Harrier jumpjets, unless the Marines have decided to replace them.Originally posted by sgFish:mmm i just sailed past CNB yesterday, and I saw LHD-2, if i'm not wrong is the USS Essex, docked at CNB, decks filled with sea stallions (?) and chinooks, plus a few planes on the aft part of its main deck.. anyone know what planes these are? that can take off from a helo carrier... -
oh! whoa thanks man..i din really read ur whole post that day..Originally posted by Viper52:Have posted in the following thread: http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=81217
The ships are USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Juneau (LPD 10), USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) as of June 1st. It was reported on the USN website. Theres also 2 Aegis destroyers and a Coast Guard ship for the CARAT exercise.
The aircraft on board the Essex would be CH-53 Sea Stallions, CH-46 Sea Knights (not CH-47 Chinooks), AV-8B+ Harrier IIs, AH-1 Cobras and UH-1 Hueys. From pictures and newsclips of Rumsfelds visit, there are also MH-60 Knighthawks on board.
oh ok..may i ask whats the diff between the CH-46 and CH-47?
thanks again
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ah ok..is the AV-8 going to be replaced by the VSTOL JSF in the future?Originally posted by Obersturmfuhrer:If I remember correctly, those should be Harrier jumpjets, unless the Marines have decided to replace them. -
No worries!Originally posted by sgFish:oh! whoa thanks man..i din really read ur whole post that day..
oh ok..may i ask whats the diff between the CH-46 and CH-47?
thanks again
Sea Knights are smaller, has 3 sets of wheels (Chinook has 4 sets), Chinook has 2 engine pods on both sides of the rear rotor housing and the Chinook has a side sponson running along both sides of the fuselage.
Sea Knight Info
Chinook Info -
hi fish... so wats ur vocation? onboard which ship?Originally posted by sgFish:mmm i just sailed past CNB yesterday, and I saw LHD-2, if i'm not wrong is the USS Essex, docked at CNB, decks filled with sea stallions (?) and chinooks, plus a few planes on the aft part of its main deck.. anyone know what planes these are? that can take off from a helo carrier...
there were also large ships that were present there that were about the size of our LSTs (as they were parked next to them), i din see much, although one of them had a pennant number of 49, and if i remember correctly, it should be the USS Vincennes..although it din look much like a ticonderoga class to me..any other US or foreign large sized ships with the pennant number 49?
mmm i haven't been following the news recently as i was at sea..although i heard stuff abt Donald Rumsfeld visiting us..is that related to the visit?
thank you!
so anybod here from navy? -
lol..i'm 15! from ACS(I)...not navyOriginally posted by Arena:hi fish... so wats ur vocation? onboard which ship?
so anybod here from navy?
Viper52: thanks
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Dude, you have a bright future in the military Haha, joking lah.
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lol..i'm thinking about that..we'll seeOriginally posted by LazerLordz:Dude, you have a bright future in the military Haha, joking lah. -
Yeah, the Marine Corp intends to replace all their aging AV-8s with the F-35 STOVL version.Originally posted by sgFish:ah ok..is the AV-8 going to be replaced by the VSTOL JSF in the future?