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[t-geronimo]

  SPON: US-Matrosen leiden unter langen Einsatzzeiten

Ich meine, dass über desolaten Zustände vor kurzem schon mal berichtet und das hier auch erwähnt wurde, finde es aber gerade nicht.

[Sprotte]

Über die Zustände an Bord der USS Abraham Lincoln:

https://uncutnews.ch/selbstmordversuche-auf-us-flugzeugtraeger-nach-250-tagen-ohne-landgang-liegen-die-nerven-blank/

[lafet944]

Deelektrifizierung der CVAN:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-aircraft-carriers-steam-catapults-ffa9f3ce102ecd5d6126db03e901a56f

Begründet oder einfach zurück zur "guten, alten Technik"?


Viele Grüße

[Benjamin]

Deelektrifizierung der CVAN:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-aircraft-carriers-steam-catapults-ffa9f3ce102ecd5d6126db03e901a56f

Begründet oder einfach zurück zur "guten, alten Technik"?


Viele Grüße

Wohl wieder ein klassischer Trump. Navy Lookout beschreibt es sehr anschaulich hier: https://www.navylookout.com/full-steam-in-reverse-trump-orders-us-navy-back-to-old-style-aircraft-catapults/

Ich zitiere aus obigen Link auszugsweise:

EMALS is no longer an experimental system waiting to prove itself. By March this year, Ford had accumulated 36,863 electromagnetic launches.
In a sustained real-world deployment, supporting Trump's newfound taste for military interventions, off South America and then in the Middle East, the Ford's EMALS was thoroughly tested. Whatever criticism can be made of the tortuous development history, its electromagnetic launch system has now demonstrated its maturity.

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Replacing EMALS is considerably more complicated than exchanging one type of catapult for another. The Ford class was designed from the outset around extensive electrification. Its two A1B reactors provide far more generating capacity than those of the preceding Nimitz class, and electricity does the work that steam, hydraulics or mechanical machinery performed on earlier carriers.

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EMALS is therefore integrated deeply into the architecture of the ship, crossing 48 separate ship construction zones. Removing it from a mature design would have consequences extending far beyond the machinery immediately underneath the flight deck. A steam catapult requires high-pressure steam to be drawn from the propulsion plant and distributed through substantial pipework to the catapult machinery, along with the associated water, condensation and maintenance arrangements. The spaces and infrastructure necessary to support this equipment were deliberately designed out of Ford.

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Estimates remain speculative until the USN completes the study Trump has ordered, but the bill could run into billions of dollars. The greater damage may be to the schedule. Doris Miller is not due in service until the 2030s, and delaying another carrier is the opposite of what a memorandum intended to accelerate US naval shipbuilding should achieve.

PS: Das bringt es ziemlich auf den Punkt.

[The The National Security Presidential Memorandum ] explicitly criticises "iterative design change procedures" for causing cost growth and delays, yet only a few paragraphs later it orders one of the most profound late design changes imaginable to a 100,000-tonne nuclear-powered warship.

Insgesamt ist der Artikel deutlich länger und wirklich sehr gut zu lesen. Im Zweifelsfall einfach via Browser oder Deepl.com übersetzen

[t-geronimo]

Ja, die Idee hat Trump schon 2017 und 2025 jeweils rausgehauen. 

  https://www.flugrevue.de/uss-ford-trump-will-alte-dampfkatapulte-statt-hightech-auf-neuen-flugzeugtraegern/

[Darius]

Hallo zusammen,

nicht so bequem ging es wohl an Bord von USS Benfold (DDG-65) zu...

USS Benfold Was Stalled in the South China Sea for Four Days After Engineering Casualty
usni.org

"On July 24, 2026, while conducting routine operations in the Indo-Pacific, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) reported an engineering casualty involving its generators, causing a loss of power," reads the statement. "There were no injuries to the crew, who demonstrated resilience, grit, professionalism and unwavering steadiness in their response."

The loss of power meant sailors were without galley services, toilets and air conditioning. Potable water was also affected, Comer said. He did not respond to a question about how sailors handled waste.

Darius

[Big A]

Naja, sie wurde ja von anderen Schiffen mit versorgt und wird repariert.
Verhungert wird schon keiner sein

Axel

[maxim]

Anscheinend sind mehrere Fregattenentwürfe bei der US Navy neben dem basierend auf der Legend-Klasse in Auswahl:

Japanese, South Korean, Turkish Warships Under Consideration for New U.S. Frigate Competition

Das erklärt dann den Entwurf von Rheinmetall für den nordamerikanischen Markt:
GMF140 – Rheinmetall stellt neue Multi-Domain-Lenkwaffenfregatte vor