Well the Korean yards can do something like this in 20 to 24 months (likely even less). But Seaspan had to retool and the first of class is always the slowest. We've known we needed to replace the AOR's back in the 90's. We are just bad at planning and long range thinking.
Thank you so 40-42 months would not be unreasonable?
If you were building from scratch, even longer. But this was a mature design (the AOR is very basic; gas, ammo, food and spare parts, living quarters, engine room, RAS deck and flight deck not much variations from that base requirements) so it should be quicker timeline.
Don't underestimate the ripple effect of "minor changes". Move a bulkhead, then you have to adapt all your cable runs, is that bulkhead load bearing and if so how are you dealing with that load. Even upgrading to modern equipment will mean different mounting points, new designed cable runs, maybe you need more or less ventilation in that compartment, fire hazards, RF interference, etc. Not to mention that favourite thing, stability calculations.If you were building from scratch, even longer. But this was a mature design (the AOR is very basic; gas, ammo, food and spare parts, living quarters, engine room, RAS deck and flight deck not much variations from that base requirements) so it should be quicker timeline.
Then again, I'm a MARS officer and our profession has a reputation of being unreasonable!
FSTO was probably there, too…
I guess that we both won, in that we are still alive…
Ice capable but not allowed by her insurance to go above 60.
I stood on a bulkhead on a R Class, that was unfun.
I’ve done a few “bulkhead only” transits thru a frigate from the Ops Room to the Hangar in heavy seas, but I never worried about their stability…
That wouldn’t be the case if it was purchased outright and RCN manned, would it?
Despite our, the Navy, and Naval Air’s best efforts!
Me too, but looking over the stability curves in the MCR it didn’t take much for that righting moment to disappear. About half the AMR flooded out and she wasn’t coming back.
Probably but we don't RAS above 60 due to our own environmental regs.
You say that like its a bad thing....
An hour late and a buck short.
I think we are a few hours late now, originally wasn't she supposed to join the fleet in 2014?
