Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship AOPS

[TangoTwoBravo]

I noticed an AOPS was participating in a RIMPAC. Can you fill me in, if this is most likely a coastal domestic defence ship, what role would it play in a large mixed fleet RIMPAC scenario?

Just to add to Stoker’s response, RIMPAC has a HADR (Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief) portion for which an AOPS would be a good fit.

The AOPS was part of that portion this year.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Honestly I would have preferred a bigger gun if anything to silence the incessant whining from those who think the size of a gun is the ships worth.

I am a big fan of the AOP's and all it's capabilities, but I will continue to incessantly whine about the choice made in armament. I know that it is completely unreasonable that the public thinks that a navy ship should be armed.

 

[Fabius]

HMCS Max Bernays departed CFB Esquimalt on June 18, 2024 on their way to participate in RIMPAC 2024. She will support a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission with two special embarked medical teams for an advanced resuscitation and surgical capability.

Are the ships outfitted with surgical equipment and wards etc. and they just carry personnel as needed or did the Medical team need to bring all the equipment and set up in a flex bay type space?
If the ships can offer forward surgical trauma care for 6-10 pers that’s actually fairly useful as a R2 enhanced joint capability.

 

[Stoker]

Are the ships outfitted with surgical equipment and wards etc. and they just carry personnel as needed or did the Medical team need to bring all the equipment and set up in a flex bay type space?
If the ships can offer forward surgical trauma care for 6-10 pers that’s actually fairly useful as a R2 enhanced joint capability.