Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship AOPS

[Stoker]

Apparently a Project 23550 ship that is often compared to the Harry DeWolf Class took a Ukrainian drone strike while alongside fitting out. Photographs show the vessel a Project 23550 icebreaking patrol ship with a significant list. The ship is believed to be the Purga, a powerful vessel under construction for the FSB Coast Guard. Its keel was laid in July 2020. Interesting if true.

 

[Underway]

Yikes. Thats a significant list.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

But ... That can't be! Don't they know that Project 23550 ships are not combatants?

 

[Navy_Pete]

But ... That can't be! Don't they know that Project 23550 ships are not combatants?

Just wait until someone suggests dropping a mine sweeper package on AOPs and sending it to the Strait of Hormuz.

 

[Rainbow1910]

But ... That can't be! Don't they know that Project 23550 ships are not combatants?

It's almost like throwing a gun on a non-combatant doesn't make it a combatant?

 

[Stoker]

Just wait until someone suggests dropping a mine sweeper package on AOPs and sending it to the Strait of Hormuz.

You know that's happening right?

 

[Navy_Pete]

You know that's happening right?

Sigh... yes. Sure that will be fine on a ship that has a lot of things hard mounted to the hull and it won't all self destruct even from a relatively remote underwater blast if things go sideways.

It's especially stupid when the class still isn't helo capable, plus all the basic issues with the davit, firemain, dampers, piping, wiring etc. At least the CCG called bullshit on some of it meeting class and is being fixed for their versions.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Just wait until someone suggests dropping a mine sweeper package on AOPs and sending it to the Strait of Hormuz.

I cant see ever doing such a thing... hush

 

[Underway]

Mine sweeper bad. Mine hunter, ok depending on external effects.

 

[Navy_Pete]

Mine sweeper bad. Mine hunter, ok depending on external effects.

The old joke about it hunting for mines, at least once?

At least MCDVs had a much shallower draft and a much smaller signature. Can't even imagine what the noise signature and magnetic signature will look like on an AOPs in comparison, as there was nothing done during build to even consider any of that (vice shipyards doing modular building of warships where they actually take that into consideration down to the direction the cut and assembly lines are going so you get a consistent magnetic alignment of the sections).

Hopefully our allies look at that as a massive liability and tell us to stay home.

 

[Stoker]

The old joke about it hunting for mines, at least once?

At least MCDVs had a much shallower draft and a much smaller signature. Can't even imagine what the noise signature and magnetic signature will look like on an AOPs in comparison, as there was nothing done during build to even consider any of that (vice shipyards doing modular building of warships where they actually take that into consideration down to the direction the cut and assembly lines are going so you get a consistent magnetic alignment of the sections).

Hopefully our allies look at that as a massive liability and tell us to stay home.

So AOPV's will be taking part in OP Reassurance supporting SNMCMG1 in a few years acting as the Command and Control ship much the same as the small German tankers that do the job from time to time. They'll have boats onboard that can deploy the uncrewed MCM payloads. Right now we're looking at how that will look and how the AOPV's can support the smaller ships through refuelling and so forth.