Canadian River Class Destroyer Megathread

[NavyShooter]

Considering the total NEQ involved, yes, that would be an interesting task....then getting it from whatever airfield to the waterfront would be interesting as well. Lots of interesting placards on vehicles. Also probably interesting routing to the waterfront - some locations (ie Halifax) don't allow certain classes of 'stuff' to be brought across bridges. I'm sure other nations/cities have similar concerns about tunnels/etc too. Also, which jetty can be used for it - there's a reason that Bedford Mag and Rocky Point are 'away' from other jetties.

As a former Magazine Custodian having been involved in many ammo loading/unloading evolutions over the years, you'd also need skilled/qualified/capable crane operators to do the hoisting - are you bringing them over from one of the CFADs or hiring locals?

At Bedford, a full ammo evolution was normally planned for 2 days - lots of factors to consider there - jetty security, what happens to the ammo that doesn't all make it aboard on day 1? If it's in a foreign nation, do we have permission to put armed guards on the jetty to protect it? What's the crappy weather plan in case the winds are too high to load missiles? Are the Harpoon cannister tools/hoists inspected/certified? What happens when one of the new ESSMs fails to tune to the FCS and has to get swapped out? Are you bringing a couple of spares in case that happens?

That's a much bigger problem set than most would think.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Considering the total NEQ involved, yes, that would be an interesting task....then getting it from whatever airfield to the waterfront would be interesting as well. Lots of interesting placards on vehicles. Also probably interesting routing to the waterfront - some locations (ie Halifax) don't allow certain classes of 'stuff' to be brought across bridges. I'm sure other nations/cities have similar concerns about tunnels/etc too. Also, which jetty can be used for it - there's a reason that Bedford Mag and Rocky Point are 'away' from other jetties.

As a former Magazine Custodian having been involved in many ammo loading/unloading evolutions over the years, you'd also need skilled/qualified/capable crane operators to do the hoisting - are you bringing them over from one of the CFADs or hiring locals?

At Bedford, a full ammo evolution was normally planned for 2 days - lots of factors to consider there - jetty security, what happens to the ammo that doesn't all make it aboard on day 1? If it's in a foreign nation, do we have permission to put armed guards on the jetty to protect it? What's the crappy weather plan in case the winds are too high to load missiles? Are the Harpoon cannister tools/hoists inspected/certified? What happens when one of the new ESSMs fails to tune to the FCS and has to get swapped out? Are you bringing a couple of spares in case that happens?

That's a much bigger problem set than most would think.

I won't get into to to many details but everything you talk of and more is a consideration and process that we are moving through to make it happen.

Safe to say, in a time of open conflict we will need standing agreements with host countries and forward deployed materials and people.

 

[NavyShooter]

Oh....and as the first T26 nears completion of assembly/painting, the 2nd static version is now off the building slips and ready for putty/etc.

After this, I'll be switching over to building the R/C version.

 

[AvroArrow92]

Out of curiosity looking at the load out of the Australian Hunter class, it has 32 VLS with a Mark 45 gun. Would that mean the RCN is trying to squeeze in the extra set of Mk 41 cells by defaulting back to the Mk 45? Or they setting aside the weight savings for something else, like fuel storage?

 

[Lumber]

Out of curiosity looking at the load out of the Australian Hunter class, it has 32 VLS with a Mark 45 gun. Would that mean the RCN is trying to squeeze in the extra set of Mk 41 cells by defaulting back to the Mk 45? Or they setting aside the weight savings for something else, like fuel storage?

I don't think it has anything to do with trying to get more VLS cells, I think it has entirely to do with ease of integration and program risk.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Didn't the Hunter Class gain another 1-2m of beam to accommodate their loadout?

 

[Underway]

Didn't the Hunter Class gain another 1-2m of beam to accommodate their loadout?

Yes more beam and more length.

Hunter class is just bigger.