Naval Equipment Recognition Thread

[hugh19]

I am in Ottawa. I love the war museum, and thats the war museum. Plus the size is way to small to be a limbo.

 

[NavalGent]

You got it Sledge.

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/systems/asw/

 

[Cloud Cover]

Who does this threesome in the forground belong to and what type/classes of ships are they? Cheers

 

[hugh19]

well I see a US Henry J Kaiser class oiler and aJapanese Kongo class DDG and the other is Japanese butnot sure on class.

 

[larry Strong]

DD-122 Hatsuyuki Class Destroyer

 

[Cloud Cover]

Kongo, Kaiser and Hatsuyuki. Correct. Good work guys

 

[navymich]

Well, since nobody else is going to post anything....

 

[NavyShooter]

Looks vaguley like some sort of de-mining gear.

Not sure what else it could be....maybe some kind of towed bottom scan sonar?

NS

 

[rmacqueen]

Advanced Side Looking Sonar

http://www.l-3com.com/os/seaborn_asls.html

 

[navymich]

Route survey, towfish, towed side scan sonar.  Yes, used on the MCDVs.  Makes for some very looonnnggg days.  But very interesting too at times, when you see the "map" of the bottom that has been created.

The ship uses the ANSQ 511 Route Survey payload, which consists of three distinct elements: the towfish handling device - a large crane that sits on the sweep-deck; the towed body or "towfish" that contains the sonar arrays that survey the ocean floor, and is lowered into the water by the crane; and the tactical control unit that remotely operates the towfish and analyzes data from within the ship.

http://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/archive/20051011/4.shtml

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Community/mapleleaf/index_e.asp?newsID=1984&id=3961&cat=4&volID=sch&issID=6&newsType=1

I had a couple other links too, sorry, can't put my hands on them right now.  IIRC though, they were DIN.

 

[larry Strong]

Whats the name of the Aircraft carrier. I apologize for the quality of the photo

 

[NavyShooter]

Graf Zepplin?

 

[Sheerin]

I thought the Graf Zepplin was never completed?

 

[rmacqueen]

I thought the Graf Zepplin was never completed?

It never actually sailed but was almost completed before the project was cancelled.  It was scuttled 1945 then raised by the Soviets and towed to Leningrad and used for target practice

 

[Black Watch]

too bad, I think that it woud have been such a grat ship

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

I am glad it did not sail would have probably caused a lot of Allied casualties

 

[Black Watch]

what kind of aircraft was supposted to be embarked?

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

google is your friend:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_aircraft_carrier_Graf_Zeppelin

 

[Sheerin]

I'm going to take a guess and say HMS Ark Royal (91)

but I really know nothing

 

[warspite]

Just a shot in the dark but is it th USS Midway or a Midway class carrier?