Shipbucket

I'd like to add more personnel/utility boats alongside the ship's hull, but am unsure where to put them. So I need some suggestions (and/or drawings) and ideas. Well... you've got a nice big well deck that should surely be easier for transferring litter patients than winching boats up to the main ...

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socar37 wrote:I was under the impression the Flight II was intended to replace the Whidbey Island/Harpers Ferry LSDs.

That was what I meant. I'm an Aussie, so we're currently all over our new Bay Class ship and it's well deck!

Image has been updated.

Ok. AFAIK, the new Burkes went back to v(2). Really? Guess it makes sense for this one to be a (V)2 then. a side view Cheers! I might make a few corrections based on this image. Im realy wondering, what is the purpose of this class? San Antonio is a LPD this looks more like a LSD like the Bay Class ...

are you sure it has to be SLQ-32 (v) 3? I would think it would be an (v) 2, but I might be wrong. I thought they put (V)3's in amphibious ships, and also the US Navy has been upgrading to (V)3's generally over the last 15 years too. Seemed like a logical choice for a large, slow target. your Mk 49 ...

I've taken a guess at the crane, but there's really only one CG render to go on for this one.

What do you think?

Edit: Image updated

Philbob wrote:LPD-17 Flight II

http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/flight2/index
http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/flight2/capabilities
http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/flight2/specs
http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/flight ... yships.pdf

Cheers. I might have a crack at that one...

Charybdis wrote:Nice, I hear the Bass Strait has a bit of a reputation for lumpy crossings.

Try the Cook Straight sometime... beyond the fjord of Picton, it gets really rough...

I was on the Arahura once and she was shuddering as she ploughed through the bigger waves - all 13,000 tons of her!

But why a tailgun? It seems like such a WW2 thing...