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July 3, 2019 at 6:25 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #1995346

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^ thanks for the update and the pic. she came together rather quickly. looking good.

March 22, 2017 at 5:58 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2008686

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Japan commissions JS Kaga:

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Commissions Second Helicopter Carrier

Japan’s newest surface combatant entered service on March 22.
By Franz-Stefan Gady
March 23, 2017

The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Izumo-class helicopter carrier JS Kaga at the Japan Marine United shipyard in Yokohama, on March 22.

The commissioning ceremony was attended by a host of dignitaries including Japan’s Vice Defense Minister Takayuki Kobayashi, who openly addressed ongoing China-Japan tensions in the East China Sea and Beijing’s military buildup in the South China Sea his remarks.

“China is attempting to make changes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea with bases and through acts that exert pressure and are steadily altering the status quo, raising security concerns among the international community,” Kobayashi said, according to The Japan Times.

source: http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/japan-maritime-self-defense-force-commissions-second-helicopter-carrier/

March 1, 2017 at 10:18 pm in reply to: Queen Elizabeth Class: was it right to go for F-35B over the C? #2152355

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24000 tons full load seems light, considering that Cavour is 4 metres shorter, about the same beam, & has a full load capacity of up to 30000 tons.

The Izumos are quite a lot bigger than the Invincibles: 40 metres longer & a couple of metres wider.

FWIW, wikipedia says the izumo class is 27,000 tons full load.

link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo-class_helicopter_destroyer

February 28, 2017 at 5:59 pm in reply to: New Italian Carrier (or LHD?) Trieste #2008990

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Not , it’s financed but they have still to began construction.

thanks for confirming that.

that’s why i added the note about grains of salt.

wikipedia is useful, but frequently inaccurate.

February 28, 2017 at 2:38 pm in reply to: New Italian Carrier (or LHD?) Trieste #2008995

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it’s an LHD.

full load displacement: ~32,000 tons

LOA: 245 m (804 ft)

beam: 36 m (118 ft)

here’s the design:

according to wikipedia, it’s already under construction (grains of salt).

February 20, 2017 at 4:32 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2009162

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You can scrap the Sao Paulo, the Brazilian Navy has officially announced she will be decomissioned: http://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/desmobilizacao-do-nae-sao-paulo-a-12/

thanks for the heads up, she served a good long life.

and while it’ll be a bit sad to see her go, i can imagine that the costs of keeping such an elderly ship going just get really hard to continue justifying at a certain point.

February 7, 2017 at 8:53 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2009419

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i’ve added the italian navy’s new LHD ITS Trieste, now apparently under construction, to the list on page 1 of this thread.

February 7, 2017 at 3:16 am in reply to: Navies news from around the world -V #2009453

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Italian Navy LHD gas turbine passes factory acceptance test

Wow, is that the official design for italy’s new LHD? The dual island thing is catching on.

Wikipedia says it will 32,000 tons full load. That’s quite a substantial ship.

Wikipedia also says it’s already under construction and has a name, “Trieste”. I did not know that.

November 10, 2016 at 6:19 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2010946

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LHA-8 now has a name:

SECNAV Names Next Amphibious Assault Ship USS Bougainville
By Joseph R. Fonseca November 10, 2016

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced November 9 that the name of the next America-class amphibious assault ship will be USS Bougainville (LHA 8).

The naming ceremony took place at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

LHA-8 will be the second ship to be named after Bougainville, an island in the northern Solomons, which was the location of a World War II campaign in 1943-1944 during which allies secured a strategic airfield from Japan. Success at Bougainville isolated all Japanese forces left in the Solomons.

The first Bougainville was an escort carrier that was launched in 1944, a year after the Bougainville campaign began. It was decommissioned for the first time in 1946. It was then brought back into service for five years before earning two battle stars for its service in World War II and being struck from the naval register in 1960.

source: http://www.marinelink.com/news/bougainville-amphibious418081

December 9, 2015 at 3:30 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2017874

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^ LOL!

whoops, thanks for catching that 4 year old typo.

December 4, 2015 at 9:06 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2018012

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Royal Australian Navy commissions HMAS Adelaide
4 December 2015

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has commissioned HMAS Adelaide, the second of two landing helicopter docks (LHDs), in Garden Island, Sydney.

The air-land-sea amphibious vessel, along with sister ship HMAS Canberra, enhances the strength of the navy to defend the nation.

source: http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsroyal-australian-navy-commissions-hmas-adelaide-4745291

the page 1 list has been updated accordingly.

August 28, 2015 at 8:59 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2020477

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some minor updates to page 1:

– the 2nd japenese Izumo class “destroyer” has been launched and now has an official name “JS Kaga”.

– the new turkish LHD has been added to the list now that it has been officially ordered.

April 3, 2015 at 3:44 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2023574

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I think the lesson shown here is, if you absolutely must place a CIWS right at the very bow of a ship, goalkeeper looks cooler than phalanx.

March 31, 2015 at 10:26 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2023679

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USS Peleliu (LHA-5) was decommissioned today in san diego. The page 1 list has been updated accordingly.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Navy-USS-Peleliu-Decommissioned-in-San-Diego-298185221.html

March 25, 2015 at 5:32 pm in reply to: Global list of all flat tops in service #2023794

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JDS Izumo was commissioned into service today. the page 1 list has been updated accordingly

Japan’s Biggest Warship Since World War II Enters Service
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