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I came across this 2008 comparison of the Absalon, LCS1, LCS2 and the F-125. The author, an amateur like myself, asks if the US wouldn't be better off acquiring Absalons rather than catamarans and other exotics. He has some very good and interesting graphics to bolster his case. Although personally I would think that they would want to up-engine the ship to at least the Iver Huitfeldt standard of 32 MW vs Absalon's 16 MW. That aside Absalon seems to cover much of what the US Navy was looking for in the LCS in the first place - cost and flexibility foremost - with the ability to handle blue water and defend herself.
Absalon
Iver Huitfeldt
The above are courtesy of www.navalhistory.dk It also has an interesting series of photographs on docking an LCP in a Knud Rasmussen stern ramp at dockside..
Here's a photograph of the Absalon conducting the same evolution with one of her LCPs.
Do the professionals have opinions on the best way to get boats into and out of the water? And would that impact on whether including half a dozen Absalon type ships in the CSC mix would be a good adjunct to the fleet and if they would obviate the need for a dedicated platform like the LSDAs?
It also seems that most of the newer designed vessels are uprating their helo decks to handle 20 tonne helos like the Chinook even if their hangars can't handle them. should that be the standard for the AOPS and the CSC?
(And speaking of increasing power isn't the AOPS, another 6000 tonne ship, designed plant of 9 MW a little on the light side? Even Svalbard is rated at 13 MW?)
Absalon
Iver Huitfeldt
The above are courtesy of www.navalhistory.dk It also has an interesting series of photographs on docking an LCP in a Knud Rasmussen stern ramp at dockside..
Here's a photograph of the Absalon conducting the same evolution with one of her LCPs.
Do the professionals have opinions on the best way to get boats into and out of the water? And would that impact on whether including half a dozen Absalon type ships in the CSC mix would be a good adjunct to the fleet and if they would obviate the need for a dedicated platform like the LSDAs?
It also seems that most of the newer designed vessels are uprating their helo decks to handle 20 tonne helos like the Chinook even if their hangars can't handle them. should that be the standard for the AOPS and the CSC?
(And speaking of increasing power isn't the AOPS, another 6000 tonne ship, designed plant of 9 MW a little on the light side? Even Svalbard is rated at 13 MW?)