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  RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) is an amphibious assault vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
However the ship manager decided that because of high winds and low water it was not safe to launch the ship, and at around 20 minutes after the scheduled time he decided to call off the launch for that day.
the ship slowly slid down the slipway into the river, then she was halted by a large pile of chains behind her.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RFA_Cardigan_Bay_(L3009)   (434 words)

  
 Bay class landing ship dock (auxiliary) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bay class landing ships dock have been designed as replacements for the ageing Round Table class LSLs.
However, they have been reclassified as Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) (LSD(A)), as they developed into a form very much more like an LSD than an LSL, with the superstructure forward and a large flight deck aft.
All four ships of the class will be fully operational by the end of 2007.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bay_class_landing_ship_dock_(auxiliary)   (380 words)

  
 Royal Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commissioned ships and submarines wear the White Ensign, at the stern whilst alongside during daylight hours and at the main-mast whilst underway.
Names are allocated to ships and submarines by a naming committee within the MOD and given by class, with the names of ships within a class being thematic e.g.
This resulted in the new capital ship construction, in the shape of the King George V class of 1936, being limited to the 35,000 tons and 14-inch armament.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_navy   (5611 words)

  
 Naval Technology - Bay Class Auxiliary Ship Alternative Landing Ship Logistic (ALSL)
Four Bay Class Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) ships, LSD(A), are scheduled to enter service with the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary by the end of 2007.
RFA Mounts Bay was the first vessel of the class to enter service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in December 2005.
The first wave of troops are landed by the LPDs, HMS Albion and Bulwark and by the LPH, HMS Ocean, to establish a beachhead and landing zone.
www.naval-technology.com /projects/bay_class   (963 words)

  
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BAY class are improved cargo and not full amphibious ships.Their capacities can be replaced by Ro-RO or ferries suppemented by point air defense and peace time provision for supporting amphibious operation.A program was one in France in cooperation with some private and public operators.
The Bay Class were designed by Swan Hunter Shipbuilding and Engineering and are based on the Enforcer LPD type, a tailored variant of the Netherlands Navy LPD HMS Rotterdam.
Various procedures and computer systems have been put in place to make this chartering easier: the occasional auxiliary fleet, which in fact is the simple quasi-permanent registering and positioning of ships liable to be chartered by the armies for their strategic transport in times of crisis.
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 Shipbuilding Essay--World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Unlike major shipyards on the east coast that were concentrated in compact urban areas, Bay Area shipbuilding consisted of components sprawled across hundreds of square miles, from Napa in the north, Sacramento and Stockton in the east, to San Jose in the south.
SS War Hawk, a C3 freighter built by Moore Dry Dock, is launched with her rudder and propeller in place with temporary steel stiffeners holding the rudder parallel to the keel during the launch.
Ships in World War I took longer to build than in World War II primarily because their hulls were riveted rather than welded.
www.cr.nps.gov /NR/travel/wwIIbayarea/shipbuilding.htm   (4009 words)

  
 Bay Class Alternative Landing Ship Logistics (ALSLs)
The Bay Class Landing Ships Logistic (LSLs) are required to move men, equipment and stores to wherever they are required in the world, and be able to deploy them as a fighting force directly into battle.
Largs Bay is situated on the Firth of Clyde, west of Glasgow, while Lyme Bay runs between Weymouth and Exmouth on the South Coast.
Neither name had ever been used before, although a ship renamed Largs, a former French armed merchant cruiser, was used by Britain as a landing ship during the Second World War and served as the HQ for Sword beach in the British sector of the D-Day landings.
www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/bay.htm   (1625 words)

  
 US Navy Landing Ship Dock
This class could be identified from the earlier ships in that its ship had their main lifting cranes and smoke stacks offset from one side to the other.
United States Ship Rushmore (LSD-47) is the seventh ship of the LSD-41 Whidbey Island class and the fourth ship of that class to serve in the Pacific Fleet.
The MM aboard ship serves in the capacity of operating and maintaining the main propulsion machinery; producing power that runs the generators; compressing air for shipboard use; distilling water for general consumption; manipulating the pumps which transfer water in the scores of ballast tanks; and last, but not least, handling the paperwork for engineering administration.
www.usscabildo.org /lsds.html   (4807 words)

  
 Bay Class Large Amphibious Landing Ships Alternative Landing Ship Logistic [ALSL]
The ships are able to position themselves dynamically using a bow thruster and their steerable azimuth thrusters to discharge equipment without the need to anchor.
The existing RFA Landing ships were designed to run up on a beach to discharge their cargo of men and vehicles.
The Bay Class are designed to operate over the horizon using helicopters and landing craft through a floodable stern dock to get men and equipment ashore.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/alsl.htm   (1088 words)

  
 ACTD - Advanced Starship Design Bureau | New Orleans-class Specs
Approximately 35% of bay storage compartments is reserved for mission-specific craft of various types, as well as leaving space for craft from other vessels or stations to dock for the duration of their stay.
Ships of this type are stationed aboard various starship classes and stations, both spaceborne and planetside.
Ships of this type are currently in use aboard virtually every medium to large sized starship class, as well as aboard stations and Starbases.
techspecs.acalltoduty.com /neworleans.html   (13000 words)

  
 Button class Tender / Repair Ship
This ship is the most common tender found in Independent Forces and several even serve in the New Coventry Navy, who often prefers to construct their own ship class.
The ship has a large landing bay but this is meant to repair fighters and if the ship carries fighters for itself, it will normally only carry four fighters.
These ships do carry allot of cargo and most of this cargo is raw material, components, and extra missiles for ships that need to be supplied after being repaired.
members.tripod.com /~The_Kitsune/Rifts-PW-Vehicles/HAFN_Button.htm   (1379 words)

  
 Navy Matters | LSD(A)
In the autumn 2002 the ALSL Bay Class Vessels adopted the new nomenclature of Landing Ship Dock Auxiliary, LSD(A).
The Alternative Landing Ship Logistic (ALSL) requirement was originally only for replacements for Sir Geraint and RFA Sir Percivale and budgeted at about £87 million ($140 million), but had to be increased to £138 million ($200 million) for two ships based upon these initial supplier responses.
Unusually the ship was to be assembled on, and floated out from, a new floating dock facility at Swan Hunter that has replaced the traditional slips.
navy-matters.beedall.com /lsda.htm   (4253 words)

  
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You have the ability to land the RMs by air with the Ocean (with limited sea mobility in that platform too), by sea with the Albion (with limited airmobility in that platform too), and to keep them, and the rest of the group, supplied with the RFA.
With the 2 Albions we have though, and another Invincible converted to a 2nd Ocean, we would have enough capital ships, RFAs and SSNs for 2 of these groups, and existing destroyers and frigates could fill in until the next generation of escorts are built.
These ships would provide the bulk of the sealift but the original group mentioned at the top of this post would provide the all-important spearhead.
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 BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hampshire | RFA Sir Tristram on last journey
A military supply ship that was bombed during the Falklands conflict has made her last journey after 35 years.
A spokesperson for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service, which employs more than 2,000 civilian officers and ratings, said the ship rejoined service in 1985, with almost 10m (33ft) added to her length.
She will be replaced by the new "Bay class" of Landing Ship Dock Auxiliary (LSD(A)) fleet.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/4533410.stm   (249 words)

  
 From Sea to Shining Sea - Navy Ships
The ship's second deployment in June 1990, scheduled for Pacific operations, was cut short by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
The ship's purpose was to detect, classify and track hundreds of potential targets simultaneously in the air, on the surface, and under the sea.
The ship was named after the extinct volcano located on the eastern end of the island of Maui, Hawaii.
www.nps.gov /pub_aff/maritime/navships.htm   (5826 words)

  
 AGF 11 Coronado
USS CORONADO was designed as an Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD), built to transport Marines and their equipment to the scene of an amphibious assault, and move them ashore by landing craft and helicopters.
Subsequently, CORONADO was relieved as THIRD Fleet command ship and deployed to the Arabian Gulf to assume duties as command ship for Commander, Middle East Force in January of 1988.
Transitioning U.S. Navy auxiliary ships to MSC is nothing new; however, this is the first time the Navy and MSC have transitioned only a portion of the crew while the ship maintained its commissioned status as a "USS" ship.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/agf-11.htm   (1160 words)

  
 Armed Forces - Royal Navy - n4a7 - Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service - Landing Ships Logistic - Sir Bedivere Class - Bay ...
Although this class is being replaced by the Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) vessels Sir Bedivere is programmed to remain in service until 2011.
Two ships were ordered in 2000 and contracts for two further ships of the class were placed in November 2001.
Offload is carried out by a flight deck capable of operating heavy helicopters, an amphibious dock capable of operating one LCU and mexeflotes which can be hung on the ship's sides.
www.armedforces.co.uk /navy/listings/l0029.html   (279 words)

  
 Bay Weekly: Our Top Story
If you were lucky, you’d be assigned a ship used for instrument training and forbidden for aerobatic practice, which goofed up the flight instruments.
Of course, none of this is too tough if you’re not scared half to death, have the constitution of a polar bear and you’ve had a few hours of night flying experience.
It was an aerobatic ship; the flight instruments were a disaster.
www.bayweekly.com /year04/issuexii46/leadxii46.html   (2911 words)

  
 Landing Ship Dock Auxiliary (LSD(A)) - Armed Forces - Defence Suppliers Directory
In the autumn 2002 the ALSL Bay Class Vessels adopted the new nomenclature of Landing Ship Dock Auxiliary, LSD(A).  This change reflects the new number designation for the vessels "L3000" and meets NATO designation requirements for a vessel that has an integral dock.
The First of Class RFA LARGS BAY is due to enter service in late 2005.
Four ships will be built, two by Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd, and two by BAE Systems Govan, all to the Swan Hunter design.  Swan Hunter provide lead yard services.
www.armedforces.co.uk /projects/raq40ff9b312bea7   (433 words)

  
 Royal Navy launches second Albion-Class LPD Sea Power - Find Articles
The Bulwark, the second of the new two-ship Albion class of new amphibious dock transports (LPDs) for the U.K, Royal Navy, was launched on 15 November.
They are expected to operate with the amphibious helicopter carrier HMS Ocean and the four new Bay-class auxiliary landing ships (ALSLs).
Their names will be Mounts Bay and Cardigan Bay, after construction they will join the Largs Bay and Lyme Bay in active service.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200202/ai_n9074030   (377 words)

  
 Good Old Boat Newsletter - April 2004
That’s the way author Sharon Kratz is portraying their travels by sea and explorations on land, a voyage which took five years, circumnavigating via the Panama and Suez canals.
Because it is the sea that ties together these isolated outposts, it is fitting that the tale be told from the deck, well actually from the sheltered pilothouse, of an ocean-capable sailing vessel.
This was a time when the independent entrepreneurs who often owned and commanded their ships needed ingenuity, bold action, and a lot of hard work to make a profit year after year as Williams did.
www.goodoldboat.com /newsletter/aprnewslett35.html   (13518 words)

  
 World Navies Today: United Kingdom
Ships not yet commissioned, or in long-term overhaul/conversion, are listed in [brackets].
A new class of two larger carriers is being planned.
These will be civilian-manned ships built to commercial standards, but with the general appearance and configuration of LPDs.
www.hazegray.org /worldnav/europe/uk.htm   (2272 words)

  
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