The last modernization plan of the Iowa class

[Hood]

I've moved the off-topic nuclear reactor discussion to here: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/naval-nuclear-reactor-discussion.43504/

 

[apparition13]

new video dropped

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfjgLpstXWg

There was a question in the comments about the fighter on the elevator at 9:20 in the video. Any ideas as to what it could be?

 

[bobtdwarf]

There was a question in the comments about the fighter on the elevator at 9:20 in the video. Any ideas as to what it could be?

nope but if any group is going to have a clue it would be this board

 

[TomS]

There was a question in the comments about the fighter on the elevator at 9:20 in the video. Any ideas as to what it could be?

I think this one:

Post in thread 'General Dynamics VEO (Vectored Engine Over Wing) designs' https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...ored-engine-over-wing-designs.6872/post-41795

 

[blackstar]

In the 1980s, the Iowas were proposed to be part of "Surface Action Groups" (an Iowa, escorts, and auxiliaries). I remember reading a few years ago an article about this. I think that the US Navy only assembled a SAG once, to test the concept. I cannot remember anything more, but apparently it turned out to not be a good idea. Cannot remember why, but I assume that a group of ships without their own air cover was considered a bad idea.

If anybody remembers a recent article on this, please post it here.

 

[Julio Garay Terrazas]

In the 1980s, the Iowas were proposed to be part of "Surface Action Groups" (an Iowa, escorts, and auxiliaries). I remember reading a few years ago an article about this. I think that the US Navy only assembled a SAG once, to test the concept. I cannot remember anything more, but apparently it turned out to not be a good idea. Cannot remember why, but I assume that a group of ships without their own air cover was considered a bad idea.

If anybody remembers a recent article on this, please post it here.

About Iowa SAG I put this article in decembre 2022, but is in spanish language. I get it in a old Mecanica Popular review from August 1982:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...-conversion-projects.7220/page-10#post-571770

 

[JoeCalPo]

In the 1980s, the Iowas were proposed to be part of "Surface Action Groups" (an Iowa, escorts, and auxiliaries). I remember reading a few years ago an article about this. I think that the US Navy only assembled a SAG once, to test the concept. I cannot remember anything more, but apparently it turned out to not be a good idea. Cannot remember why, but I assume that a group of ships without their own air cover was considered a bad idea.

If anybody remembers a recent article on this, please post it here.

Yes indeed, there were more than one such exercise. In one USS New Jersey sailed with CGN-9 USS Long Beach and other escorts, along with an AOR. They would have worked well for low-level conflicts, flag-showing, and escorts for amphibious groups and convoys. Going close to a foe with an effective air force was left to the carrier groups.