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  1. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    US Mid-1960s Ocean Reconnaissance Ship

    From Norman Friedman's US Small Combatants, pages 319-323 (most of those pages are pictures of PBRs, a Coast Guard 82-footer and a 57-ft Minesweeper Boat) Table 12-5. Schemes for Ocean Reconnaissance Ships, 31 March 1966 A B C D E May 1967 LBP (ft) 317.5 311 311 315 — 374 LOA...
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    • 1960s anti-submarine warfare cold war late 1960s maritime reconnaissance oceanographic research research ship sonar strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance u.s. navy united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  2. Grey Havoc

    R/P FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform)

    Some good news, along with a bit of background: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y36pTr09f3Y https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-navy-flipping-ship-upcycled-134616867.html https://gcaptain.com/saving-rv-flip-from-the-wreckers-clawsand-its-story-is-mind-blowing/...
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    • acoustic research anti-submarine warfare cold war cold war ii department of the navy early 21st century experimental late 20th century oceanographic research office of naval research post-cold war research research ship research vessel flip scripps institution of oceanography sonar u.s. navy united states navy uss flip war on terror
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    • Forum: Military
  3. Hood

    Arctic Drift Barge

    I came across this project in a 1968 United States Atomic Energy Commission booklet, The ATOM and the OCEAN, by E. W. Seabrook Hull (can be found on Project Gutenberg here). The National Science Foundation had proposed an Arctic Drift Barge for Arctic research, which would have a nuclear plant...
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    • 1970s arctic arctic drift barge cold war late 1960s nuclear powered vessels research ship united states
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. D

    Latest Marjata variant

    Latest variant of the Norwegian Elint vessel Marjata.
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    • electronic warfare kingdom of norway research ship royal norwegian navy sigint signals intelligence
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. RyanC

    N/S Savannah Proposed Conversions

    http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/STS-004-002_Rev6.pdf "During the period of 1968 through 1970, future use options for the ship were studied and proposed. These included the following: Fish Protein Concentrate Factory Ship by Marine Protein Incorporated Ocean Science Ship by Westinghouse...
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    • atomic ships cold war early 1970s late 1960s maritime administration nuclear powered vessels research ship united states united states merchant marine
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  6. Grey Havoc

    JMSDF Asuka Class[Type] testbed

    Came across this via an old article at Japan Security Watch; The JMSDF's Asuka Class ASE (Auxiliary Ship Experiment): [IMAGE CREDIT: vspg.net] The Asuka, which is the only one in her class, is an interesting testbed ship built on a Murasame class hull at a old Sumitomo Heavy Industries yard...
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    • cold war ii early 21st century experimental japan maritime self-defense force jmsdf late 20th century post-cold war research research ship test ship testbed trials ship
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Military
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