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    Royal Navy Cold War Minelayers

    More or less unnoticed in the mid 60s the Royal Navy was able to replace the wartime very fast Minelayer "Manxman" with a new build ship. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Abdiel_(N21) Abdiel served nearly to the end of the Cold War in1988. Unlike the famous UK mine countermeasures vessels...
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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    Commencement Bay Class Conversion Seaplane Tender (mid-1950s)

    A mid-1950s proposal was to convert escort carriers of the Commencement Bay class into sea plane tenders for the Martin P6M SeaMaster jet sea plane bomber. According to Friedman, this conversion program died when the P6M was canceled to offset the cost of the Polaris missile program. Images...
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    • cold war nuclear battlefield sea mines seaplane striking force united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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    Martin P6M Seamaster

    In 1952 the US Navy put out a Request for Proposal to the US Aircraft industry asking for an advanced jet-powered 'Fast Mine-Laying Maritime Patrol Flying Boat' The winner of this RfP was Martin with their P6M-1/2 SeaMaster design. Unfortunatly this design did not go into full production, and...
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    • aerial minelayer atomic sea mine cold war flying boat jet age martin marietta corporation minelayer nuclear battlefield nuclear powered aircraft sea mines seaplane striking force sub-strategic nuke supersonic tactical nuke united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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