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...
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
See https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/02/uk-sets-out-project-cabot-ambition-to-deploy-autonomous-asw-screen-in-the-north-atlantic/
TLDR: Project Cabot proposes as Phase 1 "Atlantic NET" coverage of GIUK gap using a COCONO (contractor owned, contractor operated, naval oversight)...
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/...
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
I've tried to collect all the British Type designations for electornics like Sonars, Radars, Jammers etc
Here is the list:
If anybody know more designations and their design/cancellation/introduction dates that would be great:
Type 1 - Land Based Air Search Radar (1935/36)
Type 2 - Land Based...
british army
british commonwealth
cold war
electronics
great britain
interwar period
naval radar
radar
royal air force
royal navy
sonar
united kingdom
world war ii
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