surface effect ship

  1. TomS

    PXM -- A modern subchaser for the USN

    A few months ago, I posted a thread on a briefing with several more or less obscure frigate concepts for the USN. One of the designs included in that brief is the PXM, which I described at the time as a rabbit hole. This thread is my attempt to chase that rabbit as far as I can go, starting from...
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    • 1980s advanced marine vehicle anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare boeing continuing concept formulation (conform) escort vessel frigate hydrofoil naval sea systems command navsea navsea surface ship continuing concept formulation north atlantic treaty organisation patrol combatant multi-mission patrol vessel subchaser surface effect ship united states united states navy
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  2. Grey Havoc

    Skjold-class fast missile corvette

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/oezs6j/6000_x_4000_the_skjoldclass_corvette_hnoms_glimt/ Original source
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    • 1990s 20th century 21st century cold war ii fac-m kingdom of norway motor torpedo boat post-cold war project smp 6081 royal norwegian navy surface effect ship
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Military
  3. uk 75

    Saunders Roe Hovercraft Aircraft Carrier

    On page 241 of "The Decline of British Seapower" by Desmond Wettern, the then Minister of Aviation (Julian Amery) told a Business Dinner on 9 September 1964 that the Government were considering building an ocean-going "hovership" for the RN. His Ministry and the MOD would make preliminary...
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    • cold war fleet air arm great britain hovercraft hoverfrigate ministry of defence nuclear powered vessels royal navy surface effect ship westland helicopters
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. Triton

    US Navy Mine Sweeper Hunter (MSH) Surface Effect Ship (SES)

    From DefenseImagery.mil, an artist's concept of the Bell Aerospace Textron Mine Sweeper Hunter (MSH). In Fiscal Year 1984, the US Navy embarked upon a program to construct 17 minesweeper hunters of some 470 tons displacement that utilized surface-effect-ship and glass-reinforced plastic hull...
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    • 1980s bell aerospace bell aerospace textron cold war fast minesweeper mine warfare vessel ses surface effect ship textron inc. united states navy us navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. flateric

    Aerojet SES-100A

    I'll really appreciate your help in finding pictorial information and technical drawings/cutaways of the thing from the open press. Thank you.
  6. JAZZ

    SES concepts 1990's

    A number of SES concpts were proposed in the 1990's - France built a demonstrator, so did Germany, and of course Norway put a minecounter measures boat and FAC into production and sweden developed an experimental stealth SES.
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    • 1990s 20th century 21st century cold war post-cold war surface effect ship
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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