"The new Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship ..." Topic
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Tango01 | 17 Feb 2017 4:19 p.m. PST |
…USS Tulsa (LCS 16). "The U.S. Navy celebrated the christening of the future USS Tulsa Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 16) on February 11, 2017 as ship sponsor, Kathy Taylor, broke the ceremonial champagne bottle on the bow of the ship at a shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. The USS Tulsa is scheduled for delivery in 2018 and has a maximum speed of more than 40 knots, a 28,000 square foot mission bay, and a flight deck capable of simultaneously holding two H-60 helicopters. Built by by shipbuilder Austal USA, the USS Tulsa is one of the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) that is built on General Dynamics Mission Systems' open architecture computing infrastructure (OPEN CI). Open CI, the computing backbone of the Independence-variant LCS, was designed with the sailor in mind. The OPEN CI systems which control everything from driving the ship to firing its guns are designed to maximize automation and enable sailors to focus on their warfighting mission. OPEN CI allows the U.S. Navy to deliver mission capability when and wherever it's needed, as well as deploy new and updated technology as it advances. OPEN CI provides fast and flexible solutions for increasingly complex missions at a cost effective price…"
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Tgerritsen | 17 Feb 2017 5:27 p.m. PST |
Did they put a sign in the engine room, 'Day's since last breakdown?' |
zoneofcontrol | 17 Feb 2017 8:38 p.m. PST |
"Kathy Taylor, broke the ceremonial champagne bottle on the bow of the ship at a shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. The USS Tulsa is scheduled for delivery in 2018…" Wow, it sounds like they'll have all the damage repaired in one year. That must have been some bottle! |
GarrisonMiniatures | 18 Feb 2017 12:09 a.m. PST |
Of course, there's also the damage caused by hitting the thing with a bottle… |
zoneofcontrol | 18 Feb 2017 7:58 a.m. PST |
I've always assumed that a lot of people involved in the program have been "hitting the bottle." |
FatherOfAllLogic | 18 Feb 2017 8:14 a.m. PST |
"The OPEN CI systems which control everything from driving the ship to firing its guns are designed to maximize automation and enable sailors to focus on their warfighting mission." Well if the OPEN CI system (whatever that may be) is firing the guns and driving the ship, what are the crew's 'warfighting' mission? Putting out fires and fixing stuff? |
Tango01 | 18 Feb 2017 10:51 a.m. PST |
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Lion in the Stars | 19 Feb 2017 4:45 a.m. PST |
Well if the OPEN CI system (whatever that may be) is firing the guns and driving the ship, what are the crew's 'warfighting' mission? Putting out fires and fixing stuff? Yup. And doing flight ops, and streaming any ROVs, and vessel boarding, and … |
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