No. They'll be taking over the roles of the Mid-Shore Science Vessels (Limnos, Otter Bay, Vector) as well as giving the Coast Guard a lighter complement to the fleet for littoral duties where things like the MPI are not optimized for due to their size.
Easy to forget that the MPI are large vessels, even though Batch II will be slightly smaller they still arent always optimal or able to get to certain places. Thats where the MSMM come in.
I’m not a navy guy, more army myself, but I’m fascinated by ships. I can’t help but feel what’s needed out of the CDC is really a “Picket Ship”. A ship that’s equipped to escort larger, more expensive ships, design and equipped to detect, intercept a range of Surface drones, swarms, missiles, etc. On the other hand, maybe an entirely automated picket ship would be something worth designing for export one day.
The Fin Pohjanmaa are PC 1A, with an attractive total build and thru life sustainment cost per platform. Any total CDC project budget limits / estimates being thrown around?
Thanks for the table, there used to be a good spreadsheet comparing the different ice classes and how they matched up with other levels of classification. Wished I had saved it as it has disappeared.
are the MSMM ships replacing the Hero class?
No. They'll be taking over the roles of the Mid-Shore Science Vessels (Limnos, Otter Bay, Vector) as well as giving the Coast Guard a lighter complement to the fleet for littoral duties where things like the MPI are not optimized for due to their size.
ok that makes more sense
Easy to forget that the MPI are large vessels, even though Batch II will be slightly smaller they still arent always optimal or able to get to certain places. Thats where the MSMM come in.
This is great news! Thanks!
I’m not a navy guy, more army myself, but I’m fascinated by ships. I can’t help but feel what’s needed out of the CDC is really a “Picket Ship”. A ship that’s equipped to escort larger, more expensive ships, design and equipped to detect, intercept a range of Surface drones, swarms, missiles, etc. On the other hand, maybe an entirely automated picket ship would be something worth designing for export one day.
The Fin Pohjanmaa are PC 1A, with an attractive total build and thru life sustainment cost per platform. Any total CDC project budget limits / estimates being thrown around?
Thanks for the table, there used to be a good spreadsheet comparing the different ice classes and how they matched up with other levels of classification. Wished I had saved it as it has disappeared.