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Naval Equipment Recognition Thread

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Ships, boats and things that float, and pretty much everything that is attached thereto, or is launched from it!!

CAVEAT- if you publish any details about equipment, you must cross reference to open source information.

I'll start:


What class and type of submarine is this?

 
Well, I have to say you had me stumped on this one.  I am going with either a Whiskey variant (not the Long Bin version) or a version of the Ming.  The clues give away the age of this sub.  There is not a real teardrop hull to be had, plus it appears that it needs to be on the surface in order to launch its missile cargo.  That would put this design well into the Russian/Chinese/North Korean sphere.  The missile silos are placed just so that he would need to be surfaced in order to launch.  Let me know what this one was, it will now haunt me as I sleep at night.
 
I agree it looks a bit Russian-derived (NK/Chinese), but I don't think it is. Looks like something India or Pakistan would have, but I'm too lazy to look it up.
 
cdnaviator- can I post the answer or do you have an idea?

w601

Here is a hint- bow shot looking aft towards tower. Pay close attention to the missile.
 
whiskey601 said:
cdnaviator- can I post the answer or do you have an idea?

w601

Go ahead and post the answer...i know but my reference isnt "open sourse"
 
Fair enough:

First seen in late 1987, the Wuhan 351 is a modified Romeo Class (Type 033G) (SSG), designated ES5G, converted as a trials anti-ship missile platform. The project was probably inspired by the Cold War era conventional-powered Russian Juliette class cruise missile submarine. The Wuhan 351's structure consist of six missile launcher tubes which are built into the casing abreast the conning tower and elevated to fire. To provide target acquisition an additional radar mast (Snoop Tray) is mounted between the two periscopes. It uses Pike Jaw or Hercules, hull mounted, search and attack, medium frequency sonar.

Displacement: 1,650 tons surfaced and 2,100 tons submerged
Dimensions: 76.6 x 6.7 x 5.2 meters
Speed: 13 knots submerged, 15 knots surfaced and 10 knots snorting
Endurance: 9 knots at 14,000 nm surface. 4 knots at 330 nm submerged (batteries)
Propulsion: Twin shafts. Diesel-electric drive.
Engines: 2x Type 37D diesel engines at 4,000 hp each. 2x PG series electric motors at 2,700 hp each. 2x creep motors at 100 hp each.
Crew complement: 10 officers and 44 Enlisted.
Armaments: 8x 533mm torpedo tubes. Six bow mounted and two are stern mounted. 14 torpedoes or 28 mines.
Missiles: 6x C-801 anti-ship missiles in watertight launcher tubes.

http://www.china-defense.com/naval/wuhan351/wuhan351.html

What is the model/type of this radar? Cheers.


 
whiskey601 said:
A long necked, leaf eating radar?

hahaha


Sea giraffe

http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/weapon_control/ericsson_microwave/
 
I ronicaly i know its parameters and stuff but didnt realy know what it looked like
 
The 309-foot, barque, Kaiwo Maru was the overall winner of the Boston to Halifax leg of the Tall Ships 2000 race. The ship is a training vessel for the Japanese Merchant Navy.  I have no idea who built her.

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.outdoorns.com/photogallery/images/tallships.kaiwo_maru2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.outdoorns.com/photogallery/tallships6.htm&h=306&w=206&sz=22&hl=en&start=71&tbnid=wl8Ts2qQEZSp6M:&tbnh=117&tbnw=79&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtall%2Bships%26start%3D60%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
 
Good luck. If it helps, the "bomb" that needs to be pulled out of the ditch for a small party task in Farnham is also a round from this weapon.
 
Actually that looks like the squid at the war muesem.
 
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