North American P-51 Mustang; Lockheed C-130 Hercules; Lockheed P-38 Lightning; British Army… The days of Columbus or Magellan are gone, but in the realm of space, an explorer vessel is a real possibility.

These heavy cruiser would be the more massed produced ships, and mostly likely the first warship on the scene.

Instead of having the flat, shovel-like front dictated by the ship’s forward ramp, a “visor” is fitted that can lift up and down. Military. If you take the Thus vast space-going fleets are based on wet-navy fleets.I've always been a fan of spaceships and what we incorrectly call science fiction (as i have no doubt that humanity's future lays among the stars! While the aircraft carrier is used for projecting airpower, the assault craft projects land power. Also, these crews work as small, close-knit units, and many get to see exotic ports around the globe—some of which big Navy ships don’t even get to call on.A further two variants of the same class were built for the Philippine Navy in the early 1990s, and are configured as multi-role patrol ships.

Also, I'll try to pick up your book as soon as I can, for I have not been able to read it.Thanks for the kind words about FWS.

The Sector General series (probably the only Pacifistic Space Opera, and surprisingly good) has such ships, marked with several symbols designating a Ambulance craft. It is easy to see wounded soldiers being shuttled up to the hospital ship for treatment, then able to be shuttle back to the warzone.

Add new page . The amphibious assault ship covers a number of warships in modern navies, they possess a flattop to land helicopter, tilt-rotors, and even VTOL jets, and room to deploy marines.

The hospital vessel would be stationed in orbit above a planet being fought over, or that had a disaster, and render aide.

These limited use warships would be constructed on an existing spaceframe, like a cruiser, but with much more limited abilities. Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox.We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to America’s Huge Afloat Forward Staging Base In ActionThe Navy’s sea basing capabilities are being massively upgraded with these oil tankers turned one-third aircraft carrier, one-third marina and one-third command and control center.Check Out This Picture Of The Pentagon’s Shadowy New Special Operations MothershipThis Russian Beach Landing Drill in Crimea Is Downright FerociousMore like a firepower demonstration than a training exercise.M80 Stiletto Is The Pentagon's Stealthy Little Experimental Ship That CouldFor a decade the ‘M-hulled’ Stiletto has been the surrogate for new maritime combat technologies and concepts.Russia’s Carrier Was Designed To Be Heavily Armed Even Without Its Air Wing During World Wars, the Cold War, the submarine was an offensive tool of war that could have been the first strike in World War III. With a range of nearly 6,500 miles, these ships can reliably self-deploy to hotspots on short notice. Seconds after the missiles reach their targets, the rest of the warships would jump in and finish off the confused vessels. A few navies across the global have science vessels for various uses...these are not armed or even have that many military personnel. It can also carry a maximum of 82 double-stacked 20-foot long ISO containers, In the early 2000s a subclass of the type was launched consisting of two ships, USAV This increased length is largely due to a modification of the ship’s bow. Just around the time of the First World War, there was an arms race between the industrial powers to build these sea monsters. I hope to visit this site many more times and read more on the blog. For years, we and the Soviets played cat-and-mouse under the seas...some sci-fi writers have linked future space warfare between ships as being similar to submarine warfare. I envision a heavy cruiser being the traveling and fighting companion of the battlecruiser, being a long-range warship that is cheaper than the battlecruiser. The battlecruiser is a faster, lightly armored, but better armed version of the heavy/main-line cruiser. This was the fate of the largest battleship in history, the Imperial Japanese FWS has decided to explore the topic of spaceborne fleet ships classics via the Ships of the Line blogpost series, and hospital ships will be covered.

Eric Erickson (spy) List of Easy Company (506 PIR) veterans; Norman Dike; 7 Ps (military adage) Eugene Roe ; Richard Halsey Best; Apache (Viet Cong soldier) Article development. Many of the vessels are ex-Soviet or Chinese vessels, some designs dating from 1950s, but extensively …