Surface Warfare HOOYAH SHIPS

mission

leadership, manpower, equipment, training, materials; prompt, sustained

new warfare areas

maritime interdiction operations, naval surface fire support, electronic warfare

definition of mobility

baseline of operability and sustainment

number of warships we have

275

capabilities of the navy

stealth, endurance, firepower, mobility, communication

who established SWO pin

Adm. Elmo Zumwaltmi

Ticonderoga Cruiser CG-47

2 of everything, battle force role, Air, Undersea, Strike, Surface, Spy Radar, Aegis, Towed Array Sonar

Arleigh Burke Destroyer DDG-51 FLT I/II, III

can be part of CSG or solo, Air, Undersea, Surface, spy radar, aegis, towed array sonar, DDG 125+

Zumwalt DDG 1000

Tumblehome hull form, littorals and land attack, 100% globally deployable, 20 officers, 140 enlisted

Littoral LCS

freedom - odd - monohull

independence - even - trihull

reconfigurable payloads, surface, mine, antisub, crew 50-100

Whidbey Landing Ship LSD-41

block on bow, long end, amphibious craft, largest LCAC capacity (4), 22 officers, 350 enlisted, 402 troops

San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock LPD-17

enclosed masts, half of ship is flight deck, transports Marines, an LCAC, 28 officers, 340 enlisted

Wasp LHD-1 / America LHA-6

mini carrier, amphibious, LCAC and aircraft, no aegis, 104 officers, 1108 enlisted, 1894 embarked

Landing Craft Utility Mechanized LCU

small, flat open top, cargo, vehicles, troops, 125 tons, crew of 14

Landing Craft Air Cushion LCAC

hovers on water, 2 large propellers, high speed, 60-75 tons, 70% of world’s beaches, crew of 5A

Avenger Class Mine Counter Measure Ship MCM-1

wooden hull, small, hunt mines, 8 officers, 75 enlisted

USS Constellation tactics in Quasi-War

grapeshot, crossing the T

civil war navy transformation

steam propulsion, ironclads

steam powered ships allowed for control of

Mississippi River

Great White Fleet

16 ships

how did US/Britain combat German U-boats

convoy escorts

pinnacle of SUW

WWII

Korean War Inchon Invasion

amphibious warfare

brown water operations 

Vietnam

ships under Reagan (global presence against Soviet Union)

600

Aegis introduced on

USS Ticonderoga

TLAM most prominent during

Global War on Terrorism

BM

boatswain mate, maintenance

OS

operations specialist, radar

QM

quartermaster, navigation

FC

fire controlman, weapons systems

EM

electrician’s mate, electrical power systems

CTT

cryptologic technician technical, electronic signals

GM

gunner’s mate, small arms

ET

electronics technician, combat systems electronic equipment

EN

engineman, diesel engines

MM

machinist’s mate, auxiliary engineering systems

HT

hull technician, physical structure of ship

CS

culinary specialist, stock control of food

YN

Yeoman, administrative

STG

sonar technician surface, sonar suite

DC

damage controlman

SH

retail service specialist

6 future advancements

1. unmanned surface vessels

2. DDG(X) hull

3. FFG 62 Constellation Class Frigate

4. Laser Weapon System

5. Hypersonic Weapons

6. Directed Energy and Electronic Warfare

DDG(X) ETA

early 2030s, to replace Ticonderogas and Arleigh Burkes

two types of USVs

medium and large

hypersonic weapons platforms

DDG(X) and Zumwalt

laser systems

DDG88 and LPD27

what will disrupt enemy electronics

microwave based directed energy weapons

SWO Nuke pipeline

commission, SWO tour, SWO pin, Nuke school, on carrier as propulsion plant watch officer