Frigate Manning and Maintenance

For years, now, the Navy has been complaining that manpower was too costly and, indeed, the Navy embarked on an unwise, misguide…

Crew Comfort

A couple of recent discussions hit on a common theme – that being that WWII ships packed a lot more weapons and sensors/fire cont…

Navy Surrenders

Since the day the first LCS was announced, observers have analyzed the fundamental LCS concept and found it to be badly flawed.  …

LCS as FF - What Does That Do To Crew Size?

You all know that the Navy is going to build the next batch of LCS’s as “frigates”.  They aren’t even remotely capable of perform…

LCS Operating Costs - Follow Up

Here’s a follow up note about the LCS operating costs.   The LCS was sold, in large part, as a lower operating cost vessel whose …