LST Development and Death

The LST was a WWII development intended to provide amphibious assault landing capability on a much larger scale than the individu…

Littoral Combat Group Analysis

We recently noted the Navy’s formation of a so-called Littoral Combat Group which consisted of an LPD-17 class amphibious ship an…

Conceputal Armor For Modern Ships

Modern navies have all but abandoned armor for ships.   ComNavOps has demonstrated the fallacy in this approach.   The overall…

Norwegian Frigate Sinking Lessons

We previously discussed the collision and sinking of the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad (see, “ Sensors – What Good Are They? ”)…

Roles - The Frigate

Why do we have or want frigates today? Sadly, the most accurate answer is probably just because we’ve always had them. We’re goin…

Survival On The Modern Battlefield

The lethality of the modern land battlefield argues against the survival and effectiveness of unprotected infantry.   Indeed, it …

Single Versus Multi-Function Ships

Well, I didn’t want to do this but this is one of those topics that just keeps coming up and people just keep getting it wrong.  …