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 123nic, on 20 June 2012 - 07:45 PM, said:

Possible, but the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy operate very differently and they both have very separate ship designs.

they are different but they both are built to haul ass while putting up with some serious conditions.

[SSCS4EVER]

http://commercial.ap...phtml?id=184994 it a good looking ship but $32,000,000

[Järvsöfaks]

Good looking ship. But I remember Peter Jay Brown saying in his Ecoterrorist: "We buy crap ships".

Honestly, would you expect someone on the helm of this kind of vessel to ram? It's just not made for that.

[ExecutiveBanana]

Does anyone think that there will be 2 new ships? they did decide to get one even before Sam Simon was funding it. so now, they have one ship pretty much just given to them, and then they can buy one. they should have the money of lawsuits and such didnt take it all.

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I would say the real issue is operating costs of having 2 more...

[ADA77]

Here it is Supercavitating stealth-attack ship designed for military deployments.

http://www.xconomy.c...Ghost-dec08.jpg

[ExecutiveBanana]

 ADA77, on 21 June 2012 - 10:48 PM, said:

Here it is Supercavitating stealth-attack ship designed for military deployments.

http://www.xconomy.c...Ghost-dec08.jpg

i have a RC model of that cool thing

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 ExecutiveBanana, on 21 June 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

Does anyone think that there will be 2 new ships? they did decide to get one even before Sam Simon was funding it. so now, they have one ship pretty much just given to them, and then they can buy one. they should have the money of lawsuits and such didnt take it all.

There's no point of having 2 new ships. 4 ships and a possible 2nd helicopter is plenty.

[Raconteur]

I thought SSCS still owned 2 helicopters?

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 Raconteur, on 22 June 2012 - 12:20 AM, said:

I thought SSCS still owned 2 helicopters?

Unless it moved its rumored to be in a create in the US waiting for $ to get it to the Galapagos. Correct me if i'm wrong SSCS people.

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ADA77, on 21 June 2012 - 10:48 PM, said:

Here it is Supercavitating stealth-attack ship designed for military deployments.

http://www.xconomy.c...Ghost-dec08.jpg

Now that's a ship, looks like a step up from the stealth ship they just scraped. It would be a great scout vessel, wonder how it would handle the ice.

[123nic]

It is confirmed that the SSCS fleet will have 2 helicopters, that the ship will be named "Sam Simon", it was found in Germany, and it was a former German-govt ship.

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123nic, on 22 June 2012 - 04:48 AM, said:

It is confirmed that the SSCS fleet will have 2 helicopters, that the ship will be named "Sam Simon", it was found in Germany, and it was a former German-govt ship.

The vessel is indeed of excellent quallity, has some very unique features, built in germany, and has minor protection against ice.

[123nic]

I hope they release this vessel before October. This is bugging me!!!

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123nic, on 21 June 2012 - 11:48 PM, said:

There's no point of having 2 new ships. 4 ships and a possible 2nd helicopter is plenty.

and  a "freee ship" still costs a massive ammounts of money, its said owning a ship is like standing in a cold shower and dropping $100 bills down the drain like fueling taxes birthing fees Maintenance, luxuries on board, feeding crew, taking care of crew .

123nic, on 22 June 2012 - 06:01 AM, said:

Hmm... When I heard the ship was German, my thoughts went directly back to this one: http://commercial.ap...phtml?id=218093 Still available though.

that would make an excellent ofshore patrol vessel  but would be beyond useless in any, long ocean going campaign

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RAPTOR, on 22 June 2012 - 05:42 AM, said:

The vessel is indeed of excellent quallity, has some very unique features, built in germany, and has minor protection against ice.

And yet about 65 years ago Japan and Germany were allies with gear fighting side by side against shared enemies. And now it looks like there could be equipment used for fighting against each other made by the countries that used to be allies.
Funny how the world changes with enemies and friends through acts of war.

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123nic, on 22 June 2012 - 06:01 AM, said:

Hmm... When I heard the ship was German, my thoughts went directly back to this one: http://commercial.ap...phtml?id=218093 Still available though.

i send sscs a email about this ship if it is i be happy

[ADA77]

That is a sea rescue ship, doubt it has the necessary range. But southern ocean storms wouldn't be an issue for these at all.

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123nic, on 22 June 2012 - 06:01 AM, said:

I hope they release this vessel before October. This is bugging me!!!

It's possible we don't see her until she makes her presence known in the southern ocean. Keep her whereabouts and what she looks like a secret and have her sneak up on the fleet like the Bob Barker did 2 yrs back.

[Scottyk9]

Hmmmm... maybe  http://en.wikipedia....Maria_S._Merian

Speeds a tad slow and likely too big but meh... who knows ?