29.08.2004, 20:39
Zitat:Early plans considered to decommission these five ships, equip them with VLS and re-commission them to adapt them to the standard of the later ships. However, in 2003, the Navy decided to upgrade only 22 of the 27 ships (CG 52 - CG 73), in an effort to keep these ships combat-relevant until a new generation of surface warships can be designed and built. This conversion will give the ships a service life of 35 years each. The conversion will also allow the ships to participate in land attack, littoral undersea warfare, force protection and anti-air defense missions, including ballistic missile defense. The first ship scheduled to go through the conversion is the CAPE ST. GEORGE (CG 71) starting in 2006. The final ship will begin conversion in 2014.Quelle: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://navysite.de/cg/cg47class.htm">http://navysite.de/cg/cg47class.htm</a><!-- m -->
Was haltet ihr eigentlich davon wenn sich die türkische Marine ausgemusterte Ticonderoga Kreuzer zur Ergänzung der vorhandenen AAW Kapazitäten der Perry-Fregatten beschafft. 3 - 4 Schiffe reichen da meiner Meinung nach vollkommen aus, die Ticonderoga Kreuzer könnten dann die restlichen 4 veralteten Knox-Fregatten der türkischen Marine ersetzen.
Wenn schon die USN 5 Ticos ausmustert wäre für die türkische Marine eine gute Gelegenheit da zuzuschlagen.:daumen: