Everything you wanted to know about Ghost Ships

geetrue · 02-27-07, 03:38 PM

Low profile: The flat, outward sloping hull of the Visby
Corvette reflects radar waves, allowing it to slip
undetected past enemy radar
(Photo by Kockums AB).

You can't attack what you can't pick up on radar

http://www.military.com/soldiertech/...Ships,,00.html

ASWnut101 · 02-27-07, 04:02 PM

I thought that was the DD-X/21. They look ugly

Oh, and do they have ghosts on them? They ARE called ghost ships, now.

Linton · 02-27-07, 04:50 PM

I wonder what they look like through a periscope?

Kapitan · 02-27-07, 04:57 PM

Cant detect what you cant see no but you can detect what you can hear i bet them visbys show up on sonar pretty good.

Linton · 02-27-07, 04:59 PM

OT Kap did you ever get to engage asw nut?

Takeda Shingen · 02-27-07, 05:09 PM

And here I was expecting a discussion regarding the Flying Dutchman.

Kapitan · 02-27-07, 05:12 PM

Still tied up in port still waiting to battle the guy and i will soon i hope !

Linton · 02-27-07, 05:14 PM

Tak you should know by now that nothing is ever as it seems on this board!!

August · 02-27-07, 06:42 PM

"You can't attack what you can't pick up on radar"

I dunno about that. Navys managed to attack things quite effectively before radar was invented and now with sonar, thermal imaging, satellites and various other high tech gizmos i'd imagine they'll manage overcome the obstacle.

02-27-07, 03:38 PM	#1
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Everything you wanted to know about Ghost Ships Low profile: The flat, outward sloping hull of the Visby Corvette reflects radar waves, allowing it to slip undetected past enemy radar (Photo by Kockums AB). You can't attack what you can't pick up on radar http://www.military.com/soldiertech/...Ships,,00.html __________________

02-27-07, 04:02 PM	#2
ASWnut101 Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 2,021 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I thought that was the DD-X/21. They look ugly Oh, and do they have ghosts on them? They ARE called ghost ships, now. __________________

02-27-07, 04:50 PM	#3
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I wonder what they look like through a periscope? __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

02-27-07, 04:57 PM	#4
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Cant detect what you cant see no but you can detect what you can hear i bet them visbys show up on sonar pretty good. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

02-27-07, 04:59 PM	#5
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	OT Kap did you ever get to engage asw nut? __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

02-27-07, 05:09 PM	#6
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	And here I was expecting a discussion regarding the Flying Dutchman.

02-27-07, 05:12 PM	#7
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Still tied up in port still waiting to battle the guy and i will soon i hope ! __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

02-27-07, 05:14 PM	#8
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Tak you should know by now that nothing is ever as it seems on this board!! __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

02-27-07, 06:42 PM	#9
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,206 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"You can't attack what you can't pick up on radar" I dunno about that. Navys managed to attack things quite effectively before radar was invented and now with sonar, thermal imaging, satellites and various other high tech gizmos i'd imagine they'll manage overcome the obstacle. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.