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07-12-17, 04:14 PM | #46 | |
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"Depth: 800+ feet (operational) approx. 1600 feet (safe depth) approx. 2250 feet (crash depth)" And building with HY-100 steel, like 2 LA class submarines. But this steel (HY-100) have many cracks and boats rarely seen in sea. Except SSN-23. |
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07-12-17, 04:16 PM | #47 | |
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On the HY100 front, it depends on what you consider cost but its not really down to the expense of manufacturing the steel (which probably isn't cheap or easy, but as far as I know I haven't heard of any massive quality issues), its the difficulty to work with it when you are talking about welds and what not. I'm not going to claim to know all about the science around it but even HY80 has not been easy to work with and has had lots of issues over the years. I think it was Greyback or Growler, one of those Regulus boats and it had all kinds of problems. Even before this, one of the Skates (Seadragon?) which used the same type of HTS / HY42 that the later war-built boats used, had all kinds of improper welds in the 50s. This has happened on quite a few occasions, even with some of the 688Is (I think it was Charlotte or Hampton, one of the ones that was involved in a collision and had damage to the sail, when it was inspected it was found that quite a bit of the welds were incorrect/ out of spec and had to be re-done). The reason I bring all this up is because the Seawolf, while under construction around 1993 or so suffered from massive issues with the welding of HY100, to the point that almost all of what had already been done had to be re-worked, adding probably almost a year to construction time. Best I know, the last 688Is were still HY-80, so mid 90s but a few of the later ones had some sections made of HY100 just as a feasibility / practicality test.
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07-12-17, 04:30 PM | #48 | |
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So now that you know the stress the submarine will experience, you have to pick a material with a sufficient Strength to handle that stress, but stress in a design doesn't depend on the material. In terms of material properties, a stronger material can take more stress. For HY120 vs HY80, it's fair to say that HY120 is 50% stronger than HY80. So, HY120 has a strength of 120,000 psi. Say, for example, that a submarine at a certain depth is experiencing 60,000 psi in its hull. The HY120 has sufficient strength to not fail because of that stress level.
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07-12-17, 05:27 PM | #49 |
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This Russian fanboy stance doesn't wash.
The Alfa class were very noisy. The fact they could dive deep and had a high top speed, yeah and? You don't think NATO could build a submarine out of titanium if they wanted to? OTH radar- has serious limitations. Go and research about it. It's resolution is rather poor to say the least. Of use only for early warning, the Americans had them too. Don't get wrapped around the axle with what steel or materials subs are made of. Silence is the key driver. The USSR was broke. Defence spending was what made the Cold war so prolonged. And don't start down the nuclear war line because it's an irrelevance. Both sides had the throw weight to smash each other and still do. |
07-12-17, 07:38 PM | #50 | |
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07-12-17, 07:45 PM | #51 |
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It is sterile conjuncture on the properties of HY-80 vs. HY-100 or any other material.
Using Titanium as the hull material has some serious drawbacks.. The US experimented with this material and decided to stay with steel. Plus, the USSR had/has a much greater supply of the raw ore than the US did... Every country that designs and builds submarines has their own philosophies on the design and construction. All boats have their strengths and weakness's. |
07-12-17, 07:56 PM | #52 |
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The US Navy experimented with putting a 5-bladed screw on a 688. Fast as an Alpha, and as noisy... Pulled the dam thing off rather quickly.
Fast forward 20 years and now you have Seawolf (SSN-21 class). As quiet at 20 knots as a 688i is at 5 knots... and faster than a 688. How much, I will not say. I know it makes your patriotic bones rattle (no matter what country you are from) to say you have the fastest or deepest diving etc.. but in all practicalities it is just bravado... having the deepest diving has very little tactical value (there is an exception to that). Speed does, but if you are noisy as ox cart, it really does not matter anyway either... |
07-12-17, 09:50 PM | #53 |
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I work with a lot of Russians. They have some weird ways of solving problems that make you scratch your head but in the end they're very effective. As a whole is their tech better? No of course not, their budgets don't even come close but I would write them off at your peril.
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WRT the MIAMI, she was originally going to be repaired. However, as the initial clearing of damage revealed even more damage, and cost estimates continued to spiral upward, the decision was made that it wasn't cost effective - it got to the point where a new sub was going to be cheaper. MIAMI was already in Portsmoth Naval Shipyard up in Maine, and they don't keep mothballed ships up there, so that MAY have factored in as well, but that wasn't the read the sub fleet had at the time. Quote:
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07-13-17, 02:30 AM | #55 | |
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Detection range 60 miles against US submarine LA class. Ushakov submarine was "B-471". Detection was made during transfer from Black sea to Northern sea. |
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07-13-17, 02:44 AM | #56 |
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And more about noisy:
"We left for the Barents Sea. They worked with a nuclear-powered ship and a diesel submarine. According to the nuclear-powered vessel, the detection distance was 315 cable, along the diesel boat - 147, which was five times the standard. And then a complete triumph! And quite unexpected. When Mogilnikov gave the order to float up to recharge the battery, Ritsa suddenly gave the bearing to ... an American nuclear submarine that was following our nuclear submarine. About how it was, I learned from the first mouth - from the very Yuri Mogilnikov. We have known him for about thirty years - since the first meeting in the service in Egyptian Alexandria. A straightforward and uncompromising man, Mogilnikov never shook his heart, as he did not curl, telling about this episode: - I took it from a distance of almost 400 cable!" Las Angeles submarine detection range 400 cables (40 miles), our nuclear submarine was 667A (Yankee NATO) - detection range is 315 cables (31,5 miles), diesel submarine was 641 (Foxtrot NATO) - detection range was 147 cables (14,7 miles). It was "K-517" 671RT (Victor II NATO). December 1985 year. |
07-13-17, 02:53 AM | #57 |
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I would like to hear an opinion on the group activities of russian submarines.
This seems rather unrealistic since it makes it difficult to classify a target under conditions of unstable contact and can be fatal. Whether there were similarities of wolfpacks in reality? |
07-13-17, 05:21 PM | #58 | |
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I wouldnt call myself a "fanboy" however i have been in and around most of the Russian fleet for the last 20 years and in my time i have met with big names in the Russian fleets including Admiral Chernavin and Igor Kurdin The USSR went broke for many reason unsustainable defence spending was one big problem something that was being addressed but too late plus Gorbachev also made his own political mistakes which Yeltsin made his gains. i'm well aware of the limitations of OTH radars especially the Duga 1 it could detect launches from the USA but not much else but that's all it really needed to do anyway, the technology developed so fast that by the time the thing was built better systems existed and trace the linear history phased array is a development of this, as i said RAF Flying dales in Yorkshire is a phased array OTH radar system it is almost identical to what the Americans use at home. as for the material a submarine is made from or how fast it goes yes i agree its not always something that matters however it mattered enough that both the USN and RN spent billions to counter the perceived threat with the development of the MK48 ADCAP and Spearfish torpedoes i think that speaks volumes on the threat they perceived, and founded correctly. If the Mike class went into serial production and was (and yes it was tested) to have the ability to fire a weapon below 850m at a western vessel dont you think you too would want a weapon to counter that threat? the torpedoes of the day couldn't. The MK48 ADCAP is one of if not the best anti ship/submarine torpedo to date it far exceeds anything the Russians have including VA-111 Skhval, i know for certain i would rather choose the 48 than any other weapon other than spearfish or the now defunct tigerfish. in 20 years i have probably spent around 7 in Russia and at least 3 of those in the far north. As for the west building a submarine out of titanium that was deemed by the governments as too costly and unworkable the Russians did have and still do have better gas welding techniques, so much so a lot of titanium parts for a lot of items comes made from Russia, the west is very good with steel however Russia has always been better than us with titanium. When it comes down to it Russia excels at heavy industry where as the west excels at the service industry and manufacturing. There's a saying " the west make everything like Swiss watches where as the Russians go at it with a hacksaw and a hand file" Which i find true to be honest we in the west like fancy things the Russian's just want it to be practical if you look at the F86 its like a sleek sports car compared to the Mig 15 which looks like a tractor. Russia lags behind in a lot of areas it wasn't until the late 90's waterfall displays started being put into submarines the west had them back in the 70's although i will say a lot of the Russian stuff does use windows (dont think its XP though)
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07-13-17, 05:26 PM | #59 | |
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the western boats could classify each individual boat and also separate them out too so wasn't a massive issue the diesels especially Foxtrot Romeo Whiskey were noisy for SSK standards as they were multi screwed vessels
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07-13-17, 05:39 PM | #60 | |
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Back in the late 80's and early 90's, as a semi-senior sailor, sometimes we would get new guys who thought the Soviets were stupid and we were going to wipe the floor with them... I had to dispel that notion quickly. I would tell them that "if you think they are stupid, you are going to die.... Yes, some of their hardware was crap, but some was awesome... Same as in the US and NATO.. " Militaries are by design conservative organizations. All the fancy new stuff needs to be proven before it is fielded. If I met a Russian submarine sailor in a bar, I would not start a fight, but by him a beer... |
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