Meet the Navy's New Warship

[eDave]

Originally Posted by notorious

Does anyone know why they are going to diesel more and more?

Operating simplicity, robustness and fuel economy compared to most other propulsion's. They won't go away from nuclear for subs and carriers. With carriers, it makes more sense to go nuclear. And the added space is used for more aviation fuel. In the case of subs, I suspect they can get another missile in there too.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by eDave

Operating simplicity, robustness and fuel economy compared to most other propulsion's. They won't go away from nuclear for subs and carriers. With carriers, it makes more sense to go nuclear. And the added space is used for more aviation fuel. In the case of subs, I suspect they can get another missile in there too.

I presume that the subs and carriers can stay on station a lot longer with nuclear power, too. At least, it seems like that would be the case.

Of course, you can't have the carriers out there without the escort ships, so maybe there's a space factor there, too.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I presume that the subs and carriers can stay on station a lot longer with nuclear power, too. At least, it seems like that would be the case.

Of course, you can't have the carriers out there without the escort ships, so maybe there's a space factor there, too.

The escorts can be replenished underway fairly easily.