quote:Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: I'm kinda surprised that the Navy still has dedicated command ships; the entire idea of a fleet engagement is pretty much obsolete these days; besides, considering the amount of real-time communication available to today's military, the admiral could probably command from just about anywhere in the world...
True, but it still helps to have a flag officer on the spot to respond to rapidly developing situations, or in case communications are disrupted. During the Falklands War, for example, the senior Admiral (whose name I can't quite remember at the moment) was based at Northwood in Middlesex and commanded the task group from there but Admiral Woodward was still in local command aboard Invincible or Hermes (again I can't remember, it's been ages since I read any of this stuff). Dedicated command ships are also useful for amphibious landings and the like.
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quote:Originally posted by Intruder1701: Well in todays navy the flagship is the USS John F. Kennedy CV-67, its the ship that represents the navy at Fleet Week in Boston every year. Its a showboat it goes all over the place
Actually....it is an older, somewhat worn down, carrier that has trouble making it as an active ship in the fleet. So it gets used as a show the flag ship.
I know I served on her
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The flagship that scraped the topside off of a destroyer in the Med.
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quote:Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: I'm kinda surprised that the Navy still has dedicated command ships; the entire idea of a fleet engagement is pretty much obsolete these days; besides, considering the amount of real-time communication available to today's military, the admiral could probably command from just about anywhere in the world...
Yes, but its much quieter aboard one of those ships than an actual combatant.
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As I understand it they are basically amphibious assault command ships - joint ops and the like. Not really for fleet actions, should such occur.
Thought you were Navy Intruder...
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