CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 11 months agoGermany doubling down on the frigate meme with the class that went into production todayimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down17
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minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoWhat’s the displacement supposed to be?
minus-squaretburkhol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoUS Garcia frigates (1960s) were 2600 tons; Knox (1970s) 3000; Brooke class FFG/heavy frigates (1960s) were 5400 tons, and Oliver Hazard Perry class FFGs (1980s) 4100 tons.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoSo they’re doing the same thing that auto manufacturers are doing to pickup trucks.
What’s the displacement supposed to be?
US Garcia frigates (1960s) were 2600 tons; Knox (1970s) 3000; Brooke class FFG/heavy frigates (1960s) were 5400 tons, and Oliver Hazard Perry class FFGs (1980s) 4100 tons.
So they’re doing the same thing that auto manufacturers are doing to pickup trucks.