quinta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2017

USS Wasp - LHD 1 / NEBP, Berthing Rio de Janeiro, Maiden call Brazil


Demandou 0 cais do Pier Mauá manhã do dia 30/11/2017 no Rio de Janeiro,, o Navio de Assalto Anfíbio classe Wasp americano USS "Wasp" - LHD 1, procedente de Norfolk/VA, em sua primeira escala no Brasil.


 Em sua manobra de atracação foi assitido pelos rebocadores Crater e WS Cygnus (Wilson Sons´s Rebocadores), C-Brilhante (Camorim Serviços Marítimos) e Starnav Sagitarius da Starnav Serviços Marítimos Ltda.), auxiliando no posicionamento da atracação por BE.


O Navio devera permanecer até a manhã do dia 3 de dezembro, quando deverá suspender ao redor de 09:00 h.


Suas principais características técnicas são:
  • Type:Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) amphibious assault ship
  • Displacement:40,500 long tons (41,150 t) full load
  • Length:843 ft (257 m)
  • Beam:104 ft (31.8 m)
  • Draft:27 ft (8.1 m)
Propulsion:
  • Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW);
  • Two General Electric LM2500 geared gas turbines,
  •  two shafts
  • Speed:22 knots 
  • Range:9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 18 kn 

Boats & landingcraft carried:
  • 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or
  • 2 Landing Craft Utility[2] or
  • 12 Landing Craft Mechanized[3]Troops:1,894 Marine DetachmentComplement:1,208Sensors 
Processing systems:
  • 1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar
  • 1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar
  • 1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
  • 1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System(TAS)
  • 1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar
  • 1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar
  • 1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system
  • 1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe
Armament:
  • Two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missilelaunchers
  • Two RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers
  • Three 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems (LHD 5–8 with two)
  • Four 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns (LHD 5–8 with three)
  • Four .50 BMG machine guns



Aircraft carried (Actual mix depends on the mission) Standard Complement:
  • 6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or
  • 6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters
  • 4 AH-1W/Z Super Cobra/Viper attack helicopter
  • 12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor
  • 4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters
  • 3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters
Assault:
  • 22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor
Sea Control:
  • 20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft
  • or
  • 20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters
  • 6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters






Fotos: Edson de Lima Lucas, Ivan Cesar e imagens via Leandro Medeiros - 30/11/2017

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