Another quest for images that may not be available...

[seawasp]

... Ticonderoga-class Missile Cruisers (CG), specifically 04 level deckplate area, AN/SPG-62 Illuminator (firecontrol radar) room, and the "intake bulkhead", whatever that is precisely. This is for another SBIR proposal I'm working on and these are apparently problem areas for this particular class of vessel that they'd like to monitor. failing that, I'd at least like to know WHERE on the ship these features are so I can envision ways to monitor them and understand something of what the main challenges are.

Comments

[dsrtao]

How much is it worth to your company?

I note that 7 of them are based in Norfolk (VA) and four in Mayport (Jacksonville, FL). You could call them up, see if a tour can be arranged, and fly there and back again relatively cheaply.

[seawasp]

These are for phase I proposals, which if won are roughly $100k. However, odds of winning are roughly 1 in 10 based purely on averages (ignoring things like whether there's someone strongly "wired" into the topic, etc.). So percentagewise it's less than 10k total, or 5k plus overhead, so... not worth enough to go travelling just to look at them.

[dalesql.livejournal.com]

I suspect if you were to send an e-mail to the Command Master Chief for one of those ships explaining what you need, you will get back all the information that you need, and a continuing contact with someone directly affected by the issue.

[muirecan.livejournal.com]

You might try here. http://www.nrl.navy.mil/Review08/images/08Optical%28Nichols%29.pdf I think this paper might be the source for the project your being asked to research.

Tico/spg-62

[dahobbit.livejournal.com]

do a google search on SPG-62 and the tico cruisers the spg-62 sits over the bridge forward and on top of the Helo hanger aft.

Dahobbit
ET1 ret

Re: Tico/spg-62

[dahobbit.livejournal.com]

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/The-US-Navys-Dual-Band-Radars-05393/

[eeyore3061.livejournal.com]

They've got an AN/SPG-62 Illuminator on top of a multiply welded moment arm and they wonder why there's cracking?

I like how they spun the Illuminator and didn't see anything but then put the ship through multiple turns at speeds to see what happened. If they'd stop treating the stack of welded plates as a single piece from the cg outwards.... ;)

[seawasp]

It's MUCH easier to model it that way, you must admit.

But that's what provides the opportunity: the need to actually monitor stresses and strains "live" so as to be able to do CBM on entire vessels.