From:	DV8 gyro@********.co.za
Subject:	Shipping (was Re: the value of education)
Date:	Fri, 16 Jul 1999 09:39:31 +0200

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul J. Adam <Paul@********.demon.co.uk>
To: shadowRN@*********.org <shadowRN@*********.org>
Date: 15 July 1999 07:19
Subject: Re: Shipping (was Re: the value of education)


>In article <014d01becea0$c0f4a3e0$b0d819c4@********.smartnet.co.za>,
>DV8 <gyro@********.co.za> writes
>><snip original post>
>>
>>I have a question about hydrofoil attack boats.
>>
>>I remember in the 80's the US was testing a design for a fast attack
>>boat that used hydrofoil to get up to high speeds. Does anyone know
>>where I can find some info on this design? Seems appropriately
>>futuristic for my SR game.
>
>The Pegasus-class patrol hydrofoils. Built by Boeing in Seattle
through the
>1970s, first entered service in 1977, six built.
>
>218 tons displacement, able to make 48 knots foilborne or 12kts
>hullborne. Crew of 21 (4 officers, 17 enlisted). Armed with one 76mm
>OTO-Melara compact gun and eight Harpoon antiship missiles.

Any SR equivalent for the "compact gun"? autocannon?
I'll presume the ASMs are capable of blowing the crap ou of any ship
the PCs are on :)
Intelligence Rating?

>Good points: fast in good weather, resistant to torpedoes and mines
while
>foilborne.

Would they be effective in more of a brown water role? Puget Sound,
Great Lakes?
Could they be used in large rivers?

>Bad points: fuel-thirsty, couldn't use their foils in anything over
Sea State
>4, virtually defenceless, suffered serious vibration that degraded
their
>(already limited) sensor fit.

Would any of this be solved by 2060?
Defencless as in no armour?

>They make interesting coastal-defence assets if you have air cover
and
>can rely on fairly decent weather: they'd be quite handy in the
Persian
>Gulf, for instance.

I presume running on foils messes your signature totally?

>The Russians and Chinese built quite large numbers of hydrofoil
torpedo
>boats (the Shershen and Huchwan classes) and some missile-armed
units,
>and Italy and Japan likewise experimented.

Would you know where I can find pics of the Pegasus class, especially
running at top speed?

Thanks

- - BRUCE <gyro@********.co.za>

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