#Kearsarge Class

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USS Kearsarge (AB-1, ex-BB-5) passing through the Gaillard Cut, circa 1920s-30s.

NHHC: NH 52037

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A Martin AM-1Q Mauler electronic countermeasures aircraft of composite squadron VC-4 on the flight deck of USS KEARSARGE (CV-33), during a qualification cruise, near Atlantic City, New Jersey. A total of 18 of the Maulers produced were delivered in the electronic countermeasures configuration and designated AM-1Qs.

Date: April 25-29, 1949

wawstl: link

Naval History and Heritage Command: link

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The USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, transits through the Suez Canal, 2011

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Priority Research 7 Predictions - Eagle Union

I remember a few years ago, when I tried to do predictions for PR3 back on Twitter, I realized the Eagle Union didn't have many choices. Kearsarge wasn't a thing back then, so Seattle, Georgia and Anchorage were pretty much the only real options they had at all.

That has changed a fair bit now, with PR7 right around the corner.

USS Minnesota

Minnesota is not a good battleship.

When talking about big battleships I sometimes mention how they're "big, slow, and slumbering." In most cases, that's an exaggeration on my part. That's not the case with Minnesota.

With a top speed of 23 knots, Minnesota is one of the slowest ships of her tier, if not the slowest. That's not the only slow thing about her, as her main guns - twelve 406mm guns - have a reload of 40 seconds. You can genuinely go AFK and do things in real life while the guns reload.

Her guns, however, are a bit more accurate than average; although that is the only saving grace she has.

If she gets added to Azur Lane as a PR, she'd be of PR rarity.

USS Vermont

Vermont is a T10 copycat of Minnesota. You might think "wow, she's also terrible, right?"

Yes. She's even worse. Same top speed of 23 knots, same 40s reload on her main guns, etc, same weak side armor, same glacial turret traverse of 45s, everything is the same, just bigger.

The only difference is that her main guns are 457mm. "Does that actually matter?"

Oh boy.

Those 457mm main guns are the only thing that moves Vermont from a pretty terrible battleship, to an excellent battleship. Her main offensive tool is patience. Vermont is a persistence hunter. A good Vermont player will choose a good flank to reside in and stalk the enemy. If you're on one end of the map and the enemy Vermont gets lit up by firing her main guns on the other side of the map; only island cover will save you. 15.7k damage per AP shell, 12 AP shells, incredible accuracy; a well placed shot will detonate any enemy with a citadel.

I do not have a Vermont myself, but I have seen the trail of destruction she can leave behind. Full health battleships 25km away exploding without warning, perfectly angled cruisers taking 50k or more damage in one hit, Vermont is one of the scariest battleships to face against if the right conditions are met.

Vermont would make for an excellent DR battleship, a diametric opposite to Kearsarge.

USS Austin

A super-Atlanta, Austin has a potential sistership in the shape of Jinan - more about her here.

Austin is an excellent spammer. Being able to fire HE and SAP, there's very few targets she can't run down. However, her base reload is 7.5s, which is rather atrocious for a main gun spammer.

The saving grace of Austin is that she has access to a unique reload boost. Once activated, her reload drops down to less than 2s for a period of time; the uniqueness of this boost coming from the fact that it is unlimited. Once the reload boost has finished, it enters its cooldown, after which it can be used again without any maximum number of uses.

Austin is also really small - here's a size comparison with other T10 light cruisers made by Ch0m1n.

Austin is a fascinating little ship. Oh, also, she's surprisingly tanky despite being a light cruiser. Definitely DR material.

USS Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is simply a bigger Alaska-class. When designing the first large cruisers of the USN, one of the preliminary designs was CA2-D:

CA2-D had a total of 12 305mm main guns in triple turrets, as well as an overall larger displacement. Puerto Rico could be an interesting half-sister of the Alaska-class, of equal DR rarity.

USS Congress

Congress, much like Puerto Rico, is a discarded Alaska-class design. In particular, she seems to be a variation of the 12-Inch Gun Cruiser Study, CA2F:

(excuse the different formatting, i've been fighting with tumblr for 40 fucking minutes and i can't seem to replicate what i did above)

Congress, much like Puerto Rico, would be a PR variation of Alaska.

USS Illinois

Illinois is one of the most interesting battleships in the game. She's an Iowa hull, meaning that she shares a lot of similarities with the other 4 Iowa hulls in the game (Iowa, Missouri, Delaware and Wisconsin - Georgia and Rhode Island are a bit different). The thing that makes her unique is that she doesn't have battleship calliber guns. No, she also doesn't have 305mm guns either.

Illinois has 203mm guns. To be specific, she has 3 quadruple 203mm gun turrets that use the same guns and ammo as Des Moines.

Even if Des Moines has considerably better damage per minute and utility (Des Moines has radar and hydroacoustic search, Illinous has neither); Illinois is a battleship hull. She's the tankiest standard heavy cruiser in the game.

I can see her being a PR in Azur Lane, her gimmick being something like being the only battleship in the game that can be placed on the vanguard fleet. Also, she would only be able to equip heavy cruiser main guns. I can see Drake's or Hindenburg's guns being amazing on her already.

USS Rhode Island

Rhode Island is a jack of all trades, master of none.

A small rundown of all the gimmicks Wargaming cramped into this ship:

Quadruple 365mm guns also found on the T7 battleship Florida, which is herself a downgraded version of North Carolina. These guns have amazing HE performance but underwhelming AP damage, due to the fact that she is Tier 10.

Radar. She has radar. That means she joins the already rare club of battleships with radar. To the best of my knowledge there are only 4: Missouri, Constellation, Borodino and lastly Rhode Island.

She has the same secondary gun performance that Georgia enjoys.

She has a speed boost. Just like Georgia.

Honestly, the only two real downsides of Rhode Island are her atrocious armor and her subpar AP performance. However, she has 22 seconds of reload, and her AP can stil wreack cruisers with ease up to certain distances.

If added to AL, she would be a DR due to the sheer amount of gimmicks she has.

USS Ohio

If Vermont's horrendous 40s reload and 23kts speeds personally offend you, Ohio is an alternative worthy of consideration.

Ohio is based on the Montana hull. There is sufficient evidence to believe Montana could be a gacha UR in Azur Lane, however, Ohio is mostly made up by Wargaming.

When designing the Iowa-class, the USN briefly considered equipping them with six 457mm guns instead of nine 406mm guns. That consideration gave birth to Georgia in World of Warships, who has a slightly different hull design than the Iowa-class. Ohio takes Montana's guns and replaces them with Georgia's, giving her eight 457mm guns with Super-Heavy AP shells.

On top of that, Ohio enjoys a much improved secondary gun performance, better than Georgia's and Rhode Island's in many regards; and a full secondary gun build does not sacrifice much of her impresive main gun accuracy.

On top of that, Ohio has the same sort of heal party that Massachussetts has - it lasts for longer than average and has a shorter cooldown, meaning you can repair the ship more often for more health points.

I am tempted to say Ohio is a DR shipgirl, but considering Georgia is PR and New Jersey is UR; I think Ohio could end up being another PR shipgirl, while Montana becomes an UR. However, Montana is extremely far away, while Ohio could come at any moment.

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Hey, what do you think about the USS Kentucky's (BB-6) turret layout?

Ah, the infamous two-story turret of the two Kearsarge-class pre-Dreadnought battleships, from the age where navies were throwing everything into the wall to see what would stick.

It proved very troublesome, and was only tried again once in the next class of battleships, the Virginia class, cementing that it just plain didn’t work.

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USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducts flight operations in the Baltic Sea. by Official U.S. Navy Page Via Flickr: BALTIC SEA (Aug. 24, 2022) A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) flies past U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handler) 1st Class Tu N. Chau during flight operations aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Aug. 24, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor Parker) 220824-N-TP544-1083

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The Essex-class USS Kearsarge (CV-33) in The Caine Mutiny (1954)

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Porte-avions de la classe Essex USS Kearsarge (CV-33) et son équipage en parade sur le pont pour une inspection – Fin 1940's

Photographe : Official U.S. Navy Photograph

©Naval History and Heritage Command - NH 97402

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Artwork on forward turret of USS KEARSARGE (BB-5).

"A Official Souvenir of the Jamestown Exposition of 1907 published by the Concessionaire, The Jamestown Amusement and Vending Co. of Norfolk Va. Post Card no. 77, postcard was postmarked October 20, 1909 from Norfolk Va."

"The description on the rear of the card reads 'On KEARSARGE, the bronze tablet presented by the people, and bearing the inscription, 'From the state of New Hampshire to the KEARSARGE. To Maintain justice, honor, freedom in the service of a re-united people'."

source

Photographed by Enrique Muller and published by the Jamestown A & V Co, in 1907.

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New York Times just reported that 14 #nato #countries #started a large-scale #military #exercise in Estonia on Monday, a long-planned drill made more significant by the country’s proximity to Russia and because of the participation of Finland and Sweden, two countries seeking to join the alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The drill, called Hedgehog, is one of the largest in Estonia since it became independent in 1991. It involves 15,000 personnel from 14 countries and the U.S. Navy Wasp-class landing ship Kearsarge, according to a statement from NATO. Are we getting ready for a war with Russia, or they hoping for a scare tactic? #nato #natocountries #military #militaryexercises #war #warzone #warriors #warcoming #newyorktimes #largescale #usa #usarmy #usa🇺🇸 #natomilitary https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/16/world/russia-ukraine-war-news/nato-troops-from-14-countries-stage-a-major-military-exercise-in-estonia?smid=url-copy https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdn3nICsJXE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The LHD-3 USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship that serves in the United States Navy. Here's a brief overview:

* Commissioned: June 2, 1993

* Length: 844 feet (257.5 meters)

* Beam: 106 feet (32.3 meters)

* Draft: 27 feet (8.2 meters)

* Displacement: 40,000 tons (full load)

* Speed: 22 knots (25.6 mph)

* Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,110 km)

* Crew: Approximately 1,000 personnel

* Aircraft capacity: Can carry up to 20 helicopters, including CH-53E Super Stallion, CH-46 Sea Knight, and UH-1Y Venom

* Amphibious vehicles: Can carry up to 1,500 personnel, including Marines, and their equipment

The USS Kearsarge is a multi-mission ship designed to support amphibious operations, including:

1. Amphibious assaults: The ship can carry a large number of Marines and their equipment, and can deploy them onto the beach using landing craft or helicopters.

2. Air support: The ship can carry a large number of helicopters, which can be used for transport, reconnaissance, or attack missions.

3. Medical support: The ship has a hospital with advanced medical facilities and can provide medical support to troops in the field.

4. Command and control: The ship can serve as a command center for amphibious forces, providing command and control capabilities for ground and air operations.

The USS Kearsarge has deployed to numerous regions around the world, including the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It has also participated in several humanitarian missions and disaster relief efforts.

The USS Kearsarge is one of the largest warships in the world and is an important part of the US Navy's amphibious fleet.

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What RPG classes/roles would you see your favorite shipgirls in? Like fighter, mage, healer, archer, dancer, etc.

monarch and musashi would be tanks (monarch out of ego, musashi because like. look at her), chkalov a healer (so she can be closer to women), kearsarge a spellcaster who ruins the party by doing all the damage herself, littorio would be a support, brünhilde some long-range fighter.

that's just some of them tho

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Meanwhile on the Baltic Sea:

Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge and Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall are coming to join the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Gravely, already on Polish waters, in order to join the Finnish and Swedish navies in a joint exercise on the North Baltic, including Hamina and Kotka on the southeastern coast of Finland.

“But isn’t that very close to Russia and St. Petersburg??? 😱” you ask.

Yes. Yes it is. Next question?

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U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter accident in California

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 06/10/2022 - 09:36 AM in Aeronautical Accidents, Military

The U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), not pictured, in the Atlantic Ocean March 13, 2013. The Kearsarge was under way on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Abraham Essenmacher/Released)

The U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), not pictured, in the Atlantic Ocean March 13, 2013. The Kearsarge was under way on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Abraham Essenmacher/Released)

A U.S. Navy Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk, operated by HSC-3, crashed into a training camp near El Centro, California. The four occupants survived the accident.

The helicopter crashed around 6 p.m. on a training camp while conducting a routine flight of the Naval Air Facility El Centro, according to the base. The helicopter is an MH-60S Seahawk assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 3 based at the North Island Naval Air Station.

A crew member suffered an injury but is not at risk of life and was taken to a hospital, the base said.

The scene of the accident was originally described as being about 56 kilometers north of Yuma, Arizona.

The day before, all five Marines aboard an MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor died when the aircraft crashed in the California desert, near the border with Arizona, the Marine Corps reported on Thursday.

Tags: Aeronautical AccidentsHelicoptersMH-60USN - United States Navy/U.S. Navy

Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in a specialized aviation magazine in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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190212-M-QF372-1023 by Photograph Curator Via Flickr: 190212-M-QF372-1023 ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 12, 2019) The Egyptian navy’s Ambassador III class Missile craft The Soliman Ezzat (PCFG 682) sails in the Arabian sea during a passing exercise with the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) to practice maneuvering procedures and communication between ships. The Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group are currently deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Antonio Garcia/Released)