Global Fleet Station: Station Ship Concept
2008
Howard, Simon
The Global Fleet Station concept is proposed to act as a persistent Sea Base of operations from which to coordinate and employ adaptive force packages within a region of interest. These can primarily be broken down into two types of missions; training and support and humanitarian aid. In support of the Military Effectiveness Group at NSWC-CD, the Center for Innovation in Ship Design developed the Global Fleet Station Station Ship concept design. The design is based on a general cargo ship built to merchant shipping standards and Classification Society rules. The general cargo ship design was modified to include a well deck, helicopter landing pad and hangar. The design is a 6,405mt ship, with a length of 140m, beam of 17.38m and a draft of 4.5m allowing close to shore operations. The ship has two large holds with removable hatches serviced by two cranes located on the ship's port side. The cargo load out is flexible; the holds can accommodate a wide range of dry cargo, containers, vehicles or a combination. The vessel has been designed to have a permanent complement of 95 personnel with space for an additional 82 personnel in austere reconfigurable accommodation. The propulsion system is fully electric with an installed power of 7.8MW generated by two diesel generators. The prime movers are four ABB compact azimuthing podded propulsors. The ship has limited command and control facilities to reduce cost and reflect the limited requirements of the GFS concept. This report concludes that the GFS Station Ship design is highly versatile and has demonstrated the effectiveness of a 6,405mt monohull in completing representative GFS missions.
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