UDC USS "Essex": We were pursued by Iranian warships

The American media report that in the Persian Gulf, the Iranian navy ships carried out a “dangerous rapprochement” with the US Navy ship. It is reported that the "dangerous approach" felt the universal landing ship USS "Essex" (LHD-2), belonging to the class "Wasp".

In the US media, it is stated that two Iranian ships belonging to the IRGC (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps) approached Essex at a distance of 300 meters. It is alleged that at this distance the Iranian ships were moving along a parallel course with the USS Essex ”, Then moved away.

It should be noted that the USS "Essex" today is the largest warship of the United States, located in the waters of the Persian Gulf. The UDC of the Wasp class has a displacement of 40,6 thousand tons. The longest hull length is 257 m, width is 32 m, draft is 8,2 m. The maximum speed is 24 node. Crew - 1182 military personnel. The ship can simultaneously accommodate up to 2 thousands of marines. The USS "Essex" has missile weapons, artillery systems and air defense missile systems, as well as 4 machine gun installations. On board carries several aircraft and helicopters, including the MH-60 Seahawk.

Recall that the American sailors already have the experience of "meetings" with the sailors of Iran. The Iranian "mosquito fleet" blocked US Navy ships during the Obama presidency. Photos from the disarmed US Navy, kneeling on the deck, spread all over the world. Then the operation of the Iranian forces was carried out without a single shot.

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[ANCIENT]

that’s what the Iranians will squeeze out a couple of warships from the Yankees for themselves. It’s like an American ship on ordinary inflatable boats with outboard engines drove the Persians around the bay ..

[210ox]

This is how the motor boat actually disabled the Arlie Burke-class destroyer ... Something like that ..

[Nychego]

Quote: 210ox

So the motorboat put the destroyer of the "Arlie Burke" type out of action ...

Temporarily, and "purely out of bounds."
In the event of a military conflict, the mosquito fleet will be destroyed on the approaches and will hardly be able to inflict any significant damage to the enemy. It is unlikely that the use of the "Vulcan" will come to the Burke.
And the hooligan only plays into the hands of amers to justify a very likely conflict with Iran: "You were hooligans there, hooligans, so you got hooligan - now we will kill you a little."

[kirillovleva]

the Americans themselves simulated the battle with the mosquito fleet of Iran - on their part there was an AUG. And they lost - according to training - until the destruction of the aircraft carrier.

[Shurik70]

Quote: kirillovleva

the Americans themselves simulated the battle with the mosquito fleet of Iran - on their part there was an AUG. And they lost - according to training - until the destruction of the aircraft carrier.

As far as I recall, they modeled not so much a mosquito fleet as an attack by a crowd of miniature kamikaze submarines, which Iran is now massively stamping. According to the model, if there are 2-3 submarines per ship, the AUG will not be able to destroy all the submarines, and half will break through.
And after this, the attack of the surface mosquito fleet finishes off sinking ships.

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Nychego

Quote: 210ox

So the motorboat put the destroyer of the "Arlie Burke" type out of action ...

Temporarily, and "purely out of bounds."
In the event of a military conflict, the mosquito fleet will be destroyed on the way and will hardly be able to inflict any significant damage to the enemy.

You can recognize without a flag a mile away ...

During a patrol raid, Eilat approached the Egyptian port of Port Said. The destroyer was soon spotted by Egyptian radars.
At 17:25, when Eilat was about 14 miles from Port Said, the Egyptian missile boat Komar, located in Port Said harbor, fired the first P-15 anti-ship missile.
The missile hit the engine room of an Israeli destroyer. After 4 minutes, the second P-15 missile hit the left side of the Israeli ship. Despite the heavy damage, the commander of the Eilat, Lieutenant Colonel Yitzhak Shoshan, at the head of his crew, fought hard for the survivability of the ship. However, at 19:40 the destroyer was hit by the third P-15 missile, which hit the bow of the ship. The Eilat was engulfed in flames, and ammunition began to explode.
Captain Shoshan ordered the crew to leave the dying ship. Fatal for the Eilat crew was the fourth P-15 rocket, which exploded in the water, among lifeboats and rafts, when the destroyer's hull had almost disappeared under water. The hydrodynamic shock killed many Israeli sailors who were on the rescue equipment.
Altogether, as a result of a missile attack from a crew of 199 sailors, 47 were killed and about 90 were injured, including commander Lt. Col. Yitzhak Shoshan.
The rescue operation, which continued under the fire of the Egyptians, was attended by Israeli helicopters and torpedo boats, which managed to save the living and collect the bodies of the dead sailors.
The death of the destroyer Eilat was the first case in the world naval history of the successful use of anti-ship cruise missiles. It ushered in a new era in naval strategy and in the development of naval weapons.

[Consultant]

Quote: 210ox

This is how the motor boat actually disabled the Arlie Burke-class destroyer.

The "motor boat" was simply overslept then. Do you think the lesson went for the future?

[Gray brother]

Quote: Consultant

The "motor boat" was simply overslept then. Do you think the lesson went for the future?

I guess not.

On July 22, 2004, in the Persian Gulf, the aircraft carrier CV-67 John F. Kennedy collided with an unidentified dow (Arabian sailing fishing vessel). As a result, the ship sank immediately, and there were supposedly up to 15 people on board.

On August 12, 2012, in the Strait of Hormuz, the destroyer DDG-78 Porter collided with the Otowasan tanker, sailing under the Panama flag, and received a hole in the starboard side.

On May 9 on 2017, in international waters off the coast of the Republic of Korea, the CG-57 Lake Champlain missile cruiser collided with the small South Korean fishing vessel 502 Nam Yang.

On June 17, 2017, off the southern coast of Japan, the American destroyer DDG-62 Fitzgerald collided with an ACX Crystal container ship sailing under the flag of the Philippines. Seven American sailors who were sunk in the engine room were killed. Three were injured, including the commander of the ship, Commander Bruce Benson.

On August 21, 2017, in the Strait of Malacca, the U.S. Navy destroyer DDG-56 John S. McCain collided with the Alnic MC tanker. A warship suffered damage to the stern, ten sailors died.

[Consultant]

With all due respect to you, your examples "do not pull". Cole was attacked at the base, and the guard slept through the motorboat (repeat).
If you have ever been involved with the army, you certainly know that any incident is followed by an investigation, followed by the rewarding of the uninvolved and the punishment of the innocent. In any army, this is exactly so, believe me. And the conclusions from the incident with Cole, of course, were made.
And the examples that you gave are from the "stumbled, but did not fall" series. Accidents have always been, and always will be. It is necessary to look at the circumstances and the consequences thereof. IMHO.

[Gray brother]

Quote: Consultant

It is necessary to look at the circumstances and consequences thereof. IMHO.

There is only one circumstance - to look around, they are on the American warship, no one will dare.

[Consultant]

You can, of course, reduce everything to "hee hee" and Zadornov. And you can still leave your hats. From great optimism.

Quote: Gray Brother

There is only one circumstance - look around, they’re on an American warship, no one will dare

Perhaps that is so. Well - our easier, as they say.

[Gray brother]

Quote: Consultant

You can, of course, reduce everything to "hee hee" and Zadornov.

Zadornov was right in many ways.

[Consultant]

Quote: Gray Brother

Quote: Consultant

You can, of course, reduce everything to "hee hee" and Zadornov.

Zadornov was right in many ways.

In this case, Zadornov is out of business at all. The joke "about a lighthouse with a canary" is much older than Zadornov.

[Gray brother]

Quote: Consultant

The joke "about a lighthouse with a canary" is much older than Zadornov.

This does not mean that he is wrong.

[san4es]

Quote: ANCIENT

that’s what the Iranians will squeeze a couple of warships from the Yankees ..

... will start with an aircraft carrier

1 October. 2018 city
The US aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt (CVN-71) is being pursued by Iranian speed boats in the Strait of Hormuz. Some activity can be seen on Roosevelt's upper deck, while another helicopter is preparing to take off. The video was part of an Iranian documentary about the meeting, which took place on March 21 in the waters of the Persian Gulf.
Sea clashes between American and Iranian ships are not uncommon. The last meeting took place last August, when an Iranian drone followed USS Nimitz carrier overnight and came close enough to capture F-18 fighters on the flight deck. The US Navy claimed that the drone operator did not respond to repeated radio calls and posed a danger to sailors.

[Gray brother]

Quote: san4es

... will start with an aircraft carrier

This is the lens!

[Machito]

Marines dry diapers after meeting with a motor boat

[URAL72]

Something is not heard about the Iranian "Varshavyanka". It seems like they were repairing themselves, and then there was silence. Didn't do it?

[Lara Croft]

Quote: URAL72

Something is not heard about the Iranian "Varshavyanka". It seems like they were repairing themselves, and then there was silence. Didn't do it?

If you don’t hear, it means the Americans too, the goal has been achieved ...

Now the Iranian Navy has 3 large diesel-electric submarines, 5 medium and up to 25 small (coastal actions), and most of the last two classes are of their own construction!
An unknown number of submarines of at least three projects is under construction, incl. 2 medium, the rest are small.

https://nosikot.livejournal.com/4670064.html

[Special department]

Well done, Iranians are not afraid .. And with the USA it is only necessary, they do not understand differently!
And the idea of ​​a "mosquito" fleet is not bad ..

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: Special Department

Well done Iranians are not afraid .. And with the United States

Iranians there, Kremenyuki, .... but there were other times when the Soviet BODs probably made a rustle, there was a brigade of surface "flag declarers" and the depths at that moment, accompanied by a peaceful Soviet detachment of two different people .... ah ok // \\. ..the banner, like your friend, you will receive at the quay wall, there is a garrison orchestra and a crew of beautiful Russian young ladies ... Boat, Boat .... it's good that the trip is over and you are already in the stowed position, By the way, midshipman Podberezovikov , yesterday the command congratulated you on the troparik, from me personally === born the same .. We are young and the matter is in our hands ...., eh, it's a pity that the DUSK OF DEMOCRACY has stepped on the entire Soviet people.
"Vo, lafa!" .to. a foreigner who was at the same time would have written that the ruff fell into a copper /// inescapable trap ///, and the Russian would immediately notice that ours were returning, the Russians were coming to the shore .... go guys ... and loved ones. It seems to me that even NorVegia sympathizes a little and is content that Maryata has done the job and the Russian sailors are just as harsh and satisfied, they are just happy for a while, come on, knights, come on, team, tired of waiting)))

[AshiSolo]

I also want to meet Saturday :)))

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Special Department

Well done, Iranians are not afraid .. And with the USA it is only necessary, they do not understand differently!
And the idea of ​​a "mosquito" fleet is not bad ..

For the protection of oil fields, shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, yes ...

The Iranians hope to create as significant a threat to the sea as possible, even if this threat (in the form of kamikaze boats and missile boats covered by coastal anti-ship missiles) is short-lived. In a long war, any Iranian naval forces will quickly be defeated.

https://topwar.ru/26940-dva-iranskih-voenno-morskih-flota.html

[Conductor]

Yes, show them your women military personnel, instantly left behind. I will remember the fears of fears.

[Semurg]

Quote: Conductor

Yes, show them your women military personnel, instantly left behind. I will remember the fears of fears.

Yes, Iranian women are beautiful, especially those who came to the World Cup in the summer in the Russian Federation, and taking off their black hoodies with scarves and making themselves up naturally.

[KCA]

Iran has thousands of fire-ships prepared, oh shit, and the next USS "Cole" will receive a kayak with a couple of tons of saltpeter on board, the price is about a hundred dollars, and the destroyer can lay down on the bottom, looking at the photo of Cole from Yemen, the soul is happy, the holes are meters 40 square

[Machito]

In vain irony. I remember how Iranian motor boats made a tanker rustle in the Strait of Hormuz. And the movie mattresses were spinning on CNN.

[kplayer]

Quote: Nychego

Temporarily, and "purely out of bounds."
In the event of a military conflict, the mosquito fleet will be destroyed on the approaches and will hardly be able to inflict any significant damage to the enemy. It is unlikely that the use of the "Vulcan" will come to the Burke.
And the hooligan only plays into the hands of amers to justify a very likely conflict with Iran: "You were hooligans there, hooligans, so you got hooligan - now we will kill you a little."

Plus. And the corps of the IRGC is a state in the state, it is in vain that some admire them according to the principle "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

[Special department]

Quote: kplayer

And the corps of the IRGC is a state in the state, it is in vain that some admire them according to the principle "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

No one really admires, but Iran is the only country left in the Middle East, which at least somehow confronts the US-Israel gang, systematically destroying and robbing BV states.
Now Russia of course vpreglas and a terrible howl began on the "whole world" .. While holding on ..!
PS / And the Iranians of Russia and Syria very much help and die for it .. Keep them Allah!

[bald]

"Dangerous rapprochement" can be called if it happened in the Gulf of Mexico. And so Iran at home - you never know went about their business.

[APASUS]

And why didn’t the Americans destroy the Iranian boats, maybe the Iranian gunner didn’t wink correctly, have Highly Likely been used there for a long time as the main argument?

[prior]

Two Iranian boats chased for several minutes an American aircraft carrier.
This dangerous rapprochement led to the need to change diapers among the members of the aircraft carrier crew.
They remembered "a photo of disarmed US Navy personnel kneeling on deck that flew around the world."

[Sandor Clegane]

Quote: prior

This dangerous rapprochement led to the need to change diapers among the members of the aircraft carrier crew.

where did you see the aircraft carrier - this time, and two diapers went to change the Persians .... since the Yakines both went and continued moving ..... the question is, who did it? - of course the Persians

[Dr.KonradMorgen]

"A photo of disarmed US Navy personnel kneeling on deck, flying around the world."

Are you talking about two small boats with crews of 5 people ?? Yeah - the epic force of the Sea Forces of XIR !!

[Old26]

Quote: Gray Brother

Quote: Consultant

The "motor boat" was simply overslept then. Do you think the lesson went for the future?

I guess not.

On July 22, 2004, in the Persian Gulf, the aircraft carrier CV-67 John F. Kennedy collided with an unidentified dow (Arabian sailing fishing vessel). As a result, the ship sank immediately, and there were supposedly up to 15 people on board.

On August 12, 2012, in the Strait of Hormuz, the destroyer DDG-78 Porter collided with the Otowasan tanker, sailing under the Panama flag, and received a hole in the starboard side.

On May 9 on 2017, in international waters off the coast of the Republic of Korea, the CG-57 Lake Champlain missile cruiser collided with the small South Korean fishing vessel 502 Nam Yang.

On June 17, 2017, off the southern coast of Japan, the American destroyer DDG-62 Fitzgerald collided with an ACX Crystal container ship sailing under the flag of the Philippines. Seven American sailors who were sunk in the engine room were killed. Three were injured, including the commander of the ship, Commander Bruce Benson.

On August 21, 2017, in the Strait of Malacca, the U.S. Navy destroyer DDG-56 John S. McCain collided with the Alnic MC tanker. A warship suffered damage to the stern, ten sailors died.

I agree with the Comrade Consultant... The examples really don't pull. Similar examples could be given in relation to the Soviet Navy, when our ships collided with civilian ships, and submarines too. In fact, the only case is raised almost to the rank of "100% probability for the future." Americans can be considered anyone, but the fact that they try not to repeat their mistakes is a fact. After that incident there was no NONE Kamikaze attacks on American warships.

[Gray brother]

Quote: Old26

None of the kamikaze attacks on American warships.

Well this is a question for al Qaeda. But the American Navy has another question - how do they manage to avoid collisions with someone in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz after such a kunshtuk despite the fact that this is a potentially dangerous zone for them and they simply have to keep their ears on the top of their head.
Uneducable?
"Well, it was in the port" - ha ha ha

[Tutejszy]

Quote: Old26

After that incident, there was NOT a single kamikaze attack on American warships.

This does not mean anything, from the word "absolutely". Now, if there were attacks, but all were completely unsuccessful, this would be a real plus for the Yankees!

[Reserve buildbat]

The Iranians have "dangerous maneuvering", our Aerospace Forces have "unprofessional actions." On the other hand, these wet huts always professionally besiege latrines at the first hint of danger.

[Machito]

Shooting natives from an airplane is much safer.

[Reserve buildbat]

They do not know how.

[sgapich]

USS "Essex" (LHD-2), belonging to the class "Wasp"

Interestingly, in this case, “Wasp” is a wasp-wasp, or WASP-White Anglo-Saxon Protestant?

[Dmitry Merkulov]

Well done Iranians, show the United States that their laws apply only on their territory!

[sabakina]

Photos of disarmed U.S. Navy personnel kneeling on deck circled the world. Then the operation of the Iranian forces was carried out without a single shot.

And it was definitely the IRGC?

[Lara Croft]

Quote: sabakina

Photos of disarmed U.S. Navy personnel kneeling on deck circled the world. Then the operation of the Iranian forces was carried out without a single shot.

And it was definitely the IRGC?

Yes

US Marines burst into tears when they were detained by fighters of the Marine Corps of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) for illegally entering Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. This was reported by the network publication "Russian Spring" with reference to the statement of the deputy commander of the IRGC General Hossein Salami.

https://tvzvezda.ru/news/vstrane_i_mire/content/201601180802-1htq.htm

[Zina389]

oh pug, know she is strong, since barks at an elephant ...

[Dr.KonradMorgen]

UDC walks in an area like the Persian Gulf without security ?? M-d-i-i ...

[Dr.KonradMorgen]

American sailors already have experience of “meeting” with Iranian sailors. The Iranian "mosquito fleet" blocked the US Navy ships during the Obama presidency. Photos of disarmed U.S. Navy personnel kneeling on deck circled the world.

Iranian sailors have and another experience meeting with US Navy. Details are here:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Богомол_(операция)

[Tutejszy]

Quote: Dr.KonradMorgen

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Богомол_(операция)

The main reason for the defeat of the Iranians was an attempt to use American-made "harpoons" against US ships. Surely there were some "bookmarks" there (and their absence is a big minus of the S-200, because of which the IL-20 died). I hope the Iranians will not make more mistakes like this!

[Dr.KonradMorgen]

So after all, the Iranians at that time simply had no other ship-and-ship missiles. The Chinese supplied only coastal.

[Tutejszy]

Quote: Dr.KonradMorgen

after all, the Iranians at that time simply had no other ship-and-ship missiles.

but now, I hope there is?

[Dr.KonradMorgen]

Yes. The PRC helps - and she herself has risen very much since then in this regard.

[kplayer]

USS Essex has missiles, artillery systems and air defense systems, as well as 4 machine-gun mounts.

Onboard armament: 4 Sea Sparrow SAM and RAM (Stinger SAM), 3 20-mm Vulcan-Falanx ZAK, 4 25-mm Mk38 AU and 12,7-mm machine guns each.

Quote: kirillovleva

the Americans themselves simulated the battle with the mosquito fleet of Iran - on their part there was an AUG. And they lost - according to training - until the destruction of the aircraft carrier.

The Amer will simulate at least the attack of the "rebellious Zusuls" with their subsequent defeat, in order to have a reason to preemptively flap their arms and flex their muscles.