Where is the Sixth Fleet?
Where is the Sixth Fleet?
Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy
The Sixth Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy operating as part of United States Naval Forces Europe. The Sixth Fleet is headquartered at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy.
How do ASW helicopters work?
These helicopters are fitted with sophisticated sensors and are armed with missiles and torpedoes to track and hunt down enemy boats. Usually anti-submarine warfare helicopters also perform anti-shipping and search and rescue tasks.
What is the best anti-submarine weapon?
The world’s ten best anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters
- NH90 NFH (Naval Frigate Helicopter) The NH90 NFH, offered by NHIndustries, is an advanced ASW helicopter built by Thales.
- Ka-27/Ka-28.
- AW159 Lynx Wildcat.
- Super Lynx 300.
- S-70B SEAHAWK ASW / ASuW Helicopter.
- SH-2G Super Seasprite.
What is the best torpedo?
| Mark 48 torpedo | |
|---|---|
| Maximum depth | 500 fathoms, 800 m (2,600 ft) (estimated), officially “greater than 1,200 ft” |
| Maximum speed | 55 kn (63 mph; 102 km/h) (estimated) officially “greater than 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)” |
| Guidance system | Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System |
| Launch platform | submarine |
Can the US track enemy submarines?
Crewed by a team of nine, US Navy P-8 Poseidon maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft are built to find enemy submarines. The Boeing P-8s are militarized 737-800ERX aircraft equipped with sensor systems and armed with torpedoes for tracking and, if necessary, engaging undersea threats.
Does the US Navy have a flagship?
USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned ship in the United States Navy and has become the very symbol of the navy, serving as the de facto flagship.
Which U.S. Navy fleet is the biggest?
Seventh Fleet
Seventh Fleet is the largest of the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed fleets. At any given time there are 50-70 ships and submarines, 150 aircraft, and more than 27,000 Sailors and Marines in Seventh Fleet. Commanded by a 3-star Navy Flag officer, Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, since July 8, 2021.
Can a ship destroy a submarine?
Increasingly anti-submarine submarines, called attack submarines or hunter-killers, became capable of destroying, particularly, ballistic missile submarines. Initially these were very quiet diesel-electric propelled vessels but they are more likely to be nuclear-powered these days.