So, those FSVs have about a 120' x maybe 30' deck. If we assign one missile per container we can get what, 5x3 containers on that deck? Then we need the control center, radar, etc.
Meanwhile, the boat needs the full deck department, a handful of engineers, a Commander, the launch crew. They have berthing and hotel functions for 30-50 people, so that works out.
But, having done all that, we have tied up 50 crewmembers per, and we don't have the people we need now, either in the USN or the USNS/MSC.
They can be made with hella range, though: Take out the huge mud tanks, replace with a fuel tank and they can have global range at a pretty good clip - approaching 20 knots.
Think small. Theee are about 40 fast supply vessels like what the Dutch are doing laud up on the gulf coast.
So, those FSVs have about a 120' x maybe 30' deck. If we assign one missile per container we can get what, 5x3 containers on that deck? Then we need the control center, radar, etc.
Meanwhile, the boat needs the full deck department, a handful of engineers, a Commander, the launch crew. They have berthing and hotel functions for 30-50 people, so that works out.
But, having done all that, we have tied up 50 crewmembers per, and we don't have the people we need now, either in the USN or the USNS/MSC.
They can be made with hella range, though: Take out the huge mud tanks, replace with a fuel tank and they can have global range at a pretty good clip - approaching 20 knots.