11. Discuss in pairs.

Discuss with your partner your own design of the new Littoral Combat Ship. Explain why the ship should possess the features that you are offering.

Unit II. The navy’s new ship ddg-1000

1. Answer the following questions.

1) Do warships play an important role in wartime?

2) When are warships especially necessary?

2. Read the new words.

beam – ширина судна;

navigational draft – эксплуатационная осадка;

displacement – водоизмещение;

aviation detachment – авиационный отряд;

surface and antiaircraft combat – надводные и противовоздушные боевые

действия;

gunfire support – артиллерийская поддержка;

stealth – малозаметный;

tumblehome – завал борта;

flared hull – корпус с развалом бортов;

destroyer – эсминец;

missile – реактивный снаряд;

Peripheral Vertical Launch Systems – периферийный вертикальный стартовый

комплекс;

missile magazine – ракетный погреб;

Tomahawk cruise missile – крылатая ракета «Томагавк».

3. Read the text.

The current version of the DDG-1000, which is being built by Northrop Grumman in Passacaglia, Miss., will be 600-ft long, have a beam of 80 ft, a navigational draft of 28 ft, and displacement 14,500 tons. The crew will consist of 142, and that includes an aviation detachment.

The ship is designed for surface and antiaircraft combat, and to provide naval gunfire support for land-based missions. The ship is stealthier than previous warships. There are no rotating radars, the superstructure is faceted with flat, slanted sides made of composite materials and there is little clutter on the decks. The ship is also low to the water, thanks to its tumblehome hull design. (A tumblehome hull is widest at the waterline and narrows as it goes up. Most ships have a flared hull in which the widest part is the top deck). The DDG’s hull also has a pronounced wave-piercing bow. The exaggerated front is supposed to let it pass through waves rather than ride over them. This, in turn, should make the ship more stable. But some naval architects believe the tumblehome design is unstable and that when hit by waves from behind, the ship could pitch down, not have the energy to right itself, and roll over. The Navy, however, has tested the tumblehome hull and is proceeding with it.

The ship will also carry 80 missiles in 20 Peripheral Vertical Launch Systems (PVLS) lining the outer edge of the forward top deck. This prevents loss of the entire store of missiles, and most likely the entire ship, if there was only a single missile magazine and it was hit. The PVLSs, if hit, are designed to explode outward, away from the ship. The ships will be able to carry Sea Sparrow missiles for close in defense against airborne threats, SM-2 anti-aircraft missiles for planes in the 40 to 90 mile range, antisub missiles, and Tomahawk cruise missiles.

4. Suggest the English equivalents or find them in the text.

Настоящая (данная) версия, наземные военные операции, наклонные борта из композиционного материала, находиться низко к воде, сужаться кверху, способные разрезать волны, корабельный инженер, защита от воздушной угрозы, вращающийся радар, на ватерлинии, проходить сквозь волны, не иметь энергии для выравнивания, потеря всего запаса ч.-л.