What is on the front of this ship?

[IXLR8]

What is the spinning device on the front of this ship? The white trapezoidal box spins at about 30 rpm. I have never seen anything like it.
This is a screen cap from the nightly news. The ship was immediately behind the Theodore Roosevelt carrier, and part of the battle group.

 

[jrbfishn]

Probably targeting radar for guided missiles.

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[EZ-E]

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What is the spinning device on the front of this ship? The white trapezoidal box spins at about 30 rpm. I have never seen anything like it.
This is a screen cap from the nightly news. The ship was immediately behind the Theodore Roosevelt carrier, and part of the battle group.

Back in the early 90's i was on a Sprunce Class Destroyer DD967 from the 70"s & that would have been the area of the sonar dome. 30yrs later im not sure. When i was getting out in 95' they were just changing over to the Stealth Bomber looking ships & letting women on combatant ships.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

UFO radar

 

[Hoji]

I believe it is called a BOFA

 

[ZX9RCAM]

You sure it's not a "henweigh"?

 

[IXLR8]

here’s a video of it.

 

[popper]

Ageis radar basic search/target antena

 

[IXLR8]

Ageis radar basic search/target antena

Aegis radar is phase array and does not move.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Ageis radar basic search/target antena

I don’t think so. The SPY-1 and SPY-6 aren’t mechanically scanned. That rotation rate seems way faster than 30RPM, or one revolution every 2 seconds.

 

[Moonpie]

Dalek attractor

 

[IXLR8]

If you look at the spinning thing you won’t see the saucer on the fantail.

magic 101

 

[EZ-E]

Now that ive seen the video... that would be radar of some sort.

 

[TxStetson]

Now that ive seen the video... that would be radar of some sort.

Sonar domes are also under water.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Formidable class frigate

https://www.mindef.gov.sg/oms/navy/careers/our-assets/formidable-class-frigate.html

Thales Herakles search radar.

http://www.thales7seas.com/html_2014/product217.html

 

[Vaquero]

Doppler.
Gotta be doppler.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Doppler.
Gotta be doppler.

He’s involved, yes.

 

[JCC]

Cloaking device.

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[jordanmills]

Formidable class frigate

https://www.mindef.gov.sg/oms/navy/careers/our-assets/formidable-class-frigate.html

Thales Herakles search radar.

http://www.thales7seas.com/html_2014/product217.html

Thanks. I was killing myself thinking that looks like a tiny zumwalt, but it's not a zumwalt.

 

[EZ-E]

Sonar domes are also under water.

Yes, but when the ship is underway, you can see the top of the dome as the ship breaks through the waves.

He also said... Front of Ship