Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Construction, Osborne Naval Shipyard

In a further milestone for the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) program, the two halves of the first of class ship, Arafura, built by Luerssen Australia and its partner ASC have been brought together and welded to form a complete hull.
In what was the largest block move in the history of the Osborne Naval Shipyard and a considerable engineering feat, Australian Naval Infrastructure’s (ANI) operations team manoeuvred the two mega-blocks together, with only millimetres between them.

[@fraznofire2508]

such a beautiful thing, one day I would love to go see a shipyard like this

[@carisi2k11]

Nice but how about dropping atleast one of the boats from the deck and put a VLS on it as well as good anti air and sea skimming weapon defence systems on them.

[@steveascension9626]

Since they haven't been commissioned into the Australian Navy yet, we ought to have had them built in China; it would have been quicker and better armed.

[@lovaravonimanantsoa8583]

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