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Tumblehome is a term
describing a hull
which grows narrower above the
waterline than its beam. The
opposite of
tumblehome is flare. A
small amount of...
- low
radar cross-section (RCS). The
Zumwalt class has a wave-piercing
tumblehome hull form
whose sides slope inward above the waterline,
dramatically reducing...
- Additionally,
efforts are made to
minimize gaps on the ship. Hull
shapes include tumblehome hull designs,
which slope inward from the waterline, and small-waterplane-area...
- examined,
including an ****nal ship with 500
cruise missiles.
Eventually a "
tumblehome"
design of
around 16,000 tons with two long-range guns and 128 missile...
- into the Zumwalt-class destroyer.
Notable among these is the use of the
tumblehome hull design. "Sea Jet
Advanced Electric Ship
Demonstrator (AESD)". GlobalSecurity...
- (by
negatively impacting its
righting moment and
metacentric height).
Tumblehome is the
inverse of flare,
where the hull
becomes narrower with increasing...
- The 390 ft
luxury motor yacht M/Y "A" has an
inverted bow,
along with a
tumblehome hull design. The
Ulstein X-Bow (or just X-BOW) is an
inverted ship's bow...
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stealthy tumblehome hull, and a
ballistic missile defense ship of 23,000 tons. The
latter would use a more
conventional shape than the
tumblehome, as its...
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emphasis on land
attack and
littoral warfare, the
class features the
tumblehome hull form,
reminiscent of
ironclad warships. In
January 2013, the Navy...
- deck were
closer to the centre-line to aid stability. This is
known as
tumblehome. The
ships normally had two
complete decks for
accommodation within the...
