Purely. a WAG but could the radome and mast be stowed on deck in order to be towed / pushed under some low bridges?
Speculation on my part.
Originally Posted by
Sepp
Interesting pic - because the Velikiy Ustyug (651) as shown in that pic is indeed being touted at the vessel in the pic I posted (and I believe it to be so, because other ships of the type either [a] have names that do not fit the blanked out characters in my (or Twitter post) pics, or
the ship's number does not occupy the blanked out space in same (most other ships, the number appears further aft), or [c] both.
Pic for comparison:
651 has often been photographed without a masthead radar, even when in good order. Note the number is further aft on the stbd side of the hull.
