The ship had undergone the resurfacing less than a month ago.
So they were trying to resurface the flight deck at the height of the rainy season? It wouldn't surprise me if that was a big factor in the failure.
The ship had undergone the resurfacing less than a month ago.
So they were trying to resurface the flight deck at the height of the rainy season? It wouldn't surprise me if that was a big factor in the failure.
I had a friend who served on The Bonhomme Richard in the early 1960s. He went on to become a maritime attorney after his service was done. May John RIP.
I agree, but also find it kind of messed up that a $3 million mistake seems like chump-change these days
In Obama’s America, it’s normal to perform delicate work in bad weather. Wanna put up an eyesore windmill? Do it during tornado season.
Obamas fault!
ping...This incident as told so far is disgusting beyond explanation. How much of this Sumitomo contract money came back to the dimokrats? Shaving the specs is the only explanation for this clusterflock. We’ve been putting this non-skid stuff on decks for nearly half a century. Nothing new about it and nothing complicated. Somebody watered down the mix. And maybe didn’t prep the steel deck as req’d. There have to be sign-offs.
And how the bleep did these jerkopfs from Sumitomo get the job anyway? The ship is a non-nuke so maybe the source stuff gets looked at a little less closely but back in the early 70’s I blackballed these guys from trying to supply steel pipe for Nuke sub work. They pedalled some pipe to our federal supply system without specs/certs/anything and it simply didn’t meet fedspecs let alone nuke specs. My supply guys got absolutely clear instructions to not send me any foreign sourced steel pipe especially Sumitomo. This is walk-the-plank kind of stuff and I’ll be listening to hear who gets fed to the sharks.
I wish my FR Bookmarks still worked they had a lot of the issues documented :>{ I will say this much. Two carriers immediately following 9/11 unable to get underway was not the fault of the two Captains who's careers were ruined. You can't fix what isn't funded especially in a shipyard venue where many repairs must take place.
We need a Sec of Defense with anatomic fortitude enough to stand up to POTUS & Congress. Not even Cheney fit that description sad to say. The downturns began under his Sec of Def watch.
I wish my FR Bookmarks still worked they had a lot of the issues documented :>{ I will say this much. Two carriers immediately following 9/11 unable to get underway was not the fault of the two Captains who's careers were ruined. You can't fix what isn't funded especially in a shipyard venue where many repairs must take place.
We need a Sec of Defense with anatomic fortitude enough to stand up to POTUS & Congress. Not even Cheney fit that description sad to say. The downturns began under his Sec of Def watch.
Don't we all know of a web site that had the same trouble? Only in gvt does the screwup get a chance to screw it up again.
Contract for the resurface...?
Why. Make the original guy repair it on his own dime.
That’s an old ship
Luckily it was under warranty and they got double their money back ...
First ship my husband ever served on and she had a wooden deck back then...1950.
I assume the Japanese Workers who screwed this up will be committing mass Suicide due to the shame they have brought upon Themselves, their Families, their Employer and their Nation.
That, and plus, I bet it was a rush job, with the limited number of ships now available for duty. Clear indication of the Navy’s deterioration in readiness.
Lowest bidder.
thanks for posting the picture of Sasebo where I was stationed from Aug 69 to May 71. My oh my has it changed.
FUBAR
When I was in Sasebo last month a Tsunami headed straight for the port while the ship was being worked on. The Bonhomme Richard had to get underway to avoid the storm... it turned out that the Tsunami went to the east and Sasebo barely got a rain drop!