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To: CodeToad; All

Big seaworthiness concerns about this vessel.
Very good study with pictures showing comparative pitch and roll video clips in wave tank and sea trials.

http://www.phisicalpsience.com/public/Tumblehome_Hull_DDG-1000/Tumblehome_Hull_DDG-1000.html


58 posted on 12/07/2015 8:41:06 PM PST by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Wow, that seriously does not look good. Where’s the solution to the vulnerabilities? They all but admit heavy seas could rip the forward deck gun right of the ship and flood the hull!


64 posted on 12/07/2015 9:32:35 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: MarchonDC09122009; mkjessup
And the verdict is in - from the article/study mentioned:

In very violent sea states, given a large volumes of water flowing over the gun mount housing, as the bow submerges below the water, perhaps sufficient in scale and velocity to lift if not wash away (exfoliate) the forward AGS gun mount from the weatherdeck, flooding the compartments below.

70 posted on 12/08/2015 3:55:59 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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