Posted on 11/30/2012 10:55:25 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Interesting... A ship, named for a “He” is referred to as a “She.”
Aren’t ships always “She” ?
Ships are “she” in most Western-sourced navies (like India), but are “he” in the Russian navy.
And this failure is all because Russia has apparently never heard of stone felt. As bad as Indians are at things like large-scale project planning, at this point I’d have to imagine that even an Indian shipyard could have done this better than the Russians are.
Also, the [Admiral] Nimitz is a “she” too, among others.
The problem with the boilers arose because India had asked the Russians to replace their regular asbestos heat shield on the ship’s boilers because of the risk of poisoning to the crew.
The two causes for the failure are attributable to the inability of a society to quickly return to competence after the imposition, and inevitable collapse, of Communism/socialism.
Communism destroyed the industrial prowess of Russia, thus substandard facilities, but a simple "Nyet" on India's demand for socialist correct, physically unsound technology, would have saved the effort.
It's a long road back from Communism, maybe longer than any can travel.
I know ships are “she,” but it’s strange reading it... “Admiral Sergei fails in her sea trials.” Sort of like a boy named Sue...
Russians refer to their ships in the male form.
We should slip in and sell them the Enterprise.
Seems as though they should rename it “Potemkin”
The problem with the boilers arose because India had asked the Russians to replace their regular asbestos heat shield on the ship’s boilers because of the risk of poisoning to the crew. Sevmash had created a construction bureau for boiler installation that chose special fire bricks to replace the asbestos. After the failure, the inspectors discovered that the fire bricks had broken down under the high temperatures around the boilers. The question of damage to the boilers themselves from overheating would not be clear until the ship was towed back to Severodvinsk for inspection (Kommersant, September 17).
Is the vessel diesel powered?
Well. Finally some good news for a change.
Tough to run a boiler with a diesel.
Maybe we can figure out how to match our spending to the actual threats of our enemies. BTW - didn' t the Russians sell the Chinese an aircarft carrier, they would copy, and use for their navy? good luck with that.
Ok....I get it. Bunker oil is burned to heat the boilers to generate the steam to turn the turbines.
What I should have asked is the shp nuclear powered?
“The Kiev-class heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, completed in the late 1980s,”
Hmm...produced back in the days when they had splinters in their toilet paper, and from the same nation that placed a hammer beside the shifter to pound the tank into high gear... The Indians would have been better off to build their own....
“...Nimitz is a “she” too,...”
A very fine “she” too! Go Navy!
Now that is a capitol idea. I wonder what the Indians would think of the ship and would Obama ever allow such a sale to a democratic country?
So, this ship's a tranny.
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