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She cannae take it, Captain Kirk! USS Zumwalt breaks down
The Register ^ | 21 Sep 2016 | Gareth Corfield

Posted on 09/21/2016 11:29:02 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy

Weird new warship USS Zumwalt has broken down while on sea trials, three weeks ahead of her formal commissioning ceremony.

The futuristic $4.4bn vessel, which features a so-called “tumblehome” hull, suffered a seawater leak into the auxiliary lube oil system for one of her main propeller shafts, according to USNI News.

(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: military
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Luckily The LCS is going to be a Frigate soon
1 posted on 09/21/2016 11:29:02 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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https://news.usni.org/2016/09/20/21690
2 posted on 09/21/2016 11:31:51 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools" Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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Should be renamed Barkie POS#1


3 posted on 09/21/2016 11:34:40 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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lol wut?


4 posted on 09/21/2016 11:36:12 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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I luv lol teenieboppers!


5 posted on 09/21/2016 11:39:08 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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Shove a Dilithium Crystal up its a@@ and see what happens.


6 posted on 09/21/2016 11:40:35 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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A quick Z-gram will fix it right up.


7 posted on 09/21/2016 11:46:40 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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She leaks, eh? Well, what can we expect anyway for a mere pittance of $4,400,000,000.69? A boat that floats?


8 posted on 09/21/2016 11:46:58 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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Shove a Dilithium Crystal up its a@@ and see what happens.

Since the Dumbwalt is dead in the water, just send in some iran gunboats and everyone surrenders.


9 posted on 09/21/2016 11:48:38 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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My neighbor worked for, knew Zumwalt. I bet he is doing about 15,000 RPM.


10 posted on 09/21/2016 11:51:31 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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Shouldn’t have laughed at that one as it is too true a statement, but I did. It was funny.

Yet heartbreaking at the same time.


11 posted on 09/21/2016 11:53:58 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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My neighbor worked for, knew Zumwalt. I bet he is doing about 15,000 RPM.

Word, bro. And I'm absolutely sure he's not alone.


12 posted on 09/21/2016 11:55:03 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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There seems to be a bunch of genius thought going on around here. Actually not an uncommon thing to happen, that is why new vessels go through “trials”. This is a very important step in shipbuilding, intended to reduce the radar signature.


13 posted on 09/21/2016 11:56:26 PM PDT by exnavy ( psalm 27: 4)
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There seems to be a bunch of genius thought going on around here.

...and yet every single one of these tubs breaks down and has to be towed back for repair...


14 posted on 09/22/2016 12:03:52 AM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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For the want of a good shaft seal................


15 posted on 09/22/2016 12:10:11 AM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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Actually not an uncommon thing to happen, that is why new vessels go through “trials”.

Well Yeah, but if Mabus hadn't had the PR brainwave of assigning Captain Kirk to the new Supership, and given it to someone else, no one would be seeing the funny now.

16 posted on 09/22/2016 12:10:22 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools" Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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We’re knee-deep in antimatter down here, Captain.


17 posted on 09/22/2016 12:18:16 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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Building a warship is a process that takes years, not like making a new Toyota.


18 posted on 09/22/2016 12:22:06 AM PDT by exnavy ( psalm 27: 4)
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Your point being?


19 posted on 09/22/2016 12:38:28 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools" Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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Nothing unusual about what happened.


20 posted on 09/22/2016 12:40:38 AM PDT by exnavy ( psalm 27: 4)
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