Posted on 02/27/2018 5:24:29 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
EXCLUSIVE Canadian sub on mission to bolster North Korea surveillance
'We are operating much more than any Canadian thinks,' HMCS Chicoutimi captain says
By David Common, CBC News Posted: Feb 06, 2018 10:59 AM ET Last Updated: Feb 07, 2018 8:29 AM ET
The last time HMCS Chicoutimi crossed an ocean, the boat flooded, caught fire, and a sailor died. Nearly a decade and a half later, the diesel-electric submarine has deployed to Asia farther from home than any Canadian sub in five decades on a mission the Canadian military hopes will erase doubts about the vessel's effectiveness.
Though planned for more than a year, the mission comes at a particularly sensitive time.
North Korea's nuclear and missile development activity has spiked in recent months despite trade sanctions. International tensions have risen to the point where the U.S. is considering options that could include a military strike on the Korean Peninsula.
CBC News had unprecedented access onboard the Canadian sub as it tracked suspicious vessels and activity, and trained with naval vessels from partner nations working to monitor and enforce the economic sanctions in Asia-Pacific waters.
"Our stealth is something we need to guard," says Cmdr. Stephane Ouellet, Chicoutimi's Commanding Officer, referring to the specifics of the current mission. "[But] we are operating much more than any Canadian thinks deployed for almost 200 days and farther than we've ever operated before."
It took five weeks for the boat to travel from its home base in Esquimalt, B.C., to its classified patrolling area, making port visits in Japan and Guam.
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The pattern on the sub’s hull looks like the space shuttle tiles.
“It seems that Canucks want to prove something to others”
They’re just trying to make up for the embarrassment Fidel jr. caused in India.
“During construction, work on the submarine was delayed due to a labour strike.[9] Upholder commissioned into the Royal Navy on 7 December 1990.[8] Her commissioning was delayed due to a problem with the operation of the torpedo tubes, which had to be welded closed to prevent sea water entering the submarine.>
The sub should be subject to the “Lemon Law”. “Construction delayed due to a strike” — right there you have a problem.
The sub should be subject to the Lemon Law
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Or just be labeled a jinxed ship and scrapped before it kills the crew.
WE know him well...
But Trudie made sure their costumes were well-designed, we can hope.
I am surprised that they can find a submarine commander willing to take his submarine on mission without torpedoes.
The picture in the article shows torpedoes. Perhaps they fixed their leaking tubes.
Subs always have that nice open spacious feeling..../s Thanks for the pictures.
You see the same "busy" decor aboard US submarines. Remember, every submarine qualified crewman has been tested, and can find his way through the whole boat, in the dark, by touch, and can explain every control and valve he touches, by name, function, and system...
There is a video at the link. Could not help but notice the Capt has some serious eyebrows going on.
Even Leonid Brezhnev would have said, "Those are some big-ass eyebrows."
And how many of your ships are in the body and fender shop after running into merchantmen? Three? Four?
I wouldn’t be surprised if the US Navy had a dozen or more under repair. The last eight years under Zero has shot morale to pieces. That and maintenance cuts have lead to sloppy sailors sailing sloppily.
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