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To: Red Badger

If the same people are making the screws for this as their aircraft carriers,....


20 posted on 02/01/2025 10:07:46 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

No screw. Water jet. Not as efficient but quieter. On a sub silence is golden. We were rigged for ultra quiet one night, our fans shifted to low and I was laying in my rack. I heard a freighter pass over us and could count the screws chop the water. Heard the noise through the hull. Undetected is the name of the game on a boomer. Cavitation is a killer. I’d never ride another boat but being an old machinist mate I’d love to get a look at drawings of the propulsion system on the newer boats.


21 posted on 02/01/2025 10:19:42 PM PST by Equine1952
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