This sounds worse than just a little bottom scrape.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; Pan_Yan
Just cosmetic, I'm sure. :)
2 posted on
02/04/2004 2:52:55 PM PST by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'--- Kahlil Gibran)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Probably involves a lot of rewelding...and every separate weld would have to go through SUBSAFE certification. The cost of redoing the SUBSAFE cert is nontrivial.
7 posted on
02/04/2004 3:08:46 PM PST by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I would have gotten a second estimate before approving the repairs.
8 posted on
02/04/2004 3:17:12 PM PST by
spiffy
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I'd hate to serve on that thing. Probably use it in the future for an underwater noise generator.
10 posted on
02/04/2004 3:20:31 PM PST by
fso301
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Unless the "bottom" referred to was a russian sub.
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