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To: Doohickey
OK -Ok. you're right

Technically, it wasn't "free-flooding" - but every time they came back into the drydock, the thing was filled with salt water.
501 posted on 01/08/2005 11:41:12 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

That sounds about right. I did and ICEX back in '92...when we surfaced parts of the towed array fairing were gone and you the dome was actually soft to the touch. We asked the guys in the yard for the ribbed dome boot instead of the regular one.

He didn't think that was nearly as funny as we did.


516 posted on 01/08/2005 12:01:33 PM PST by Doohickey ("This is a hard and dirty war, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again.”)
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