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Sub repairs draining Navy funds: report
Canadian Press via the National Post ^ | May 4, 2005 | Stephen Thorne

Posted on 05/04/2005 3:08:15 PM PDT by Levante

OTTAWA - Costly repairs to fire-ravaged HMCS Chicoutimi and Canada's other three submarines are draining money away from vital maintenance for the rest of the navy's vessels, says a report obtained by The Canadian Press.

"I cannot overstate that the Chicoutimi incident, coupled with other necessary recovery-repair strategies, has impacted the navy to its very core,'' Vice-Admiral Bruce MacLean says in an internal report on the state of the navy.

The estimated $150-million bill to salvage the newly acquired submarine fleet will mean delayed work on the navy's aging fleet of frigates, destroyers and support vessels, says the report, released under the Access to Information Act.

(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: canada; chicoutimi; hmcs; hmcschicoutimi; military; navy; submarines
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1 posted on 05/04/2005 3:08:15 PM PDT by Levante
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To: Pan_Yan

ping


2 posted on 05/04/2005 3:10:14 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife ("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
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To: Doohickey; judicial meanz; submarinerswife; PogySailor; chasio649; gobucks; Bottom_Gun; Dog Gone; ..

Single ping

Maybe those used boats weren't quite the bargain they were hoping for.


3 posted on 05/04/2005 3:13:21 PM PDT by SmithL (Proud Submariner)
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To: Levante

take some bucks from the "hockey rink maintenance" fund...that money wasn't needed this year.


4 posted on 05/04/2005 3:14:16 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: Levante

Rump Canada won't need subs after the breakup.


5 posted on 05/04/2005 3:17:45 PM PDT by Arkie2
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To: Levante

Poor Canada ....pretending they are a military force, capable of self defense....


Sad, what the leftist French speaking "citizens" have done to Canada....

Semper Fi


6 posted on 05/04/2005 3:19:41 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Levante

They have four subs? They have more than one boat of any kind in their navy?

Wow


7 posted on 05/04/2005 3:21:45 PM PDT by No Longer Free State (Standing in the way of progress is not a party platform)
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To: Levante

I hear France has an aircraft carrier for sale.


8 posted on 05/04/2005 3:26:13 PM PDT by microgood
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To: Levante

I can hear it now.

"Jean, I told you not to go to Crazy Ian's used sub sale, but no, you just had to have a submarine."

The bizarre thing is that this is still a lead item on CBC News. Saw another story on The National last night about the sub.

It's become a big joke around my house. Whenever tehre is nothing on at 10pm, we turn to CBC to watch a submarine story. About half the time we are not disappointed.


9 posted on 05/04/2005 3:36:44 PM PDT by cyclotic (Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
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To: No Longer Free State
They have more than one boat of any kind in their navy?

They have 3 old destroyers - 2 Atlantic and 1 Pacific. They do have about a dozen fairly modern frigates each with a 57mm gun and 4 torpedo tubes.

10 posted on 05/04/2005 3:39:03 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Levante

Hey, yo, Canada---if you can't afford to pay---you can't afford to PLAY. I thought you were running the Navy on the money you're saving on cheap medicine. Or maybe the money you're saving by not helping much with the WOT. Ask Rummy---he's got a dozen Sturgeons layed up---maybe he'll loan you a squadron?


11 posted on 05/04/2005 3:45:55 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: Levante
A recent Commons committee report, separate from the navy board, found the political concerns of former prime minister Jean Chretien delayed the sub acquisition for several years after cabinet approved it in the mid-1990s.

The panel concluded the additional time the subs spent neglected in British docks contributed to their decay. The boats have been plagued by leaks, equipment glitches and electrical problems since the first delivery in 2000.

I wonder what political concerns Lieut. Saunders died for. I'm sure Cretin considers it worth the sacrifice.

12 posted on 05/04/2005 4:02:14 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri Schindler <strike>Schiavo</strike> - www.terrisfight.org)
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To: Levante

Holy Shi'ite Batman! This is series. I didn't know that Canada had a Navy, much less any personnel in their military.


13 posted on 05/04/2005 4:04:00 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: SmithL
Maybe those used boats weren't quite the bargain they were hoping for.

Did they buy them from E-Bay?

14 posted on 05/04/2005 4:06:22 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: Levante

http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/mspa_fleet/fleet_home_e.asp


15 posted on 05/04/2005 4:20:55 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: microgood

I heard that the French aircraft carrier backs up really well!


16 posted on 05/04/2005 6:29:50 PM PDT by montomike (Gay means happy and carefree...not an abomination against nature's check valve.)
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To: All

There is nothing funny about this. F***ing liberals!


17 posted on 05/04/2005 9:09:42 PM PDT by NorthOf45
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To: SmithL

I think the French have a used aircraft carrier to sell to Canada! Maybe they can have their broken subs tow the broken aircraft carrier....


18 posted on 05/04/2005 9:17:15 PM PDT by Enchante (Kerry's mere nuisances: Marine Barracks '83, WTC '93, Khobar Towers, Embassy Bombs '98, USS Cole!!!)
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To: MD_Willington_1976

Thanks for the link!


19 posted on 05/04/2005 10:35:46 PM PDT by Levante
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To: Levante

The ships can't be all that bad, they do run in escort groups with USN vessels, check out Operation ALTAIR

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/operations/current_ops_e.asp


20 posted on 05/05/2005 10:08:28 AM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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