Lots of photos at the link. I have to admit I hadn't kept track of this. I just assumed that four-plus years after the accident she had already been repaired and was back in service.
Lots of photos at the link. I have to admit I hadn't kept track of this. I just assumed that four-plus years after the accident she had already been repaired and was back in service.
Looks like something has been gnawing on it.
full speed into an undersea mountain?....Does the captain have a desk job now?
The main reason for the delay was that they had to wait for a new bow section, which came from the donor boat USS Honolulu. For a time it was not certain the idea would work. There were concerns that the hull may have been deformed; additionally it had never been done before. Ultimately a little ingenuity and a lot of money (don't know the number) made it work.
Makes sense.
I came thru Bremerton this past summer on the Seattle ferry and didn’t see her. I guess they had her concealed pretty good.
Based on that picture, how in the heck is that boat not resting on the bottom of the ocean????
How could this happen? Human error...or mechanical?
The sub will be going from the East coast to the West coast.
I wonder if it will be coming through the Panama Canal? If it is, it will not be advertised.
But I sure would like to see it.
FYI — they build ‘em good in Newport News.
Eh, a little Bondo, a little hunnert-mile-an-hour tape, it’ll buff right out.
Amazing. It’s scary how close the San Francisco came to joining the Scorpion and the Thresher “eternally on patrol.”
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