[muir_redwoods]

With a mind uncluttered by the facts or any relevant experience let me ask a simple question. Just how difficult could it be to make four diesel engines reliable? Isn't diesel about 120 year old technology pretty well understood by engineers and operators?

I admit I know nothing about this do I'm actually asking an honest question.

[smokingfrog]

Marine Power System Installations (US Navy and Coast Guard)

• Freedom (LCS 1)
• USS San Antonio (LPD 17) Class
• USS Wasp (LHD 1) Class
• USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
• USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41/49) Class
• USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) Class
• USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR 300) Class
• USNS Henry J Kaiser (T-AO 187) Class
• USCG Polar Class Icebreakers
• USCG High Endurance Cutters
• USCG Medium Endurance Cutters
• USS Ohio (SSBN 726) Class
• USS Seawolf (SSN 21) Class
• USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) Class

All these ships have Fairbanks Morse Engines. Why do other ships not have the same problems?