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USS Milwaukee, Navy's newest ship, towed to base after breaking down at sea
foxnews.com ^ | 12/12/2015 | FOXnews

Posted on 12/12/2015 5:08:04 PM PST by cripplecreek

NORFOLK, Va. – The U.S. Navy's newest ship had to be towed to a base in Virginia after breaking down during its journey to its home port in California.

The USS Milwaukee, a littoral combat ship that was commissioned in November, was towed more than 40 nautical miles to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek after suffering an engineering casualty on Friday, The Navy Times reported (http://bit.ly/1UfolwL ).

The ship was on its way from Halifax, Canada to Mayport, Florida, where it was planning to stop before continuing on its trek to its port in San Diego.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breakdown; navy; oops; snafu; ussmilwaukee
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To: cripplecreek

All ships built for Obama’s Navy have tow bars.

Seriously, who knows what happened.


21 posted on 12/12/2015 5:20:37 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: cripplecreek

I’ll bet the captain and the ship’s engineer are unhappy.


22 posted on 12/12/2015 5:21:41 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Artemis Webb
I remember when the late William Proxmire tried to have construction of the F-14 scuttled because one crashed early in the purchase program. Things happen.

That obnoxious, self righteous liberal prick was like a rectal fissure on the rump of the Senate. Him and his so-called 'Golden Fleece Award' was nothing but a gimmick to get him face time on the tube and in the newspapers. It was thanks to Proxmire that America's supersonic transport program was canceled, and if someone had asked me if I gave a tinker's damn that the miserable sad sack died 10 years ago this coming Tuesday, most people can figure out the answer.

Good riddance to the sonuvabitch.
23 posted on 12/12/2015 5:23:45 PM PST by mkjessup (Bushes? Clintons? They're all one big "UNI-FAMILY", "WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?")
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To: Farmer Dean
Doesn’t the Navy design any redundancy into it’s ships anymore?

I'd think that would be a prime consideration in combat survivability. The old DLG and DDG that I served on had four boilers in two separate boiler rooms. There were turbines in two separate engine rooms. We could still be underway (though not very well) on just one boiler and one turbine.

24 posted on 12/12/2015 5:24:22 PM PST by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: fhayek
Well, at least they beat Army...

Damn you, LOL!

25 posted on 12/12/2015 5:25:44 PM PST by PROCON (It's not islamophobia, it's islamonausea)
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To: cripplecreek

I’m your captain, I’m your captain
Though I’m feeling mighty sick


26 posted on 12/12/2015 5:26:29 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Political Correctness is a kool-aid drinking suicide cult)
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To: cripplecreek
They should stick to what they do best.


27 posted on 12/12/2015 5:29:31 PM PST by McGruff (I don't know if sand can glow in the dark, but we’re going to find out - Ted Cruz)
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To: USNBandit; Artemis Webb
Proxmire. One of those milk and cheese Luddites.

Gave rise to the observation that NASA's big mistake was not making rockets that ran on milk and cheese [when Proxmire was gunning for them].

28 posted on 12/12/2015 5:30:16 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: cripplecreek

We can’t do a f***ing thing right in this country anymore.


29 posted on 12/12/2015 5:31:36 PM PST by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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To: fhayek

Geeezzzeee, why can’t we start spending on research and engineering instead of the Mideast?


30 posted on 12/12/2015 5:35:13 PM PST by Bogie
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To: BBell

They’ll be going all over every inch of the engines on the Detroit before it leaves Wisconsin.


31 posted on 12/12/2015 5:36:23 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: cripplecreek

Should have bought the extended warranty.


32 posted on 12/12/2015 5:37:04 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: mkjessup

Him and his so-called ‘Golden Fleece Award’

He spent a lot of our money on that thing. Had several full time staffers. Should have given himself the award.


33 posted on 12/12/2015 5:38:53 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
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To: cripplecreek

Maybe if they’d stop recruiting athletes and instead military aptitude they’d not have hanger queens.


34 posted on 12/12/2015 5:39:21 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (Ná tabhair shilíní le muca nó comhairle do amadáin)
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To: cripplecreek

Someone forgot to tighten the propeller bolts?


35 posted on 12/12/2015 5:39:37 PM PST by fso301
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To: cripplecreek
The USS Milwaukee, a littoral combat ship

More expensive than figurative combat ships.

36 posted on 12/12/2015 5:40:20 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: davius

They never had problems like this with galley slaves
=== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
They had to convert to coal when the ‘STROKE masters’ didn’t have the strength OR heart to keep up the pace.

Wonder if they converted the ‘rowers’ into shovelers - probably couldn’t work without the ‘encouragement’ of the whippersnapper...


37 posted on 12/12/2015 5:41:10 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98) Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice!!!)
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To: cripplecreek
Never get tired of posting this:

Imported from Detroit.

Go USS Detroit! Go Navy!

38 posted on 12/12/2015 5:45:51 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: mkjessup

Re #23:

Huge dittos to every single word you said!


39 posted on 12/12/2015 5:48:02 PM PST by Artemis Webb (CAIR should be designated a terrorist organization. Muhammad was a Pedophile.)
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To: 1rudeboy

I’d have gone with Kid Rock but he doesn’t fit with Chrysler.


40 posted on 12/12/2015 5:49:28 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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