USS Milwaukee, Navy's newest ship, towed to base after breaking down at sea

foxnews.com ^ | 12/12/2015 | FOXnews

[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.

[mrsmith]

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

Seriously, who knows what happened.

[Pollster1]

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

[mkjessup]

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.

[Bob]

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.

[PROCON]

Well, at least they beat Army...

Damn you, LOL!

[RckyRaCoCo]

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

[McGruff]

They should stick to what they do best.

[Calvin Locke]

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].

[beethovenfan]

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

[Bogie]

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

[cripplecreek]

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

[Larry Lucido]

Should have bought the extended warranty.

[CrazyIvan]

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.

[big'ol_freeper]

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

[fso301]

Someone forgot to tighten the propeller bolts?

[Larry Lucido]

The USS Milwaukee, a littoral combat ship

More expensive than figurative combat ships.

[xrmusn]

They never had problems like this with galley slaves
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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...

[1rudeboy]

Never get tired of posting this:

Imported from Detroit.

Go USS Detroit! Go Navy!

[Artemis Webb]

Re #23:

Huge dittos to every single word you said!

[cripplecreek]

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