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How a $2.7 Billion Submarine Was Crippled by Defective Parts
Fiscal Times ^
| 4/3/2016
| Martin Matishak
Posted on 04/03/2016 3:56:20 PM PDT by Incorrigible
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Measure twice, cut once.
The pipe weld is within the area of the reactor that nobody was supposed to enter for the lifetime of the sub. The welders going in now can only be exposed for a short period of time.
There's a link to a more detailed article at the Navy Times from the linked article.
To: Incorrigible
How does one screw this up?
This was a large budget job, why wasn’t it done right?
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:01:39 PM PDT
by
arl295
To: Incorrigible
three times, sounds like sabotage... taxpayers shouldn't pay a penny for the repairs
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:02:07 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: arl295
"This was a large budget job, why wasnt it done right?" Uh, to maintain the contractor's profit margin?
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:03:41 PM PDT
by
buckalfa
(I am feeling much better now.)
To: Incorrigible
Crippled by Defective Parts
= = =
So this was a transgendered sub?
USS Caitlyn ???
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:04:27 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
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To: Incorrigible
Welds, eh? Sounds like maybe a Silkwood problem?
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:04:31 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("When judges act like whores, they can hardly expect to be treated like nuns.")
To: Incorrigible
I bet everything in the military is like this now from nukes to rifles.
To: Incorrigible
Oh my. I would have expected this to have been tested eight ways from Sunday before it was ever fired up with radioactive fuel.
It being briefly enterable by humans, it probably isn’t undergoing the degree of radiation needed to cause steel, etc. to break down. So it can’t just be that.
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:08:28 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: arl295
welds are a universal problem in other projects as well. lots of money and effort are expended to assure quality work and prevent failure
had the proper welding procedures been approved in advance and the followed there would have been success
the problem lies with the person doing the welding
where are his certifications?
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:11:01 PM PDT
by
Thibodeaux
(leading from behind is following)
To: Incorrigible
Adm. Rickover is not pleased.
5.56mm
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:11:41 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: HiTech RedNeck
I would have expected every weld in a critical area like that would be x-rayed to confirm it’s soundness.
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:12:40 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: Farmer Dean
X ray if not scanned by an even better method e.g. something akin to CAT scan.
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:13:50 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Incorrigible
I know guys that have done welding on nuclear power plants. That stuff is usually inspected, xrayed, inspected, xrayed from the other side....Let’s just say that more than one person screwed up.
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:14:10 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Maybe somebody here can tell us what the state of the art method is.
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:17:09 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: Farmer Dean
Whatever it is, surely it can’t be to just pray, do the weld, and see if it leaks!
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:17:43 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Farmer Dean
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:19:01 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: HiTech RedNeck
The Soviets did that,see what that got them.
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:21:49 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: Farmer Dean
Any praying must have been done on the QT there.
I visited a country that had shortly before emerged from the Soviet Union, and the engineering was impressive, because the stuff had to work in spite of the shoddiest construction.
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:23:35 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
I had the chance to examine some Russian farm equipment.I left shaking my head.
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:25:36 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: Farmer Dean
But what else could you fix with some Roosky duct tape and bubble gum?
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posted on
04/03/2016 4:27:51 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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