Here's a different one:
Posted on 02/02/2017 9:22:01 AM PST by RitchieAprile
As the Navy continues to tally up the damage to a U.S. cruiser that ran aground Tuesday in Tokyo Bay, early damage reports indicate USS Antietam (CG-54) will likely undergo an extensive dry dock period to repair the ship, USNI News understands.
The Navy and Japanese authorities are also still searching for signs of the 1,100 gallons of hydraulic oil that leaked after the ship grounded, a U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman told USNI News on Wednesday evening.
Antietam was moved pier side to the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Japan by tugs following the grounding and now divers are cataloging the damage to the ship with some early results.
“The ship has two reversible controllable pitch propellers and right now the estimates that have been provided so far indicate the propellers are heavily damaged to a point where they are not functional,” a Navy official told USNI News on Wednesday.
Divers have also discovered at least one of the two propeller hubs was damaged in the grounding. Controllable pitch propellers are highly complex hydraulic systems that allow a ship’s commander to position the propeller blades to change the speed and direction of a ship without changing the rotation of the ship’s shafts.
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That system probably only holds 500 gallons or so of oil. Had to of been refiled completely after the grounding happened.
The chief and captain have some explaining to do.
“And the writer (the “Navy”) is more worried about a few gallons of hydraulic oil that was lost after the collision!”
that’s what struck me as totally irrelevant. But it does say where the Navy’s priorities are. They had to be the ones to let loose that little fact. Of all the things they might have said, that is the most annoying.
I believe you.
I used to spot-heat with kerosene 10-15 years ago. Then they introduced low-sulfur kerosene & diesel - basically, the low-sulfur kerosene causes the cotton space heater wicks to attract moisture and clog up quickly, necessitating a replacement, while your space heater stutters and fumes until you replace it @ $15 a pop.
Had to quit using it.
Eventually, I ran across a document showing that one of the low-sulfur ingredients is "bio-diesel", at a required 7% of the mix.
"Bio-diesel" - french fry oil, animal oils, etc., etc. If the 7% varies higher, not only do you have the bio-cr@p in your fuel, it's doing other stuff to your machinery, in your case.
Wouldn’t they be under the control of a pilot at that time?
It will be interesting to find out more details. Typically, when a ship is at anchor, the quartermaster watch takes a round of bearings at regular intervals to check on anchor drag.
Plus, any GPS unit on board this vessel would have an anchor drag alarm...heck, any cheap marine GPS has this alarm feature.
Here's a different one:
The engine room crew sold the 1100 gallons of hydraulic fluid to pay for their soy sauce addiction, and then raised the anchor just enough to cause the ship to drift!!
[donning tinfoil hat and suit]
Thanks? The picture shows up fine for me.
That’s odd .. must be a browser hiccup on my end .. sorry.
The hydraulic oil isn’t missing. They distilled it and drank it.
Squids are smart like that.
5.56mm
No problem
Great Picture.
What browser are you using?
I started to post the following, but didn't (dont') really wanna get caught up in a big tech discussion ;-)
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This is very odd.
Here's the code:
<img src=http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/1154/04015408.jpg>
But when I paste the bare address in my browser's address bar, the pic shows up (in a new tab):
http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/1154/04015408.jpg And here's the result:
And if it's there now after posting this I'm gonna feel like a real doofus .. lol !
I like it because it loads pages way faster than IE because it does not load third party ads.
But on occasion it also does not load desired pictures.
With a couple different add-ons, it's very rare that I see any ads at all, but disabled all of them when working the problem above.
Not gonna worry about it for the time being, and sorry for sidetracking your post .. cheers !
Yep, Captain of Princeton (LPH-5) ran aground in Okinawa. Had to put into Yokuska dry dock for repairs. One main shaft was bent and there was a six foot hole in the hull. Happened in March, 1960; new Captain on board by May.
Glad to see that the Navy is still using names of old Essex-class carriers. Antietam was CV-34.
Correction, Antietam was CV-36; Oriskany was CV-34.
You’ll probably get 8000 replies that say the same thing; the captain has total responsibility and is always at fault in any incident. I was on a ship that had a collision with another Navy ship. Both captains pretty much immediately relieved.
Folks still heat with kerosene across the country, space heaters, chinee/walmart wick heaters that copy the Perfection 1890s and onward models that Standard Oil ended up owning... to sell kerosene.
“green” diesel— while it was the original design of Otto Diesel (his engines would burn peanut oil- and one can “tune up” a diesel to run on used cooking oil— side effect of being constantly hungry for french fries, LOL) has to have all sorts of petrochemical additives to maintain the efficiency/lubricity of the fuel to work in the injectors, and to not soot up the engines/exhaust. So— it doesn’t work— but... somebody got a huge Navy contract for the “green” Navy, that compromised combat readiness, for certain.
Sending PM with other info you might be interested in.
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