Posted on 01/20/2018 6:28:55 PM PST by Rebelbase
USS Little Rock (LCS-9), the latest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship to join the fleet, is iced in on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Montreal and doesn’t plan to move until the Spring thaw.
“Significant weather conditions prevented the ship from departing Montreal earlier this month and icy conditions continue to i
ntensify,” a Navy spokesperson told USNI News. “The temperatures in Montreal and throughout the transit area have been colder than normal, and included near-record low temperatures, which created significant and historical conditions in the late December, early January timeframe.”
A sustained blast of Arctic air that extended from late December into January caused ice to form faster than normal within in the Seaway, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp., the agency established by the Canadian government to manage the Seaway. The Seaway closed for the season on January 11. Typically, the Seaway is open between March and December.
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N6 oil is residual oil. 10 API or lighter.
Below 160 F, it’s a bitch to pump.
That sounds about right.
The Soo lock closed on January 14 this year.
Reopening is set for March 25 I think.
“LCS - Little Crappy Ship.” — Navy admiral. Can’t fight, can’t run, can’t even sail. The entire LCS concept was flawed from the beginning. Perhaps the Navy’s biggest mistake of the 20th century.
The US Navy Coast Guard currently only operates THREE conventionally powered icebreakers:
Does not matter who. Three is not enough.
In the this new navy, maybe not so much............
Actually according to the latest info the US has only ONE operational and an other half at best operational ice breaker.
See here: funny story of Russian Ice breaker almost running over a bunch of pickups
This Video of a Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Blasting By Some Guys and Their Trucks is Nuts
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