The ship had undergone the resurfacing less than a month ago.
So they were trying to resurface the flight deck at the height of the rainy season? It wouldn't surprise me if that was a big factor in the failure.
The ship had undergone the resurfacing less than a month ago.
So they were trying to resurface the flight deck at the height of the rainy season? It wouldn't surprise me if that was a big factor in the failure.
Another Obamanation.
I did a shore tour at SIMA Portsmouth, the shop next to ours was the Non-Skid shop. Temperature seemed to be a critical factor. They’d often check the flight deck temp prior to laying ‘skid. They were always busy, but still 1/2 the jobs would be done by contractors, (many of those guys were former sailors).
More than once, there would be a “bad” batch and the stuff wouldn’t adhere correctly. Tedious process, shot peen the flight deck, primer, lay the skid. That primer was instant head ache inducing. The Navy guys would be wearing respirators, the civvy guys, nothing. The fumes that were coming off of that primer had to be killing braincells.
This was 30 years ago, perhaps the process has changed.
Should probably blame USN schedulers and the rain.