Re:On Costliest U.S. Warship Ever, Navy Can’t Get Munitions ...
by frankharv on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @08:57PM
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I too have knowledge of these issues and they are devastating.
On top of dissimilar metal issues there are also different aluminum grades involved in the construction.
(meaning training+certs needed to work on these for most yards)
So on top of zero survivability in a hostile env they are not going to last 15 years.
Back when I was in, Ronnie wanted a 600 ship navy. Now we have <350 and that is counting these glorified ferrys.
On top of dissimilar metal issues there are also different aluminum grades involved in the construction. (meaning training+certs needed to work on these for most yards)
So on top of zero survivability in a hostile env they are not going to last 15 years.
Back when I was in, Ronnie wanted a 600 ship navy. Now we have <350 and that is counting these glorified ferrys.