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If you get the Washington Post, read no further. If not, here's an
interesting article on the new ships being built for the Coast Guard and some of the problems involved. http://tinyurl.com/2qwesa -- ***** Have a super day! ***** John H |
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![]() On Jan 27, 6:19�am, John H wrote: If you get the Washington Post, read no further. If not, here's an interesting article on the new ships being built for the Coast Guard and some of the problems involved. http://tinyurl.com/2qwesa -- ***** Have a super day! ***** * * * * * John H Sound like that might be similar to some of the problems experienced by the earlist Liberty ships during WWII. Their "stress cracking" was probably slightly different- the light build schedule and cold water stress on the cheap grade of steel resulted in a lot of them simply snapping across the beam and sinking faster than anybody could even think about abandoning ship. They solved the Liberty ship problem by welding reinforcing strips to the gunwales just below the sheer line. Let's hope there's a "retrofit" available to the USCG. |
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On 27 Jan 2007 06:59:40 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote: On Jan 27, 6:19?am, John H wrote: If you get the Washington Post, read no further. If not, here's an interesting article on the new ships being built for the Coast Guard and some of the problems involved. http://tinyurl.com/2qwesa -- ***** Have a super day! ***** John H Sound like that might be similar to some of the problems experienced by the earlist Liberty ships during WWII. Their "stress cracking" was probably slightly different- the light build schedule and cold water stress on the cheap grade of steel resulted in a lot of them simply snapping across the beam and sinking faster than anybody could even think about abandoning ship. They solved the Liberty ship problem by welding reinforcing strips to the gunwales just below the sheer line. Let's hope there's a "retrofit" available to the USCG. I haven't seen anything yet to indicate the 'fixes' are going to be easy or cheap, or completely possible for that matter. I hope so, but it seems like the CG may have shot itself in the foot on this one, assuming that contractors were going to do what's best for the government and not themselves. -- ***** Have a super day! ***** John H |
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![]() John H wrote: assuming that contractors were going to do what's best for the government and not themselves. When did that ever happen, John??? |
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On 27 Jan 2007 09:19:07 -0800, "Tim" wrote:
John H wrote: assuming that contractors were going to do what's best for the government and not themselves. When did that ever happen, John??? Hey! My son-in-law works for Raytheon. They would never do anything like that. :) -- ***** Have a super day! ***** John H |
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"Chuck Gould" wrote in
oups.com: Sound like that might be similar to some of the problems experienced by the earlist Liberty ships during WWII. Their "stress cracking" was probably slightly different- the light build schedule and cold water stress on the cheap grade of steel resulted in a lot of them simply snapping across the beam and sinking faster than anybody could even think about abandoning ship. They solved the Liberty ship problem by welding reinforcing strips to the gunwales just below the sheer line. Let's hope there's a "retrofit" available to the USCG. The "fix" was to RIVET (not weld) doubler plates along the hull..... a practice which was continued well into the sixties. With the reduced scantlings used on many ships, stress cracking is still a problem .... though this is not always the reason for it. otn |
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"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com... On Jan 27, 6:19?am, John H wrote: If you get the Washington Post, read no further. If not, here's an interesting article on the new ships being built for the Coast Guard and some of the problems involved. http://tinyurl.com/2qwesa -- ***** Have a super day! ***** John H Sound like that might be similar to some of the problems experienced by the earlist Liberty ships during WWII. Their "stress cracking" was probably slightly different- the light build schedule and cold water stress on the cheap grade of steel resulted in a lot of them simply snapping across the beam and sinking faster than anybody could even think about abandoning ship. They solved the Liberty ship problem by welding reinforcing strips to the gunwales just below the sheer line. Let's hope there's a "retrofit" available to the USCG. =========================== Weird. After 9/11, we were at a moment in history when the CG had the closest thing available to a blank check to get the best thing available, and then this happens. |
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Proudly 'Made In USA'.
JR John H wrote: If you get the Washington Post, read no further. If not, here's an interesting article on the new ships being built for the Coast Guard and some of the problems involved. http://tinyurl.com/2qwesa -- ***** Have a super day! ***** John H -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth |
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The government usually get stuff from the lowest bidder.
JR North wrote: Proudly 'Made In USA'. JR John H wrote: If you get the Washington Post, read no further. If not, here's an interesting article on the new ships being built for the Coast Guard and some of the problems involved. http://tinyurl.com/2qwesa -- ***** Have a super day! ***** John H |
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Really? you mean like those $600 toilet seats and $200 hammers?
JR Bert Robbins wrote: The government usually get stuff from the lowest bidder. JR North wrote: Proudly 'Made In USA'. JR John H wrote: If you get the Washington Post, read no further. If not, here's an interesting article on the new ships being built for the Coast Guard and some of the problems involved. http://tinyurl.com/2qwesa -- ***** Have a super day! ***** John H -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth |
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