Monday, December 10, 2007

USS Scorpion 589…It’s 1968 again.

USS Scorpion 589…It’s 1968 again.

I am just saying there is a huge ethical problem in our fleet of submarines and within our ship Yards. It is effecting our war fighting stance and is threatening a loss of another submarine such as the Scorpion.

It’s a giant breakdown in ethics based on a rationalization with cost. This process of cost, profits and quality…it training all the players to distort and lie.

Reminds me of the end of Rickover at EB!

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/12/ap_virginiaclass_071210/

Weld problems found on Virginia-class subs

The Associated PressPosted : Monday Dec 10, 2007 18:36:56 EST
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Northrop Grumman’s Newport News shipyard and the Navy are inspecting welds on all Virginia-class submarines after finding problems with welds in those vessels.

Katie Dunnigan, a spokeswoman for Naval Sea Systems Command, said Monday that the Navy, Northrop Grumman and its shipbuilding partner, General Dynamics Electric Boat, started assessing completed welds through record reviews, additional inspections and testing.
The assessment is thought to have delayed the sea trials and delivery of the North Carolina, which Northrop Grumman planned to hand over to the Navy at the end of the month.
A shipyard spokeswoman said last week that delivery has been pushed

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