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""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message ... "Boater" wrote: I appreciate the theory of not getting hit, and I am sure those who have high-powered, supersonic, anti-ship missiles do, too. I think an aluminum superstructure is a mistake on a capital warship. The USS Belknap was built in the 60's and she had an aluminum superstructure, Wasn't too much left of her, except the hull after the collision with the Kennedy. UD Quite a few modern naval ships have steel hulls and aluminum superstructures. They just aren't supposed to crash into an aircraft carrier. Eisboch |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... ""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message ... "Boater" wrote: I appreciate the theory of not getting hit, and I am sure those who have high-powered, supersonic, anti-ship missiles do, too. I think an aluminum superstructure is a mistake on a capital warship. The USS Belknap was built in the 60's and she had an aluminum superstructure, Wasn't too much left of her, except the hull after the collision with the Kennedy. UD Quite a few modern naval ships have steel hulls and aluminum superstructures. They just aren't supposed to crash into an aircraft carrier. Eisboch Seems to me the Brits had a problem with Aluminum superstructures on their warships in the Falklands War.. The French built Exocet missle caused major fires. |
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Don White wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... ""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message ... "Boater" wrote: I appreciate the theory of not getting hit, and I am sure those who have high-powered, supersonic, anti-ship missiles do, too. I think an aluminum superstructure is a mistake on a capital warship. The USS Belknap was built in the 60's and she had an aluminum superstructure, Wasn't too much left of her, except the hull after the collision with the Kennedy. UD Quite a few modern naval ships have steel hulls and aluminum superstructures. They just aren't supposed to crash into an aircraft carrier. Eisboch Seems to me the Brits had a problem with Aluminum superstructures on their warships in the Falklands War.. The French built Exocet missle caused major fires. That is a common misconception, the HMS Sheffield was made entirely of steel. |
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Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Don White wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... ""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message ... "Boater" wrote: I appreciate the theory of not getting hit, and I am sure those who have high-powered, supersonic, anti-ship missiles do, too. I think an aluminum superstructure is a mistake on a capital warship. The USS Belknap was built in the 60's and she had an aluminum superstructure, Wasn't too much left of her, except the hull after the collision with the Kennedy. UD Quite a few modern naval ships have steel hulls and aluminum superstructures. They just aren't supposed to crash into an aircraft carrier. Eisboch Seems to me the Brits had a problem with Aluminum superstructures on their warships in the Falklands War.. The French built Exocet missle caused major fires. That is a common misconception, the HMS Sheffield was made entirely of steel. Supplied by the lowest bidder... |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: That is a common misconception, the HMS Sheffield was made entirely of steel. Supplied by the lowest bidder... A slippery one you be. Eisboch |
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Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: That is a common misconception, the HMS Sheffield was made entirely of steel. Supplied by the lowest bidder... A slippery one you be. Eisboch Not enough. ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... Supplied by the lowest bidder... You know, this comment, that one hears all the time, is not exactly true. The wording for government contracts is "lowest qualified bidder" or "lowest technically qualified bidder". We used to scan the Commerce Business Daily faithfully in the early days of my company. It is a list of contracts or purchases to be made by any of the gazillion government agencies, including military. RFQ's (Request For Quotations) for anything more complex than toilet paper were carefully written to basically disqualify everybody except the preferred vendor, if in fact there was one. Often the RFQ would contain wording like, "Acme Model 871 or equivilent". Well, unless your equivilent was an exact copy of the Acme Model 871, down to the last nut, bolt and color, the purchasing agent could justifiably discard your quotation, even if your price was lower. In a way it was good, because the government was also regularly ripped off by having to award a contract to an unqualified, low-ball vendor who happened to luck out and respond to a poorly written RFQ. Our large government financed contracts were usually awarded by a prime government contractor, like a Raytheon or a Litton who could solicit bids, technical proposals and then pick and choose based on their own set of qualifying standards. Eisboch |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Don White wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... ""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message ... "Boater" wrote: I appreciate the theory of not getting hit, and I am sure those who have high-powered, supersonic, anti-ship missiles do, too. I think an aluminum superstructure is a mistake on a capital warship. The USS Belknap was built in the 60's and she had an aluminum superstructure, Wasn't too much left of her, except the hull after the collision with the Kennedy. UD Quite a few modern naval ships have steel hulls and aluminum superstructures. They just aren't supposed to crash into an aircraft carrier. Eisboch Seems to me the Brits had a problem with Aluminum superstructures on their warships in the Falklands War.. The French built Exocet missle caused major fires. That is a common misconception, the HMS Sheffield was made entirely of steel. Supplied by the lowest bidder... And the union welders would not weld in the verticle fire partitions. Sad. |
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Don White wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... ""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message ... "Boater" wrote: I appreciate the theory of not getting hit, and I am sure those who have high-powered, supersonic, anti-ship missiles do, too. I think an aluminum superstructure is a mistake on a capital warship. The USS Belknap was built in the 60's and she had an aluminum superstructure, Wasn't too much left of her, except the hull after the collision with the Kennedy. UD Quite a few modern naval ships have steel hulls and aluminum superstructures. They just aren't supposed to crash into an aircraft carrier. Eisboch Seems to me the Brits had a problem with Aluminum superstructures on their warships in the Falklands War.. The French built Exocet missle caused major fires. That is a common misconception, the HMS Sheffield was made entirely of steel. Supplied by the lowest bidder... And the union welders would not weld in the verticle fire partitions. Sad. I see you let Zell out of the locked ward. |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... Calif Bill wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote: Don White wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... ""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message ... "Boater" wrote: I appreciate the theory of not getting hit, and I am sure those who have high-powered, supersonic, anti-ship missiles do, too. I think an aluminum superstructure is a mistake on a capital warship. The USS Belknap was built in the 60's and she had an aluminum superstructure, Wasn't too much left of her, except the hull after the collision with the Kennedy. UD Quite a few modern naval ships have steel hulls and aluminum superstructures. They just aren't supposed to crash into an aircraft carrier. Eisboch Seems to me the Brits had a problem with Aluminum superstructures on their warships in the Falklands War.. The French built Exocet missle caused major fires. That is a common misconception, the HMS Sheffield was made entirely of steel. Supplied by the lowest bidder... And the union welders would not weld in the verticle fire partitions. Sad. I see you let Zell out of the locked ward. How did you get out? |
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