JR North wrote:

Really? you mean like those $600 toilet seats and $200 hammers?
JR

Have you ever seen the specifications that those toilet seats and
hammers have to meet?



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
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John H

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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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
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***** 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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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.