On 27 Jan 2007 06:59:40 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
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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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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.
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John H