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4bucksagallon

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7. I already see the problem, the ship wasn't built in Bath Iron Works but in Alabama.

Fri Nov 4, 2016, 07:01 AM

Nov 2016

Montgomery was launched from Austal USA's shipyards in Mobile, Alabama on 6 August 2014.[4] Montgomery was christened on 8 November 2014.[2] The ship was commissioned on 10 September 2016 in Mobile, Alabama.[3] The commanding officer is Commander Daniel G. Straub.

On 13 September 2016, Montgomery experienced two unrelated casualties within a 24-hour period while transiting from Mobile, Alabama to her homeport of San Diego, CA. The first casualty happened when the crew detected a seawater leak in the hydraulic cooling system. Later that day, Montgomery experienced a casualty to one of its gas turbine engines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Montgomery_(LCS-8)
Yep that's the problem, because Bath is the best shipyard in the USA bar none...

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Another crack in the hull of the USS Montgomery [View all] TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP

Another waste of money that must be worshiped. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2016 #1

Here's a better link without all the popups nikto Nov 2016 #2

Those things cost $475.7 million EACH!! nikto Nov 2016 #3

The USNI take on the incidents nitpicker Nov 2016 #4

What IDJIT made a ship's hull out of ALUMINIM??!? lastlib Nov 2016 #5

I was in the US Navy in the early 60's and Bohunk68 Nov 2016 #6

They do it to save weight. Angleae Nov 2016 #9

I already see the problem, the ship wasn't built in Bath Iron Works but in Alabama. 4bucksagallon Nov 2016 #7

Yes and the Bath Iron Works shipyard TexasTowelie Nov 2016 #8