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rangerrebew

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LCS Montgomery Suffers Two Engine Casualties Days after Commissioning
« on: September 21, 2016, 09:52:20 am »
 LCS Montgomery Suffers Two Engine Casualties Days after Commissioning
 
Military.com | Sep 17, 2016 | by Hope Hodge Seck

Just three days after a glittering commissioning ceremony in Mobile, Alabama, the Navy's newest littoral combat ship suffered two unrelated engine casualties, totaling enough damage that the ship was forced to abandon its transit to its San Diego homeport and head to Florida for repairs.

The USS Montgomery is the third littoral combat ship in three weeks to suffer significant engine problems, and the fifth within a 12-month span.

The Independence-class ship's casualties, first reported by USNI News, come on the heels of sweeping changes to the LCS program and a series of reviews, most aimed at correcting the problems behind the rash of ship breakdowns.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/09/17/lcs-montgomery-suffers-two-engine-casualties-days-commissioning.html
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Offline Fishrrman

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Re: LCS Montgomery Suffers Two Engine Casualties Days after Commissioning
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2016, 01:29:29 am »
Go back to boilers and steam turbines for propulsion…  ;)
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Re: LCS Montgomery Suffers Two Engine Casualties Days after Commissioning
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2016, 02:56:38 am »
When I saw "casualties" I assumed people were injured.

Lousy journalists...
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Re: LCS Montgomery Suffers Two Engine Casualties Days after Commissioning
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2016, 04:32:50 am »
Are these design problems, quality control problems, or is stuff being monkeyed with?
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Re: LCS Montgomery Suffers Two Engine Casualties Days after Commissioning
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2016, 04:48:46 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on September 22, 2016, 04:32:50 am
Are these design problems, quality control problems, or is stuff being monkeyed with?

Probably built in China.

BTW, instead of using these poorly built Littoral combat ships, they might have better luck with a Figurative combat ship.

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