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rangerrebew

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Navy Subs Can't Stop Losing Their Noise-Dampening Skins
« on: March 10, 2017, 11:17:51 am »
Navy Subs Can't Stop Losing Their Noise-Dampening Skins

Designed to deaden noise, flaps of the rubbery material are falling off at sea.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael H. Lee
By Kyle Mizokami
Mar 7, 2017

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The U.S. Navy's Virginia-class submarines are the most advanced submarines in the world. Nuclear-powered and capable of launching cruise missiles and torpedoes, they're formidable underwater opponents. But they still haven't licked one problem: Their rubber coatings are falling off.

The Honolulu Star Advertiser has an article about the return of the Virginia-class sub USS Mississippi to its homeport of Pearl Harbor. In the photo accompanying the article, the five year old Mississippi is missing large amounts of the coating, called Special Hull Treatment (SHT), which appears have peeled away while the sub was at sea. The photo is viewable here.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a25578/the-navys-submarines-are-still-shedding-their-rubber-like-skins/
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Re: Navy Subs Can't Stop Losing Their Noise-Dampening Skins
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2017, 01:18:37 pm »
The answer is to make it one (or a few) large pieces instead of small tile-like ones.
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Re: Navy Subs Can't Stop Losing Their Noise-Dampening Skins
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2017, 01:31:43 pm »
Quote from: geronl on March 10, 2017, 01:18:37 pm
The answer is to make it one (or a few) large pieces instead of small tile-like ones.

A sub condom?
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Re: Navy Subs Can't Stop Losing Their Noise-Dampening Skins
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2017, 01:47:53 pm »
Quote from: EC on March 10, 2017, 01:31:43 pm
A sub condom?

Well, it is full of (no, too easy, I won't make that pun)
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Re: Navy Subs Can't Stop Losing Their Noise-Dampening Skins
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Re: Navy Subs Can't Stop Losing Their Noise-Dampening Skins
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2017, 03:07:46 pm »
Quote from: EC on March 10, 2017, 01:31:43 pm
A sub condom?

 :beer:

My first thought also.....
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