question: how many corners did they cut to do it???
Posted on 05/05/2012 11:56:47 AM PDT by JerseyanExile
General Dynamics Electric Boat yesterday delivered the nuclear-powered attack submarine Mississippi (SSN-782) to the U.S. Navy 363 days ahead of contract schedule and more than $60 million below target cost. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics .
John Holmander, vice president and Virginia program manager for General Dynamics Electric Boat, noted that Mississippi was at the most combat-ready state of any Virginia-class submarine at delivery. He credited the Navy, the shipbuilders and the supplier base for achieving significant shipbuilding benchmarks with the delivery of Mississippi.
Mississippi is the ninth ship of the Virginia Class, the most advanced submarines in the world. These ships are providing the Navy with the capabilities it requires to retain its undersea dominance well into the 21st century. Mississippi will join the fleet in a commissioning ceremony June 2 in Pascagoula, Miss.
“When compared with the lead ship of the Virginia Class, we have reduced our construction span time by two years, and implemented improvements that reduced construction labor hours by 30 percent,” Holmander said.
“These are remarkable achievements that demonstrate the skill and commitment of everyone involved in the Virginia-class submarine program,” he said. “This kind of performance is the best way to help the Navy attain its shipbuilding goals and ensure our continuing success as a business.”
Electric Boat and its major subcontractor, Newport News Shipbuilding, have received contracts to build the first 18 submarines of a planned 30-ship Virginia Class under a unique teaming agreement.
Shift Colors. Underway as before.
question: how many corners did they cut to do it???
Made in China?
Kinda mixed them up there-"Underway, shift colors" is the 1MC announcement. "Underway as before" is a log entry.
And before the election too!
Might be a few bugs, but what the heck?
Bath Iron Works does this all the time for surface ships!
Great! Three or four years in the making??
How about getting back to the WWII metric of a new sub every few months - way back then, before computers, before robots, before modern communications, before sophisticated CNC machines,
Yet before modern armaments and electronics (Systems that are independently built offsite and installed in final assembly)
WooHoo!
could be a very interesting shake down cruise...
Just remember that everything our military uses was built by the lowest bidder.
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