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Debate Over Navy's Zumwalt Destroyer's Seakeeping Abilities Doused After Rough Seas Tests
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| March 8, 2021
| Joseph Trevithick
Posted on 03/10/2021 9:53:43 AM PST by Incorrigible
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To: Incorrigible
Whew. That is a relief. It’s a good thing seas never get over 20’ in height.
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posted on
03/10/2021 9:55:30 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
To: Incorrigible
Did Master Xi approve this?
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posted on
03/10/2021 9:55:33 AM PST
by
brownsfan
(Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
To: Incorrigible
Hope the navy has the ballast calculations worked out.
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posted on
03/10/2021 9:56:46 AM PST
by
ptsal
(Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
To: Incorrigible
What was once old is new again!.................
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posted on
03/10/2021 9:58:34 AM PST
by
Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: ptsal
“Hope the navy has the ballast calculations worked out.”
Waste of time.
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posted on
03/10/2021 9:59:14 AM PST
by
TexasGator
(Z1z)
To: Incorrigible
Nothing wrong with the design (except cost). Now, if someone could just figure out how to fit a working gun on it.
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posted on
03/10/2021 10:01:45 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: Rebelbase
16 to 20 feet? That’s it? Keep them at the dock. Those ain’t “rough seas”.
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posted on
03/10/2021 10:01:47 AM PST
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
To: ptsal
The real secret of these with their odd shape is that they are really submarines and can submerge leaving foes to believe it has gone down...
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posted on
03/10/2021 10:03:31 AM PST
by
epluribus_2
(He, had the best mom - ever.)
To: TexasGator
A couple of episodes of Deadliest Catch tells you all you need to know.
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posted on
03/10/2021 10:04:39 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Keep the Faith. Everything happens for a reason.)
To: Incorrigible
Elmo would be disappointed.
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posted on
03/10/2021 10:05:20 AM PST
by
moovova
(Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
To: rktman
That’s rowboat fishing weather actually.
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posted on
03/10/2021 10:06:17 AM PST
by
Bulwyf
To: rktman
To: PAR35
The guns works, they just don’t have any ammo for it...
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posted on
03/10/2021 10:18:57 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(The Government is always its own largest and most important Special Interest. .)
To: Red Badger; rktman; SunkenCiv; Kaslin; TexasGator
SO, the same “US Navy Surface Warfare Dept” that designed the thing, that funded the thing, that fought for the thing, that oversaw its construction, went to sea and “tested” the thing in modest sea state storms.
Then they declared it “satisfactory” ... except for a short roll. Which really means it has terrible landing characteristics and will tire the crew at modest sea states.
Never fear. It is named for an Admiral as bad as the design.
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posted on
03/10/2021 10:36:01 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
To: Little Ray
How do they know that they actually work if they can't fire them? The guns theoretically work.
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posted on
03/10/2021 10:43:31 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: Incorrigible
This puppy would take some seas that would make your heart stop. Spent some serious roller coaster time in the North Sea, Cape of Good Hope, and Cape Horn -- along with a nasty hurricane in the Atlantic. It did all of this with a crack across the O-1 deck (later replaced with an expansion joint on newer vessels). Walking on the walls, eating cold food, and watching breakers wash down the passageways added to the excitement...
To: Robert A Cook PE
I take it the PE does NOT refer tp ‘Professional Engineer’.
To: Incorrigible
Yeah, but a deployed ship will eventually face 40ft seas.
15-20ft is not a valid test.
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posted on
03/10/2021 11:03:18 AM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Incorrigible
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posted on
03/10/2021 11:06:57 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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