Comments on: USS San Antonio: Still a Mess

By: Murdoc Online » New Amphib Hit by Sub

Murdoc Online » New Amphib Hit by Sub — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:57:39 +0000

[...] struggles of the San Antonio class [...]

By: ASH

ASH — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:15:06 +0000

I understand that it sucks to have to have one of our newest ships on the first deployment it has ever been on have problems and go into a shipyard for repairs. But rest assured that everyone was safe, the ship couldve trucked on with out repairing the problem. We have to remember that this is the first of its kind, so problems will happen- trial and error. i blame the maker of the ship.

By: Murdoc Online » Shipyard worker on LPD 17 issues

Murdoc Online » Shipyard worker on LPD 17 issues — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:59:28 +0000

[...] Hopefully, the issues can be resolved. On paper, the San Antonios are solid additions to the fleet. But they do more harm than good when pulled off of deployment for emergency work in overseas shipyards. [...]

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:39:04 +0000

WHO WAS THE BUILDER OF THE SHIP?

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:22:50 +0000

kellyputz: I don’t think anyone is concerned about the safety of the ship. It’s the San Antonio’s ability to complete combat missions if needed that is in question.

By: kellyputz

kellyputz — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:39:11 +0000

I dont care what these welds look like or what kind of work was done on this boat. The only thing that matters to me is that the boat is safe. My husband is on there and I want to know that I have nothing to worry about.

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:32:19 +0000

Victor: You’re right. I don’t know the specific requirements for the design. Was leaking oil part of the design?

By: Victor Fricke

Victor Fricke — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:24:46 +0000

I don’t see how anyone can comment on these welds with out knowing the specific requirements for design of the tubular connections {statically or cyclically}.Knowing the parameters of the joint fit up material,pre heat and post heat and weld wire is KEY in this inspection. I’m not sugar coating the welds “but” there were noticable indications in the base material.

By: Blair

Blair — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:08:54 +0000

Well, that is a classic case of pretty not being functional. The welds LOOK good, but it looks like there was poor preparation of the material, some bad design maybe, and the welder didn’t know how to weld two pieces of dissimilar thickness materials together.
And a good weld is stronger than the surrounding materials. The metal should fail LONG before the weld does.
Like Nadnerbus said above, the welds simply should have been inspected, failed and redone with no room for compromise. We aren’t talking about a pole fence here.

By: Nadnerbus

Nadnerbus — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:56:39 +0000

Ok, so then substandard steal was used, or post weld inspections were not made. Don’t they use X-rays to check welds? I remember seeing something like that on a documentary of the building of the new east span for the Bay Bridge here in the SF bay area. They were being thorough as hell on that bridge, because of earthquake activity in this area. No room for compromise, or “good enough.” If the weld was not up to standards, it was scrapped and done over, on the contractors dime no less.