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The Wikipedia page features photos of the ship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_PC-823 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_PC-823
by danso 7y ago
The Wikipedia page features photos of the ship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_PC-823 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_PC-823
- benj111 7y ago"at that stage a training ship of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Fifteen naval officers spent two months in the U.S. to fix her. The ship was in such poor condition that the only thing working was the engine" Wouldn't you want to be instilling your cadets with the importance of a well maintained ship? The Academy seems to have been headed by a rear admiral, so I would have expected a military type approach to these things.
- simonh 7y agoHave you ever been in the Military? Making do with what you have is the number 1 skill you need to learn. Those cadets would have gained 10x more experience from getting that ship back up to operational readiness than they would have from working on a brand new ship in perfect condition.
- benj111 7y agoI don't follow. Are you saying each class of cadets repaired then destroyed all the parts of the ship? But no I've never been in the military. I would have thought preventative maintenance would be a big thing, particularly for the big expensive thing that you're relying on to keep you alive.
- simonh 7y agoThe cadets took a mothballed ship in poor repair and commissioned it back into service. Sounds like a pretty good exercise.
- benj111 7y agoKorea bought it from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, then had to spend time repairing it because it was in such a bad state of repair. I don't know what state it was in when the Marine Academy received it, but when it left only the engine worked.
- ch_123 7y agoI suspect the parent poster is asking why the US Navy didn't keep it in better order at the academy, and not why the South Koreans didn't get a better ship.