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A few years ago I got an inside tour of the brand new LCS Jackson (littoral combat ship) while undergoing acceptance trials at Mayport Naval Base near Jacksonvi
by tacon 7y ago
A few years ago I got an inside tour of the brand new LCS Jackson (littoral combat ship) while undergoing acceptance trials at Mayport Naval Base near Jacksonville, Florida. The Jackson was first of its new class.
Why do they check every weld on a new Navy ship? So they can test it by trying to blow it up:
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2016/06/16/lcs-survives-first-shock-test-preps-for-more/ https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2016/06/16/lcs-survives...
Not part of the acceptance test for a VLCC.
- trhway 7y agofrom the link: >A 10,000-pound explosive charge was set off about a hundred yards from the Jackson – the Navy wouldn't say exactly how close, saying the actual distance is classified and they provided the photo clearly allowing for the precise calculation :) - the explosion is about 12 widths of the helicopter deck from the ship and that means at least 200-250m which sounds more realistic as setting off a 5ton explosion 100m from a small aluminum ship - who is going to pay for all that damage :) If the test is officially declared for anything close to 100m then that may be another case of "Pentagon Wars" ...