On Costliest U.S. Warship Ever, Navy Can't Get Munitions on Deck

[jpak]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-30/flawed-elevators-on-13-billion-carrier-miss-another-deadline

Only two of 11 elevators needed to lift munitions to the deck of the U.S. Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier have been installed, according to a Navy veteran who serves on a key House committee.

“I don’t see an end in sight right now” to getting all the elevators working on the USS Gerald R. Ford, the costliest warship ever, Democratic Representative Elaine Luria of Virginia said in an interview. The ship was supposed to be delivered with the Advanced Weapons Elevators, which are moved by magnets rather than cables, working in May 2017.

It’s another setback for contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. -- and for the Navy, which had said in December it planned to complete installation and testing of all 11 elevators before the Ford completed its post-delivery shakedown phase this month, with at least half certified for operation.

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“Essentially, the ship can’t deploy,” Luria said. “It can’t carry ammunition.” She said the Navy and Huntington Ingalls are trying to solve new problems with doors and hatches lining elevators shafts that don’t meet specifications.

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[Mc Mike]

1. They should try steam power for the elevators.

[brush]

4. Pls don't give trump any ideas. He wanted steam for the catapults.

[Midnightwalk]

5. Chicken and egg

If the elevators don’t work they can’t get the coal down to the boilers to make steam.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. ....

[underpants]

2. Built at the Newport News shipyard

Which used to say it was never overtime or over budget.

[TygrBright]

3. My, they really picked an appropriate name for the craft, didn't they? n/t

[harumph]

7. the ship that can't get it up.

speaking "figuratively."

[jpak]

12. !

[Caliman73]

10. Yes they did...

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. The elevators are digital

No one understands digital

You have to be Einstein to understand digital

[jpak]

9. LOLOLOL!!!1111

[mitch96]

14. "No one understands digital "

Digital is simple.. "1" for up and "0" for down, right?
m

[lpbk2713]

11. Yeah, but the defense contractors got paid.

And now they'll get paid more for making their shit work.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. Imagine if car companies did that.

'Here's your car, sir. Now if you'll just sign this other loan, we'll get the engine running for you.'

[TheBlackAdder]

16. Oh!

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[lpbk2713]

17. There's fine print of page 1,728 of the contract with the DoD that specifies ...

Functionality will cost the buyer extra.

[TheBlackAdder]

15. The USS Gerald R Ford stumbles.

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Like the Chevy Chase characterization of him.

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[Mendocino]

18. The Military/Industrial Compex

is all in favor of lining their pockets.

The F35 Lighting, the V22 Osprey, the Littoral Combat Ship and now this carrier without adequate weapons.