It was recently brought to my attention that the USS New Hampshire, which was commissioned in October of last year, looks like it was slapped together not only by the lowest bidder, but the lowest bidder who decided to use unskilled labor to do it. Submarines are by their very nature supposed to be silent. In order to be silent, the surface finish must be of the highest quality… not steel plates roughly banged into shape with ball been hammers and them spackled over with caulk. But that’s exactly what the conning tower of the New Hampshire looks like. Am I missing something? Is another layer of insulating material supposed to go over this or something?
Full-rez, uncropped versions of these photos are available HERE and HERE.
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That ain’t steel. It’s a rubbery composite over the steel that dampens vibrations. It’s not Sorbothane, but it’s something similar.
Like that huh? 😉
>… not steel plates roughly banged into shape with ball been hammers
there also another reason for that
waterpressure
each time the Sub dive the steel plates are exposed to enormous pressure.
after a while the plates remain in that “banged” shape
> after a while the plates remain in that “banged” shape
Yeah, that may be, but these photos were from the *commissioning* of the USS NH.
> That ain’t steel. It’s a rubbery composite…
Ah. So I was right about the spackling with caulk…
You’d think it’d be smoother. You know, hydrodynamical and such.
> Like that huh?
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