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2003-09-03 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2003-09-03 9:33:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A leak? You think? Wink Wink!

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-9-3 11:50:52 AM|| 2003-9-3 11:50:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It would be interesting to know whether the shaft was locked in place and whether the shaft had been routinely rotated while the sub was mothballed for ten years.

Usually a shaft through a hull will have several mechanical seals that are used when the shaft is rotating (my knowledge of subs in specific is weak.) The seals would not have liked sitting in one spot for ten years.

As a backup there is usually an inflatable bladder for emergency use only when the shaft is stationary.

Regardless, the guy who made the decision not to sink the sub in shallow sand will swing for this.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-9-3 1:11:03 PM|| 2003-9-3 1:11:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Super Hose, you called it: MOSCOW (AP) - The captain of the vessel that was towing a mothballed Russian nuclear submarine when it sank in the Barents Sea last week has been charged with violating marine navigation rules, Russia's chief military prosecutor said Wednesday.
Prosecutor Alexander Savenkov said Capt. Sergei Zhemchuzhnov has been charged with breaking navigation rules. "I am convinced that the commander of the tow boat must be held responsible for the information that he gives and the resulting actions," Savenkov told a news conference.

Posted by Steve 2003-9-3 2:29:12 PM|| 2003-9-3 2:29:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Have to see what the captain says. I was quite impressed with the stand-up nature of the CO of the sub that surfaced up through the Japanese fishing boat off of Hawaii.

The guy should come out and appologize to the families of those that are lost. How he acts now will make or break the national healing process.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-9-3 3:13:02 PM|| 2003-9-3 3:13:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 He won't take responsibility. He'll say the 'Higher Ups' told him to keep going, and it will turn into the blame game.

Posted by Charles 2003-9-3 5:38:07 PM|| 2003-9-3 5:38:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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