My Office This Week..

"Snuze: Needs another Swede" (markg)
10/05/2015 at 22:38 • Filed to: None

Is the LCS-9 USS Little Rock.

It’s been an exciting 2 weeks, and next week I’ll be back with 2 Rental Car Reviews and 2 Combat Ship Reviews.

DISCUSSION (19)

HammerheadFistpunch > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/05/2015 at 22:48

Somewhere Tyler Rogaway is having a hate boner.

Bandit > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/05/2015 at 22:53

Awesome!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/05/2015 at 23:03

Launching a new ship?

CB > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/05/2015 at 23:13

I like how much technology and ship building has progressed, and our way of getting them into the water is still “fuck it, launch this bastard in sideways and hope it doesn’t roll”.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > CB
10/05/2015 at 23:24

Unless it’s a sub then they go in ass first.

Wacko > CB
10/05/2015 at 23:36

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/06/2015 at 10:56

I don’t know what, exactly, your job is, but it’s definitely cooler than mine.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Wacko
10/06/2015 at 13:51

I love the announcement. “Thanks for watching, look at the ship and leave.” I’m paraphrasing a little, but yeah...

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/06/2015 at 13:52

Is this is still at Marinette Marine getting fitted out?

Wacko > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 18:24

It’s finished, now get the fuck away!

Snuze: Needs another Swede > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/09/2015 at 15:58

Yeah. 9 is the Little Rock, and she’s actually in the water now. They are painting, lagging, and starting equipment fit out.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/09/2015 at 15:59

She’s actually in the water now. I just chose the pic because it’s the best one of the Little Rock I could find. But I was up there doing inspections.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Bandit
10/09/2015 at 15:59

Thanks, it was pretty sweet. LCS is not my favorite ship in the fleet, but it was still pretty awesome.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
10/09/2015 at 16:00

I work for a naval architecture firm. We designed the LCS Freedom class, and the DDG-51 class of ships. My job is usually pretty boring, I sit in an office and take dimensions off of AutoCAD and plug them into Excel spreadsheets. But occasionally they unchain me from the desk and let me go support ship checks. That’s when it gets awesome.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > CB
10/09/2015 at 16:02

It depends, a lot of yards are getting away from side launches, it’s very stressful on hulls. MMC and a few other places still do it because of space restrictions - the river isn’t much wider than the LCS is long so a stern launch would be... difficult. Most yards now, though, are doing stern launches or building them in graving docks they can flood down.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/09/2015 at 16:03

They are starting to build subs in graving docks that they can flood down after it’s ready to go and it just kind of starts floating. Much less exciting, but also much less stress on the ships structure.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/09/2015 at 16:03

Ah, cool. My grandfather was a plank owner on a Sub in the 1970s I believe. Rode it down on launch.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > HammerheadFistpunch
10/09/2015 at 16:05

Probably. Can’t tell though if it’s because of how much he hates the LCS or how jealous he is.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/09/2015 at 16:52

That’s awesome!