The most serious permanent “registration” registration It all started with the crushing failure of the Zumwalt-class destroyer series programs in the late 2000s, instead of the planned 32 ships, three cases of malfunctions and exorbitant high cost were launched.
This is followed by an equally high-profile scandal with the revolutionary and most expensive aircraft carrier in history, Gerald R. Ford. The reason is still the same whole – a set of malfunctions, for the elimination of which billions have accumulated.
And now, as reported by the US Navy Navy Times, ships of the near sea zone, trimarans of the Independence class (LCS), built at the shipyards of Austal USA (the American “daughter” of the southern shipbuilding company Austal), steel cracks in the hulls were detected at speeds over 15 knots (about 28 km/h) and waves of 2.5 meters.
USS OmahaThe command of the Navy hastened to reassure everyone, saying that “cracks do not harm the danger”, while prohibiting the USS Omaha with a dependent problem from sailing at such a speed and with special unrest at sea because of the great danger. It is worth noting that in the performance characteristics of the ships of this series, the 2 LCS is equipped with a 57 mm cannon and a point defense system of two 30 mm cannons.
The American fleet of the near sea zone is represented by ships of two classes – Independence and Freedom. In addition to the problems often encountered with vehicles, the US Navy is set against cost overruns, problems with engine reliability and high operating costs. In total ship purchases, classes have been downgraded and Freedom and Excluded ships have been decommissioned, some of them after only three years services.
Source: Tech Cult
