 Editor in Chief Bill   | 30 Jan 2013 11:45 a.m. PST |
A U.S. Navy minesweeper that ran aground on a reef off the coast of the Philippines two weeks ago will be cut up and removed in sections, officials said… Read more: link |
79thPA  | 30 Jan 2013 11:55 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the update. Sounds like someone has had their last sea command. |
| flicking wargamer | 30 Jan 2013 12:41 p.m. PST |
The ship, which costs $5 USD million per year to operate Sounds like the Navy just started cutting their budget. |
| Lion in the Stars | 30 Jan 2013 1:15 p.m. PST |
Running aground is guaranteed to end a career. I'm surprised that nothing came of the harbor pilot bouncing one of the tugs off of the security fence buoy a few years back… |
| emckinney | 30 Jan 2013 1:31 p.m. PST |
The best part of the story: "All minesweeper ships, including the Guardian, are scheduled to be replaced in the coming years by Littorial Combat ships, which can be outfitted with minesweeping equipment." I have my doubts … |
| Mako11 | 30 Jan 2013 2:35 p.m. PST |
Yep, thought of that. Another career, or several, ended early. A shame they couldn't salvage and repair it, since it would be a good addition to the Phillipine navy, if it was given to them as a gift. |
| Sundance | 30 Jan 2013 3:24 p.m. PST |
It's a Chinese plot. They put that reef there knowing we'd run aground… They're going to take us out, one ship at a time. |
| Striker | 30 Jan 2013 4:58 p.m. PST |
scheduled to be replaced in the coming years by Littorial Combat ships I have no doubt that plan will fail. |
| darthfozzywig | 30 Jan 2013 7:41 p.m. PST |
It's a Chinese plot. They put that reef there knowing we'd run aground…They're going to take us out, one ship at a time.
Which itself is merely a diversion while they tunnel beneath the earth to invade! I learned about this in a documentary:
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| PHGamer | 31 Jan 2013 8:29 a.m. PST |
Yes, lets replace a 5mil per year ship with a replacement that costs, maybe 200mil up front, and a greater annual budget. |
| flicking wargamer | 31 Jan 2013 9:41 a.m. PST |
What does it cost per year to run the LCS? I can't believe they could not just cut stuff out of it in modules until it floated and then put it back together again afterwards. It seems like it was close to floating once they took the fuel out of it. How much more could they need to remove to get it off? |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 31 Jan 2013 2:21 p.m. PST |
The tunnel idea isn't working: link |
| emckinney | 31 Jan 2013 3:14 p.m. PST |
"What does it cost per year to run the LCS?" It's hard to say because they've been unable to run them without civilians on board (from the contractors) and hot-bunking a larger-than-designed crew. You might not think that matters much, but ten contractors at $100,000 USD annually is an extra million dollars a year. ($100,000 is really low for an engineer, when you figure in benefits, overhead, and the like.) |
| PHGamer | 01 Feb 2013 3:00 p.m. PST |
The Engineer might get 100k per year, but his company is getting 170k minimum. |
| Deadone | 05 Feb 2013 2:58 p.m. PST |
Apparently it's a big loss to the USN. Apparently counter mine operations are coming back to the fore in the Persian Gulf and South China Sea. |
