Re: Capt. of USS San Fransico reassingned

From: Derek Lyons (fairwater_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:14:36 GMT
To: sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org

gherbert@retro.com (George William Herbert) wrote:

>Brian Trosko <btrosko@panix.com> wrote:
>>> > http://www.vaq34.com/junk/usssf_damage.jpg
>>
>>> Ouch
>>
>>Dear Lord, is that the sonar dome that's missing?
>
>As you can more clearly see in the drydock photos:
> http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=21182
> http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=21183
>
>....yes, the sonar dome is almost entirely missing
>as a result of the collision, along with the port
>side of the first ballast tank.

The green bulkhead in those photos is the aft end of the sonar dome.
The forward MBT is still there, but so sieve-like that it might was
well not be.

http://www.vaq34.com/junk/ussf3.jpg shows the attach ring for the
sonar dome. Look right behind the raised square hatch and you can see
the vents for MBT 1. Interestingly, while the MBT 2 vents have the
normal inport blanking plates installed, they haven't bothered for MBT
1.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/ssn-773-p01.jpg
Shows how far aft the sonar dome normally runs.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ssn-688-gallery.htm
Examing these photos shows that the draft marks are normally right aft
of the sonar dome attach ring.

D. 

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  • Re: Capt. of USS San Fransico reassingned
    ... to the aft end of MBT 1. ... And the 'brown' bulkhead becomes with aft end of the sonar dome ... shoves/drags the sphere down, to starboard, and slightly aft. ...
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  • Re: Capt. of USS San Fransico reassingned
    ... >Dear Lord, is that the sonar dome that's missing? ... As you can more clearly see in the drydock photos: ...
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