Re: [OT] Navy releases photos of U.S.S. San Francisco

From: Reed Snellenberger (rsnellenberger_at_houston.rr.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:27:35 GMT

Pat Flannery wrote:
>
> I'm still trying to figure out how you cave in the side of the sub's
bow
> when hitting a submerged mountain; the thing must have been shaped like
> Devil's Tower with near vertical sides.
>

Maybe some of the forward structure got folded back onto the hull. It
doesn't look like an exactly head-on collision -- damage seems to begin
at the lower-starboard part of the bow just looking at the outlines of
the portion covered by the tarp. The area around the torpedo tube hatch
seems to have been flattened down.

Question for anyone who knows... there is what looks like a "hump" right
where the lubber lines are located... is that normal? I've never seen a
picture of a sub from this angle -- usually it's from below (if under
construction) or this area's covered by the bow wave when they're
underway. I imagine that the bulge here could act sort of like a
regular ship's breakwater when traveling on the surface... if the bulge
wasn't there before the collision, then I'm even more amazed they made
it to the surface.

Anyone think they'll salvage her, or is this going to be an ex-submarine? 

-- 
Reed Snellenberger
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rsnellenberger-at-houston.rr.com

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