So you're telling me it's not a good idea to buy raw materials from our adversaries?

The article says "design defect." Where did you see Chinese steel?

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The cracks in question are caused by a design flaw in “higher-stress areas of the [ship’s] structure.” Although the Navy maintains that the flaw “does not pose a risk to the safety of Sailors onboard the ships,” the shipbuilder, Austal USA, has introduced a “revised configuration” on all Independence class LCSs currently 'under warranty.'

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If this isn't the biggest load of double speak...


When were these ships built?

*Wiki to the rescue -

USS Omaha (LCS-12)
The vessel was ordered from Austal USA with a contract awarded on 29 December 2010.[1] The ceremonial laying of the keel was on 18 February 2015, at their shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.[2] Omaha was launched from Austal USA's shipyards in Mobile, Alabama on 20 November 2015.[4] Omaha was christened on 19 December 2015. The ship's sponsor was Omaha philanthropist Susie Buffett.[3] The littoral combat ship was the fourth ship to be named for Omaha, the largest city in Nebraska.[5][6] Omaha was commissioned on 3 February 2018 in San Diego, California.[7] She was assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One.[8]


** - Yes, the class of vessels
Built 2008-Present
In commission 2010-Present

I ran a CNC mill and when materials were delivered we were told to reject all iron from China because tools were cracking on the job sites. Of course that’s when Obama limited our steel manufacturing

Why the frick do hou put a space before your periods? You must be a foreigner.

Because unlike you make mistakes when I type. Does this make you feel better seeing it correctly?

I don’t know if y’all remember but a little while ago the lady in charge of contracting steel for submarines was essentially pencil whipping the test section on steel for submarines. She’s been in her position for a long time. Like 30 years if I recall.

Haven’t heard what happened to her. Probably nothing.

She should have been shot.

The Clitoral Combat Ship (USS Man In The Boat) was a bad idea to begin with IIRC before you get into material sourcing.

From the article:

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The cracks in question are caused by a design flaw in “higher-stress areas of the [ship’s] structure.”

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Design flaw, not material flaw.

I tried to find a good article on US naval steel sources and was unable to find anything definitive. I did find one article about the navy contracting for steel with an alabama foundry ( LINK) and an article about a foundry in WA that produced substandard steel and a metalurgist there that went to jail ( LINK). But nothing about the US Navy using chinese steel.