US Navy Multipurpose Nuclear Submarine Gets Significant Damage

The US nuclear-powered SSN 788 Colorado Virginia Block III submarine returned from its first military campaign with significant damage to the sonar surface. This was reported by the web resource "War Is Boring", which published a photo of the submarine after returning.

According to the resource, the submarine returned from a military campaign on February 20 this year. Upon arrival at the New London Naval Base (Connecticut), the submarine was severely damaged by the hydroacoustic coating of the hull. It is reported that this was the first military campaign SSN 788 Colorado, during which the submarine traveled about 39 thousand nautical miles, operating, including in Arctic waters.

To justify the large damage to the submarine cover, the American web resource claims that this problem exists in all the fleets of the world armed with nuclear submarines, including Russia and the UK.

Damage to the coating on the visible part of the submarine's hull

The USS Colorado SSN 788 Multipurpose Submarine is the fifteenth US Navy Virginia-class submarine. Belongs to the fourth generation, designed to deal with submarines in depth, as well as for coastal operations.

Construction began in 2012. The keel was laid on March 07, 2015 at the North Kingstown shipyard (North Kingstown, a city located in the state of Rhode Island). Launched on December 29, 2016, September 21, 2017 transferred to the U.S. Navy. March 17, 2018 put into operation.

Key Features: Full displacement of 7800 tons. Length 114,9 meters, width 10,3 meters. Speed ​​25 knots. Cruising range is unlimited. Service life 33 years. Drive: S9G reactor. The tests are designed at a depth of 240 meters. The crew of 134 people.

Comments

[Nikolay3]

To justify the large damage to the submarine cover, the American web resource claims that this problem exists in all the fleets of the world armed with nuclear submarines, including Russia and the UK.

They transfer their failures to earthly technology! The principle, in principle, and not only.

[Starover_Z]

Quote: Nikolay3

They transfer their failures to earthly technology! The principle, in principle, and not only.

Or maybe the human factor is still to blame? Or at the development stage or application technology?

[Polite Moose]

Quote: Starover_Z

Or maybe the human factor is still to blame? Or at the development stage or application technology?

Normal defloration. They didn’t save Virginia. They did not save the girl.

[Thrifty]

Yes, everyone simply forgot to load food on board, and the pieces of the casing went for food. And, as soon as it came to cannibalism, they ate a portrait of their defense minister - the boat urgently completed the tests, and the fly returned home. ....

[Zoomlion]

What do you smoke, or do you drink so much? What are the bright visions however. Is it a hallucinogen mushroom?

[Ham]

American trains are the most train trains in the world
get out

[novel66]

and submarines are the most submarine

[Grits]

What is this article for? To show that the glue on the Americans is shitty? (the plant is such). The rubber coating is constantly falling off. As I recall, in the 90s we went to the White Sea to test the BDRM of a newly renovated one. And there was a lot of ice that year. I had to wade through the ice. So they returned to base after a couple of weeks as a shabby cat. Everywhere these bald spots from torn pieces of rubber were

[Volga073]

Not sssy salag, glue snot))

[Andrey.AN]

And why on a nuclear submarine wade through ice floes if it should swim under them?

[Grigory_45]

Quote: Andrey.AN

And why on a nuclear submarine wade through ice floes if it should swim under them?

as an option - surfacing in the ice, with training practice shooting

[Andrey.AN]

As an option, this exfoliation occurs because the iron of the light body under the rubber is leaky, and the glue is bad. I don’t remember anyone on the road, for example, tearing rubber on ice.

[novobranets]

Quote: Andrey.AN

I don’t remember anyone on the road, for example, tearing rubber on ice.

A wheel rolls over ice, and here it goes along sharp edges. A big difference.

[orionvitt]

Quote: novobranets

and here it goes along sharp edges

Especially if individual ice floes weighing several tons or more. Such will tear anything.

[Fantazer911]

You wanted to say that the difference in temperature of the material, the rubber is one metal another, when the metal cools, it deforms, compresses at the same speed, and the rubber has a lower thermal conductivity than the metal, and this is why the rubber breaks off the submarine’s hull and plus depth pressure affects the deformation of the body

[Andrey.AN]

No, I wanted to say that it is possible when blowing ballast through cracks, air with water gets under the rubber through the metal of a lightweight body and peels off poorly glued rubber.

[Grits]

Quote: Andrey.AN

No, I wanted to say that it is possible when blowing ballast through cracks, air with water gets under the rubber through the metal of a lightweight body and peels off poorly glued rubber.

You apparently have a poor idea of ​​this design.

[Grits]

Quote: Andrey.AN

I don’t remember anyone on the road, for example, tearing rubber on ice.

Tears off for a sweet soul. Especially if the boat is navigating nodes 15, then ice floes half a meter thick and the size of a good cupboard fly like chips. Power...

[EnGenius]

US nuclear submarines single hull.

[Grits]

Quote: Andrey.AN

And why on a nuclear submarine wade through ice floes if it should swim under it

This question should have been asked by our commander. An icebreaker was ahead, wagging. But keeping the submarine behind a brisk icebreaker is difficult. I’ll tell you a secret - a sailor on a wheel in the wheelhouse in wintertime in the surface position sees almost nothing in front of him, the windows are all icy. And he doesn’t need it - he listens to the orders of the starpom from above to keep the course. So try here to get into the path trodden by an icebreaker.
It’s easier, of course, to dive and not to suffer. But who will work out the planned test program in the surface, if you hide all the time?

[EnGenius]

To work out the standard launch procedure for ICBMs. When ice breaks up, it stands on its hind legs; when immersed, it can damage the rubber layer with sharp edges.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

What is this article for? To show that the glue on the Americans is shitty?

As I recall, in the 90s we went to the White Sea to test the BDRM of a newly renovated one. And there was a lot of ice that year. I had to wade through the ice.

Well, what conclusion can be made? Maybe this American submarine was torn off just in the same White Sea or somewhere nearby, that is, not far from the bases of our Northern Fleet.

Worth writing about this ?! I think yes.

[mark2]

And the conclusion can be made as follows: that despite the assurances of local, and not so, members of the sect "Technological advance of a number of Western countries led by the United States before the Russian Federation by 50 years", there is a clear bias in the production of a number of American corporations in the field of equipment design for IT technologies ...
Simply put, in the 21st century, the last superpower, learned how to make rounded corners on the next iPhone, but there is no glue.

[Fantazer911]

He smiled at you plus, made laugh +

[Grits]

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

Maybe this American nuclear submarine was torn off just in the same White Sea or somewhere nearby

Americans do not enter the White Sea - it is an inland sea. Maximum in the Barents. But the Pindo-stanzas also swim in the ice, it is not necessary to think that they cannot do this. They can be no worse than ours.

[Andrey NM]

Alexander, we on K-114 in 1989 in an autonomous system floated up with breaking ice five times. At the same time, the wheelhouse was damaged, there were such symmetrical holes the size of a basketball, the handrails were hushed up, all the windows were suppressed, but there was not even a hint of delamination of the GWP. The ice was very thick, I could not jump to the top of one "piece". In general, most often the GWP begins to fly off the "muzzle" in the area of ​​the first compartments, and here - in the stern at the waterline level, as if they immediately got used to the edge of the ice in the above-water position. It's just that when the ice breaks, more often it lies on top of the body in layers in the pad.

[Ax Matt]

Correctly! No shit in our Arctic wander! Next time they will be left without a keel ...

[NEXUS]

Quote from rudolf

It seems that news about the problems with the new hydro-acoustic coating Virginia flashed somehow. In general, yes, it seems that it was just covering the ice.

Matrassov is very concerned with the issue of SMP. They will drive their nuclear submarines there regularly, which means this is not the last case of this kind. But with the loss of cladding, the submarine becomes much noisier and easier to detect.

[Elena Zakharova]

If a piece is torn off, the next piece will fall off very quickly.
It's like a formula, like her ...
Well, arithmetic progression!

[SovAr238A]

Quote: NEXUS

Quote from rudolf

It seems that news about the problems with the new hydro-acoustic coating Virginia flashed somehow. In general, yes, it seems that it was just covering the ice.

Matrassov is very concerned with the issue of SMP. They will drive their nuclear submarines there regularly, which means this is not the last case of this kind. But with the loss of cladding, the submarine becomes much noisier and easier to detect.

Again.
The Northern Sea Route has no economic feasibility.
None.
Neither for container shipping, nor for fuel. None.
General.

The NSR - the only thing that can be useful - is only for the Russian Navy as an opportunity to transfer its fleet between the North and the East 3-4 times faster.
That's all.


Stop repeating prayers to this dead idol like a mantra - SMP ...

[rocket757]

In principle, it is. Only damage areas differ ... no one will show such data.

[Dzafdet]

Swim under the ice, it’s not for you in the tropics to smash the bucks. Interestingly, ours accompanied her or not?

[cost]

Virginia Block III American SSN 788 Colorado Colorado nuclear submarine returns from first combat campaign with significant sonar damage

Yes, and our nuclear submarines are also returning with torn rubber. Everyday business. The news is not about anything.

[cherkas.oe]

Of course, it’s an everyday affair, but it’s a pity that few of them scrambled. For me, it would be better to tear off the add-on to the horseradish dog.

[Grigory_45]

this problem exists in all fleets of the world that are armed with nuclear submarines

there is no sensation in the fact that the hydroacoustic coverage does not last forever. For example, in 2013, "Yuri Dolgoruky" was put under repair to replace the coating.

The head nuclear submarine with ballistic missiles (SSBN) of project 955 (code "Borey") of the Northern Fleet "Yuri Dolgoruky" is awaiting scheduled repairs at the "Sevmash" plant in Severodvinsk. According to the own source of the Central Naval Portal in the Northern Fleet, the boat needs repair of the hydroacoustic rubber coating.

[Adam Khomich]

A new car was scratched! I can tell you the address of the car service, where men for a couple of bubbles will patch this Colorado and will be as good as new :-)

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

They ate ice, most likely climbed somewhere near our shores.

And the possibility of this news was intentionally published in order to show that they were near the naval bases of Russia and went unnoticed even with a torn coating.

[orionvitt]

If the news does not talk every day about the discovered American submarines off the Russian coast, then this absolutely does not mean that no one sees them. Although they are constantly present there. Submarine warfare, one of the most secret and the command of the Navy, always prefers to keep a meaningful silence, so as not to give away, first of all, their secrets. So, if there was no high-profile emergency, no one will tell anything. They will discover and will continue to silently accompany them, playing "cat and mouse", doing their job, collecting and analyzing information, practicing methods of detecting and fighting enemy submarines. The vast majority of us will never know anything about it.

[Andrey NM]

Drive: S9G reactor. The tests are designed at a depth of 240 meters.

What did they mean by this? What is a "drive"? Rear? Front? Pedal? And who calculated the tests at a depth of 240 meters? Well, if you retype, then at least read what happens next.
On our boats in the first trips, so the GWP did not fly around, at least on BDRMahs. And the ice was broken hard enough, so that they crushed the felling and broke through the fencing.

[The Siberian barber]

"drive" - ​​also cut the eye))
Journalists, just for the holidays, talked about: "news" sucked from the finger, and its presentation ...))

[savage1976]

Because of the coronavirus from China, scotch tape did not disappoint.

[Vladimir_2U]

I propose to honorably rename it "Rvan Contex-Slim"!

[Ros 56]

They wriggled about ice, so don’t go where they don’t ask and your boat will be wholehearted, and even walruses lie on ours and nothing.

[mik193]

You can just judge the area where this boat carried military service. In the Arctic, it is very easy to break off rubber. Here are a couple of photos of our pl - damage to the coating is visible to the naked eye.

[Andrey.AN]

here at least not rust, instead of glue.

[Podvodnik]

You can just judge the area where this boat carried military service. In the Arctic, it is very easy to break off rubber. Here are a couple of photos of our pl - damage to the coating is visible to the naked eye.

Boats in ice do not float "on the move". They stand on the depth stabilizer without a stroke (SGBH) and, slowly pumping out of the equalizing, squeeze into the wormwood, or break the ice, blowing ballast at the end of the ascent. If you float up, you can get severe damage.

After tearing off the coating, unsightly "traces" remain. The glue is similar in color to red lead. So if you see "rust" it is glue residue. The photo shows the result of the boatswains work. The body is simply tinted.

In the photo, "north". There is nowhere to walk in ice on the surface. Only at the plant (Severodvinsk)
Typically, the coating peels off due to the oncoming flow of water. Try at a speed of a motor boat of about 15 km / h while fishing, lower your hand into the water and you will understand everything. God forbid the oar in the oarlock will fall into the water, throw it overboard or break the bones. For each irregularity, the incoming stream constantly beats and tears off over time. And the appearance of the boatswain’s ship is monitored and tinted.

[mik193]

With the ascent without a move is familiar firsthand. As for the color - it was not possible to find a photo where the places of the cliffs in the initial state are bright red. Where they cut off — in particular our boat — the RPK SN photo below — during military service in the Arctic. Surfacing to periscope depth - ice shifts - and the rubber flew ...

[Berkut154]

K-407 "Novomoskovsk" after a collision with Grayling, 12 years went without a piece of rubber and nothing. Judging by the photo, it’s like an elephant grains ..

[The Siberian barber]

Nothing supernatural / extraordinary
In ALL fleets of the world, this phenomenon has a place to be, constantly))
Somewhere flew off, they stuck a new one, we move on ..

[Subtext]

That news is still ...: o)))
The boat was sailing 39000 miles! That is, if the standard patrol is 66 days, then the average speed is 24 knots, even if you take 90 days, and then the average speed is 18 knots. I treat with a bucket on my head. Why did they go out to sea, and yes, tear off the rubber. It was possible not to read, and not to print.

[aszzz888]

The rubber and our submarines fly off as for "Hello!" There is nothing eternal in nature.

[Operator]

The American submarine bald in the first military campaign

[voyaka uh]

Rubber rectangles of acoustic insulation lose all submarines on trips. There are pictures from both the American bases and Russian ones.

[vowanof]

Quote: Ham

American trains are the most train trains in the world
get out

and American tanks are the most iron