[PSUBS-MAILIST] What's the biggest problem?

[Michael B Holt <tlohm@juno.com>]

Something I read triggered a question: what's the biggest 
single problem facing submarine builders?

It seems to me that, ignoring for a moment the fairly normal 
lack of enthusiasm we get from spouses, the biggest problem 
is the matter of the pressure hull.   

Comment?

A related note that may have caused me to think about the 
question:  In Jan Breemer's book about Soviet submarines, 
he reports that the CIA found that the Golf they recovered 
was not well built.   From page 168:  "Hull thickness varied 
widely, and welds were uneven and dangerously pitted.   Most 
surprising was the use of four-by-two wooden beams for
internal structural support."



MIke H.


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