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2023-04-25 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

USS Cleveland Damaged After Crashing Into Tug During Launch, Navy Admits

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-25 00:52|| 2023-04-25 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 That tug looked too close to begin with.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2023-04-25 01:53|| 2023-04-25 01:53|| Front Page Top

#3 So, now the US Navy can't even launch a ship without hitting another one.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-04-25 08:02|| 2023-04-25 08:02|| Front Page Top

#4 But don't worry - they're installing a woman to head Annapolis and teach them boys how to drive.

Posted by Mercutio 2023-04-25 08:54|| 2023-04-25 08:54|| Front Page Top

#5 ...Y'know, at this point you just gotta believe the LCS's are cursed...

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-04-25 09:45|| 2023-04-25 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The navy now realizes that the LCS concept is BS, wants to get rid of them, the others are up for sale.
But we're still making new ones.
The fallacy of sunk costs. Stop. Just Stop.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-04-25 10:14|| 2023-04-25 10:14|| Front Page Top

#7 In the Navy, a ship's designation reflects its type: BB for battleship, CVN for nuclear aircraft carrier, and so on.
The LCS is known as the Little Crappy Ship.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2023-04-25 10:26|| 2023-04-25 10:26|| Front Page Top

#8 gawd; another one?

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-04-25 11:43|| 2023-04-25 11:43|| Front Page Top

#9 I can't imagine the howls of laughter in Peking and Moscow.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-04-25 11:47|| 2023-04-25 11:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Did Kucinich break the champagne bottle? Should have used a 40oz Schlitz Malt Liquor.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-04-25 12:07|| 2023-04-25 12:07|| Front Page Top

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