USS Torsk goes to dry dock

AVGWarhawk · 02-15-11, 12:59 PM

Word has it the shutters are being worked on or replaced.

McBeck · 02-15-11, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Word has it the shutters are being worked on or replaced.

AVGWarhawk · 02-16-11, 08:38 PM

Shutter on tube 5 removed:

Tube 3 access cover removed:

Repair on welded seam. Apparently quite a few of these are leaking and will be welded.

A photographic survey of the repairs will be done this weekend.

Matador.es · 02-17-11, 03:29 AM

Wow, some serious work has to be done there!

Jimbuna · 02-17-11, 09:57 AM

That middle photo of three above shows just how thin her skin must be in places.

AVGWarhawk · 02-17-11, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

That middle photo of three above shows just how thin her skin must be in places.

She has some soft spots in the belly as it were. These are being repaired. My concern is the stern is missing quite a bit of sheet metal. I'm confident she will get what she needs!

Jimbuna · 02-17-11, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

She has some soft spots in the belly as it were. These are being repaired. My concern is the stern is missing quite a bit of sheet metal. I'm confident she will get what she needs!

I sincerely hope so because my experience (in the UK) is that 'once they are gone' they never return!

Ducimus · 02-18-11, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Shutter on tube 5 removed:

Tube 3 access cover removed:

Repair on welded seam. Apparently quite a few of these are leaking and will be welded.

A photographic survey of the repairs will be done this weekend.

You know it occurs to me, all this work on the superstructure, but does any maintenance get done on the seaward side of the people tank?

AVGWarhawk · 02-18-11, 06:13 PM

New sheet metal! Look to the right and left of the new piece. See the other panels of steel that look quite fresh?

AVGWarhawk · 02-18-11, 06:15 PM

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You know it occurs to me, all this work on the superstructure, but does any maintenance get done on the seaward side of the people tank?

A volunteer has a personal boat he motors over through the bay. He can do what needs to be done with the boat. Plus there is a work barge that is tied along side. It is quite long and very useful for working seaward. You can see the barge here:

Ducimus · 02-18-11, 10:17 PM

I mean, the pressure hull. (aka "people tank"). The superstructure is getting the needed attention, no doubt, but does anyone crawl in the spaces under the superstructure and work on the pressure hull proper?

Growler · 02-18-11, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

I mean, the pressure hull. (aka "people tank"). The superstructure is getting the needed attention, no doubt, but does anyone crawl in the spaces under the superstructure and work on the pressure hull proper?

Are you speaking of the void spaces between the superstructure deck and the top of the pressure hull, or are you referring to the insides of the fuel/ballast/freshwater/etc tanks?

02-15-11, 12:59 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Word has it the shutters are being worked on or replaced. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-16-11, 08:38 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Shutter on tube 5 removed: Tube 3 access cover removed: Repair on welded seam. Apparently quite a few of these are leaking and will be welded. A photographic survey of the repairs will be done this weekend. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	That middle photo of three above shows just how thin her skin must be in places. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-18-11, 06:13 PM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	New sheet metal! Look to the right and left of the new piece. See the other panels of steel that look quite fresh? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Matador.es Chief Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 327 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Wow, some serious work has to be done there!

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I mean, the pressure hull. (aka "people tank"). The superstructure is getting the needed attention, no doubt, but does anyone crawl in the spaces under the superstructure and work on the pressure hull proper?