USS San Francisco....

Enigma · 06-06-06, 05:27 PM

..Was curious if anyone knew of her status. I found the picture linked below and it is dated from a year ago last month. Looks like things are moving along at good speed....

Anyone have any further info?

http://navysite.de/ssn/images/ssn711acc3.jpg

Oberon · 06-07-06, 06:27 AM

Work has come on fast, hasn't it? Although I'm guessing that she won't be ready to launch again until the end of this year because there's parts from the USS Honolulu waiting to be transferred over when she's decommed and that isn't until October.

Linton · 06-19-06, 04:41 PM

I was trawling through a listing on the seawaves website that listed San Francisco as being on the list to be decomissioned.I find this surprising considering the amount of money that has recently been spent on her.

Enigma · 06-19-06, 09:41 PM

That would be a shame....but suprising? Granted, there was a time i was suprised by the Mil scrapping things they dumped tons of money into.

...until this.

Enigma · 06-27-06, 09:13 PM

USS San Francisco Bow Donor is USS Honolulu

The Navy will transplant the nose of one submarine onto another for the first time beginning later this year at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
USS Honolulu, currently on its final deployment, will provide the bow for USS San Francisco, according to Pat Dolan, spokeswoman for Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C. Both are Los Angeles-class submarines.
The San Francisco arrived in Bremerton Sept. 9, 2005 to await permanent repairs. Its bow was smashed, one sailor died and nearly 100 were injured when the sub hit an undersea mountain near Guam in January 2005.
Scheduled to begin in November and be completed in September 2008, the bow replacement will be the first of its kind on an operational hull, Dolan said.
The work is expected to cost $79 million — less than the $170 million that would be required to refuel the Honolulu.

sonar732 · 06-28-06, 08:55 PM

You'd have to drag me on that deployment...imagine the sweat and wide eyes when they do drive and dive.

SUBMAN1 · 06-28-06, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Enigma

That would be a shame....but suprising? Granted, there was a time i was suprised by the Mil scrapping things they dumped tons of money into.

...until this.

I am not convinced this is gone.

Seawolf was scrapped before the first sub too, but we now have three. So are things really ever completly scrapped?

-S

PS. This is probably a case study in technology that will appear on every other Helo from here on out instead.

06-06-06, 05:27 PM	#1
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	USS San Francisco.... ..Was curious if anyone knew of her status. I found the picture linked below and it is dated from a year ago last month. Looks like things are moving along at good speed.... Anyone have any further info? http://navysite.de/ssn/images/ssn711acc3.jpg __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

06-19-06, 04:41 PM	#3
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was trawling through a listing on the seawaves website that listed San Francisco as being on the list to be decomissioned.I find this surprising considering the amount of money that has recently been spent on her. __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/ Last edited by Linton; 06-20-06 at 02:49 AM.

06-19-06, 09:41 PM	#4
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	That would be a shame....but suprising? Granted, there was a time i was suprised by the Mil scrapping things they dumped tons of money into. ...until this. __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

06-27-06, 09:13 PM	#5
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	USS San Francisco Bow Donor is USS Honolulu The Navy will transplant the nose of one submarine onto another for the first time beginning later this year at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. USS Honolulu, currently on its final deployment, will provide the bow for USS San Francisco, according to Pat Dolan, spokeswoman for Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C. Both are Los Angeles-class submarines. The San Francisco arrived in Bremerton Sept. 9, 2005 to await permanent repairs. Its bow was smashed, one sailor died and nearly 100 were injured when the sub hit an undersea mountain near Guam in January 2005. Scheduled to begin in November and be completed in September 2008, the bow replacement will be the first of its kind on an operational hull, Dolan said. The work is expected to cost $79 million — less than the $170 million that would be required to refuel the Honolulu. __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

06-07-06, 06:27 AM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Work has come on fast, hasn't it? Although I'm guessing that she won't be ready to launch again until the end of this year because there's parts from the USS Honolulu waiting to be transferred over when she's decommed and that isn't until October.

06-28-06, 08:55 PM	#6
sonar732 The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central MO Posts: 1,562 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	You'd have to drag me on that deployment...imagine the sweat and wide eyes when they do drive and dive.