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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Well she hit a mountain. One would imagine quite the body work is in order.
Clearly the pressure hull wasn't seriously damaged as it made its way home under its own power rather than by shiplift, so potentially repairable. Obviously the calculation will be service life remaining (~15 years) v cost of repairs v cost of additional Virginia boat.
It'll buff right out
Gotta expect the odd fender bender with these things!
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
My bet is repair. The basic hull is intended sound it’s a question of the combat systems IE the Sonars. Hopefully it’s just the surface cap that’s destroyed. If the sonar is trashed, the Current Virginia don’t use the same type so they would have to cobble a replacement either using spare parts for the BQQ5D or by trying to fit a BQQ10 from Virginia.
This boat cost at least three times more than a Virginia.
Repair cost will be more than the cost of a new submarine. Even if the damage is light, the recertification on its own will be a fortune.
I remember reading some commenter in another site telling me that the satellite images of the submarine in Guam showed the damage was minimal and the submarine would be back in service in weeks...
Yeah, not gonna happen.
Yeah, not gonna happen.
I just started to think how could I repair a submarine with damaged front end.
IT is quite nasty actually.
The biggest issue is not the sonar, that is relativly easy (but not cheap) to replace.
The real issue is the pressure vessel front.
The subrmaine pressure vessel wall needs to be within a very tight tolerance, 10mm deviation from the ideal cylinrical/spherical shape means the sub can dive to 50 meter instead of 500.
Now, if the collision deformed the front bulkhead, then they needs to check preciselly the shape of the front, and if it is deformed then they have to cut off the front section ,and replace it .
Considering that this ship is 26 years old, and the manufacturer needs to re-learn the sub, it will be very expensive and long.
Very high chance for the scrapping.
IF we know the speed of the sub at the moment of collision then it is easy to see the future of it.
If it happened with full speed then the ship most likelly scrap.
IT is quite nasty actually.
The biggest issue is not the sonar, that is relativly easy (but not cheap) to replace.
The real issue is the pressure vessel front.
The subrmaine pressure vessel wall needs to be within a very tight tolerance, 10mm deviation from the ideal cylinrical/spherical shape means the sub can dive to 50 meter instead of 500.
Now, if the collision deformed the front bulkhead, then they needs to check preciselly the shape of the front, and if it is deformed then they have to cut off the front section ,and replace it .
Considering that this ship is 26 years old, and the manufacturer needs to re-learn the sub, it will be very expensive and long.
Very high chance for the scrapping.
IF we know the speed of the sub at the moment of collision then it is easy to see the future of it.
If it happened with full speed then the ship most likelly scrap.