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THE MOST EXPENSIVE destroyer ever built for the Navy suffered an engineering problem in the Panama Canal and had to be towed to port.
A vice admiral directed the USS Zumwalt to remain at ex-Naval Station Rodman in Panama to address the issues, which arose on Monday.
The ship was built at Bath Iron Works in Maine and is on its way to San Diego.
“The schedule for the ship will remain flexible to enable testing and evaluation in order to ensure the ship’s safe transit to her new home port in San Diego,” US Third Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Ryan Perry said in a statement.
USNI News, a publication of the US Naval Institute, reported on its website that the ship was in the canal when it lost propulsion.
USNI News also reported that the Zumwalt suffered minor cosmetic damage. The ship had been scheduled to arrive in San Diego by the end of the year to start the activation of its weapon system, the website reported.
The 610-foot-long warship has an angular shape to minimise its radar signature and is regarded as the most technologically sophisticated destroyer ever built for the Navy.
One of its signature features is a new gun system that fires rocket-powered shells up to 63 nautical miles.
The Zumwalt cost more than $4.4 billion and was commissioned last month in Maryland. It also suffered a leak in its propulsion system before it was commissioned.
The leak required the ship to remain at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia longer than expected for repairs.
The second Zumwalt-class destroyer, which also cost more than $4.4 billion, was christened in a June ceremony during which U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin called it an “extraordinary machine of peace and security.”
The third ship is expected to cost a bit less than $3.7 billion.
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*sigh*
*hangs up mankini*
What’s Leo doing over in England he should be fixing the health service.
Now, now. In this new pro-LGBTIKAA era gay jokes are illegal.
Over shoulder bo##ix holder
That photo must have been taken on a very cold day.
A speedo ban on holiday resorts should be next!!
Why because mens genitalia offend you , what about camel toe ? .
I never mentioned men’s anything…..
Speedos are synonymous with mens genitalia that’s why .
You must like your speedos Deco ?
Touched a nerve there, Deco? O_o
I look fabulous in them .
Ugh, can’t be unseen.
Agree Yvonne.. No fella could look good in a mankini.. It must have been invented by one very pissed off feminazi..
Or maybe a blind man..
You haven’t seen Mr Shalakalananaka so.
Hairy six-pack, wrinkly legs, saggy arse, leopard print mankini… the other auld ones do be throwing themselves at him. He could be a model.
Mrs
Stop that oul talk. You are turning me on..
They should be the compulsory uniform for community service!
The idea is to punish the offender not any poor soul who happens to see them.
Imagine my dear sweet old granny walking past as pasty, pimple arsed, glue enthusiasts, Rasher and Johno bend over to pick up discarded Tayto bags wearing mankinis.
I’m dying laughing at that Ron. XD
A Mankini.
Look at it. Why?
A wardrobe must have. Paired with a top hat & cane, perfect for any occasion.
thats is what i wore to my uncles funeral coincidentaly
If I ever meet someone wearing this in public I will kick his teeth out his arse***e.
You are secretly excited by that picture, admit it .
John’s gone all quiet now ..
Remember those anger management classes the judge ordered you to go on John? Good.. now, breath in.. hold it… breath out…. good, and again… breath in… and hold… good… and out.
Ah come on now john your not really going to do that. Sit down there now and relax. Good lad.
John,no you won’t!
I like you, do you like me?
Oh come on how could you not beat the living s***e out of him.
By minding your one f…..g business
Someone wears that in public makes it my f*****g business. You want your kids looking at that is your business.
I take it then that you don’t take your kids to the swimming pool or the beach in case they see some one in swimwear. In any case why are your kids out that late when a stage night is taking place?
You have a funny idea of swimwear. Each to their own.
Newquay – it’s like the Fundoran of the UK
Irish/Donegal woman living in Newquay and this is exactly how I describe Newquay to people at home. Bundoran on steroids but really glad I don’t have to see the sea of mankinis every Saturday/Sunday mornings anymore.
Curious to know if rather than a mankini was a model in bikini …not revolting I guess!
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