Galvanic corrosion destroys multi-million $$ U S Navy ship.

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Galvanic corrosion destroys multi-million $$ U S Navy ship.

And we thought we had problems with treated lumber???

regards, R

https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/shipbuilder-blames-navy-as-brand-new-warship-disintegrates/
 
#-o I'd love to see how big the sacrificial anodes for that thing are going to be, ha-ha.
 
richg99 said:
Well, from the problems that they are having...it sounds like they didn't have ANY ANODES!

R

Yep. They were "deleted."

I'll bet this is one of those "it looks good on the budget paper" items that didn't have any final approval from maritime engineers.
 

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