Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: esco@tank.uchicago.edu (ross paul weiner) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Multiple Screws Message-ID: <6837@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 24 May 89 04:11:00 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: University of Chicago Computation Center Lines: 20 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "ross paul weiner" In article <6767@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write: >From: sun!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm >With regard to naval architects and engines, I remember hearing a few years >ago that a U.S. warship under construction had been discovered to have >incompatible directions of rotation for the engine(s) and propellor(s). >(Incompatible with forward motion :-) At the time, it was reported that >no decision had been made as to which one would be reversed. >Does anybody know which ship had this problem, and how it was solved? I believe that the lead ship of the Avenger MCM class used a differant diesel engine than was procured for later members of the program. It took a while for anyone to realise this engine was incompatible with the reduction gear. My guess is one more gear was added. -- Ross P. Weiner Dandy Dirks Discount Disclaimers esco@tank.uchicago.edu "You can't sue me, I'm broke!"