As one who served on a REPAIR SHIP, I can let you rest assured there are lots of little things that get out of whack on a surface ship, but stuff on a submarine gets out of whack from deep submergence which is way more exciting that a skimmer would see..
Probably due to pressure from going deep. Welded access to inner parts of the sail to work on the 'scopes and radar antennas. Lots of stuff in there to get messed up by submerging in high pressure salt water. Welded access means not needed to be accessed very often.
OK submariners out there...help out a skimmer here.
This is the USS Virginia commissioned in 2004. Why is the sail so contorted and showing so many welded access points?
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As one who served on a REPAIR SHIP, I can let you rest assured there are lots of little things that get out of whack on a surface ship, but stuff on a submarine gets out of whack from deep submergence which is way more exciting that a skimmer would see..
Probably due to pressure from going deep. Welded access to inner parts of the sail to work on the 'scopes and radar antennas. Lots of stuff in there to get messed up by submerging in high pressure salt water. Welded access means not needed to be accessed very often.
This is the USS Virginia commissioned in 2004. Why is the sail so contorted and showing so many welded access points?