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posted by on Monday November 28 2016, @01:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the may-return-home-under-its-own-power-one-day dept.

El Reg reports:

The US Navy's most advanced ship yet, the $4.4bn stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt, has had to be ignominiously towed through the Panama Canal after its engines failed yet again.

While cruising down the intercontinental waterway, the crew spotted water leaking from two of the four bearings that link the destroyer's advanced electric engines to its propeller drive shafts. Both engines locked up shortly afterwards, and the ship hit the side of the canal, causing some cosmetic damage.

[...] Repairs are expected to take at least ten days and may mean the ship doesn't get into its home port until next year.

This is the latest in a long litany of failures for the USS Zumwalt that have raised questions over the efficacy of the new class of ships. Originally the US planned a fleet of 32 of the advanced destroyers, but the eye-watering cost of the craft has since seen that cut to just three vessels.

[...] It's natural to get teething problems with a new design, particularly something as revolutionary as the USS Zumwalt. But the Navy has already decided to revert to an older class of destroyer for its fleet upgrade. It seems someone on the general staff actually read Arthur C Clarke's warning tale Superiority .

Previously: USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials

[Ed note. Superiority, linked above, is a science fiction classic; well worth reading.]


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @03:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @03:06AM (#433890)

    If you're going to (needlessly) change the m to www in the links to El Reg, the correct #FragmentIdentifier is #body.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by charon on Monday November 28 2016, @04:36AM

    by charon (5660) on Monday November 28 2016, @04:36AM (#433909) Journal
    A) Not everyone browses on a mobile device. The mobile layout is awful on a real computer. If the website detects you should be using the mobile layout, it will serve it to you anyway. With that one link to the true site, everyone is happy. B) #body brings you to the top of the text, scrolling down below the photograph which, in this case, is highly relevant to understanding what the ship looks like. It is also below the story author's byline. I'm sure you would want Iain Thomson to be credited for his work, wouldn't you? Thanks for the submission.
    • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday November 28 2016, @04:40AM

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Monday November 28 2016, @04:40AM (#433912) Journal

      El Reg has a known problem of images not always loading correctly on the main domain, but working fine on mobile. Probably due to reduced scripting. You can see this mentioned within stories and footnotes. That alone is probably a good enough reason to link to m.theregister.co.uk.

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    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @07:37AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @07:37AM (#433938)

      Exactly.
      As I have said before, I index links so that our blind Soylentils who use screenreaders don't have to fart around finding the start of the article.

      It is also below the story author's byline

      Way down on my priority list.
      Fully-sighted folks who are interested can easily scroll around and find that stuff.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday November 28 2016, @04:37AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Monday November 28 2016, @04:37AM (#433910) Journal

    A new generation of eds to yell at.

    Here, I'll change it back for you.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @07:44AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @07:44AM (#433940)

      ...and, in the process, destroyed the reason for my complaint?
      (Someone completely removed the indexing intended for our blind Soylentils).   8-(

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @10:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @10:59AM (#433976)

      Here, I'll change it back for you.

      Too bad. It puts more work to those of us who want it to be displayed properly on their non-mobile computer, and helps no one.

      Fight the m.pest!

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by janrinok on Monday November 28 2016, @08:13AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 28 2016, @08:13AM (#433944) Journal

    If you're going to (needlessly) change the m to www in the links to El Reg,

    It's not needless, as charon as explained. Just because you like it a certain way doesn't mean that is what we will impose on everyone. We do not format stories specifically for mobile devices. If TheRegister cannot get its images sorted so that they work on any device, then perhaps they will lose readership.

    However, please feel free to join the ed team and help us release stories that everyone can read. You can also write suggestions for the editorial guidelines too.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @10:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @10:51AM (#433975)

    Needlessly??? It saves the readers from doing it manually.

    Those "m" URLs are a pest.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 29 2016, @03:36AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 29 2016, @03:36AM (#434336)

    Need a coloring book? A safe space? Do we need to bring in puppies? Extra tissues? Should we cancel your exams?

    Quit being whiny.

    If your biggest complaint about is a changed link, you really have it good.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @09:37PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @09:37PM (#435684)
    This minor complaint from the guy who modifies the actual content of his submissions [soylentnews.org] to change it to his preferred interpretation. What a laugh. Jackass.