Not a Pretty Sight

Tim Colton on LPD-17.

See some absolutely amazing pictures of some of the weld defects here (PDF). This is just fundamentally disgraceful. Doesn't anyone at Northrop Grumman know how to build ships any more? Why did the Navy ever accept delivery of this piece of %&*#?

Good question. I really want to like the LPD-17... Mesa Verde, don't let me down!