tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11281785.post112460111358970599..comments2023-11-29T12:07:22.085-05:00Comments on Hundreds of Fathoms: We Build the Best -SubmarinesLubber's Linehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04468230340697431017noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11281785.post-1124936744744945552005-08-24T22:25:00.000-04:002005-08-24T22:25:00.000-04:00Chaotic, I've always heard BIW was one of the best...Chaotic, I've always heard BIW was one of the best yards around thanks for some "been there" style confirmaion. <BR/><BR/>I'm of the opinion EB has the same type of culture as BIW. When I was a yardbird at EB in the late 70's my lead supervisor, Len, was a third generation EB shipyard worker. If he were in the Navy he would of reminded you of one of those old salt Master Chiefs that had been to sea on the USS Constitution. Len was a toolmaker machinist knew his Sh*t. I'm sure EB still has a few Lens still working there.Lubber's Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04468230340697431017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11281785.post-1124861605525389902005-08-24T01:33:00.000-04:002005-08-24T01:33:00.000-04:00That story reminds me of the "old" days, when Bath...That story reminds me of the "old" days, when Bath Iron Works (BIW) was cranking out FFG-7s so fast, the Navy couldn't get the crews tarined fast enough. The Todd shipyards (Seattle and somewhere in CA) were way behind schedule building the same hulls.<BR/><BR/>Also, I was pre-comm on a 963, assigned as the laision between the Ingalls Shipbuilding/SupShip guy and the ship in 79, so I got a lot of insight into the way they went together. In 84, I was Engineer on 979 and was sent to BIW for ROH. We were the first 963 BIW worked on, so it was exciting trying to tell them it was not an FFG, but even more interesting when one of the BIW crew would come and get me, to take me to some remote location on the ship and to point out bad (Ingalls) workmanship from the build). Competition...and then again BIW cranked out plenty of DD/DEs in WWII, with a reputation for making solid ships that took a lot of punishment. That pride of workmanship was still very much in the BIW culture in the 80s...chaoticsynapticactivityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030483517020312776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11281785.post-1124680354524584632005-08-21T23:12:00.000-04:002005-08-21T23:12:00.000-04:00Great post Lubber. Very interesting and informativ...<I>Great</I> post Lubber. Very interesting and informative analysis.Alex Nunezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873843663517591550noreply@blogger.com