Military of China, force comment.
Military of China, force comment.

2009 年 7 12, for the sea trial of the Littoral Combat Ship Independence.

According to the French Aerospace Defense Network June 23, 2011 reported that the Navy’s newest warship, “Independence” LCS corrosion problems, is facing a “fading” of the dilemma. This makes the naval shipyard and construction of the ship’s Aosta tension.

According to Bloomberg news agency reported, the Navy has found that “Independence” ship power system suffers from corrosion problems. Bad situation only served to more than a year aboard the ships will have to be sent to San Diego’s dry dock, the hull replacement work.

“Independence” Littoral Combat Ship hull form most of the aluminum alloy is different from the first ship Littoral Combat Ship “Freedom” was the steel hull, which is the cause of hull corrosion one.

large number of U.S. military equipment each year on corrosion problems in the $ 23 billion to spend. “Independence” Littoral Combat Ship is not only oxidation of the corrosion problem – usually meticulous maintenance and cleaning to prevent oxidation problems. Ship 127 meters (418 feet) long ships such problems is due to a major design flaw.

cause such corrosion due to a technical factor. Build the “Independence” Aosta shipyard called “electrochemical corrosion.” Austal shipyard in a statement this is explained, that electrical contact of two different metals, the corrosion phenomenon at different rates.

naval analyst Raymond Pritchett for the corrosion problems that the hull’s metal structure and not just rust, but the corrosion completely disappeared.

in the “Independence” of the water jet propulsion system, the steel blade housing contacts with the surrounding aluminum alloy, electrochemical corrosion occurs mainly in here. Carrier-based combat system is estimated to have the charge caused the occurrence of electrolysis.

I do not know why, Austal shipyard and the Navy are not expected to occur this problem. (China Shipping Information Center Zhao full)

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