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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Problems with Bush carrier delay delivery again

USS George H.W. BushProblems found on the George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier during its final round of sea trials will cause the ship's delivery to be delayed, the U.S. Navy said Friday.

Navy inspectors found a "foreign material" in the lube-oil system of two of the Newport News-built ship's four emergency diesel generators, leading the Navy to not accept delivery from Northrop Grumman Corp. this week, said Alan Baribeau, a Navy spokesman.

It's unclear what the foreign material was.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete20/4/09 13:38

    Its called "Bush"! What does one expect.

    Pete

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