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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Tight-fitting bearing on Canadian warship costs taxpayers $685,000

Halifax class FFGA tight-fitting bearing on one of Canada’s warships ended up costing taxpayers $685,000.

In October 2012, Royal Canadian Navy officers trying to deal with excessive noise generated by HMCS Toronto at first thought the source was a device called a stern flap, the Citizen reported earlier this week.

But the Department of National Defence now confirms the noise was generated by a tightly fitted bearing that had recently been installed on the ship.

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