On 8/14/2020 12:11 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
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Seriously, I'm not saying there isn't a need for a 16" jointer on board an
aircraft carrier, just trying to understand how and when it would be used.

I'd hazard a guess it wasn't on a carrier itself but a support ship w/
the fleet...they're equipped for essentially anything that might
possible be needed, including pattern-making for castings if push comes
to shove.

Remember the military aspect -- they have to be able to complete the
mission regardless what goes wrong so they're _way_ over-prepared in
some ways in order to be able to cope with whatever happens when there's
nobody but themselves to handle it.

But, then again, too, remember we're also talking of a machine of 75
year or so ago vintage and conditions then and before--the need any more
likely isn't what it once was.

Similar when I look at the reactor design for the Navy propulsion units
and compare to what we designed into commercial power reactors -- the
need to keep things going "no matter what" gives the Captain the ability
to ask for full power with conditions that would completely shut down a
commercial reactor until normalcy was regained.

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