tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post7563782109831358913..comments2023-09-20T06:10:29.485-04:00Comments on The Marine Installer's Rant: Navigating the USS MidwayBill Bishop - Parmainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554223870035485145noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-25407294401215949502013-10-23T20:07:25.879-04:002013-10-23T20:07:25.879-04:00Nice stuff, Bill. We toured the roughly contempora...Nice stuff, Bill. We toured the roughly contemporary HMCS Haida over the summer: probably about the size of USS Midway's tender, but she saw some real war. I wrote about it here:<br /><br /><br />http://alchemy2009.blogspot.ca/2013/08/my-creator-and-his-destroyer.htmlRhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598445145507204424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-76597096471121020282013-10-19T20:46:30.512-04:002013-10-19T20:46:30.512-04:00Great article. One of the consistently interesting...Great article. One of the consistently interesting features of visiting old warships-- especially the larger ones with hulls that were hard to replace-- is seeing the layered technology plastered onto these vessels over the years. Last year I had an opportunity to tour such a vessel at Sydney Australia's excellent maritime. Looking at the combat information center, communications rooms and other hubs of information activity on the ship, it struck that one good reason this vessel may have been retired was simply the increasing confusion of displays and controls for crew to deal with. Fully removing this stuff isn't easy, especially the wiring. The passageway overheads on the ship in question were simply jammed with cables, leaving little room for addition and probably posing an impossible challenge to quickly repair if damaged.dbostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885863615343906724noreply@blogger.com