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RustyBattleship · 01-21-2008, 22:48 PM

Archerfish/Shinano:

Also, Shinano was on her way to a "Fitting Out" shipyard to have a few details done like installing ALL of the water tight doors and finish piping up the fire pumps and some menial ballast pumps.

I know it's not my turn to ask a question, but this reminded me of something I read in my book of the Shinano (and later verified by our last shipyard Commander who spent some time over there).

Shinano was built in a dry dock so its launching was actually a filling of the dry dock with water.

What mistake was done with the Caisson?
What did Shinano do?
What disciplinary action was taken with the docking officer?

01-21-2008, 22:48 PM	#54 (permalink)
RustyBattleship *Defense Professional* Join Date: 01-12-06 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 2,674	Archerfish/Shinano: Also, Shinano was on her way to a "Fitting Out" shipyard to have a few details done like installing ALL of the water tight doors and finish piping up the fire pumps and some menial ballast pumps. I know it's not my turn to ask a question, but this reminded me of something I read in my book of the Shinano (and later verified by our last shipyard Commander who spent some time over there). Shinano was built in a dry dock so its launching was actually a filling of the dry dock with water. What mistake was done with the Caisson? What did Shinano do? What disciplinary action was taken with the docking officer? __________________ Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.