[TheForge] Quesiton about a weird event

[marilyn traber 011221]

On 6/7/06, James Binnion <jbin at well.com> wrote: 
When the shaft separated the prop would have pulled out the back end
of the ship maybe all the way out! Due to the drag on the prop. This 
happened to a submarine in the Med. I don't know if it was smooth
break but.it did not pull all the way out it did rip out the shaft
seals and there was massive flooding almost caused a loss of ship 
incident.

Frankly it sounds like a sea story to me.

James Binnion
jbin at well.com
 
 
According to Rob, the one in the Med, shaft didn't pull completely out, 
although it pulled back to the shaft seal housing and did damage, but wasn't 
destroyed- was able to be dealt with with emergency repairs. Was at a 
coupling, not the shaft itself- he saw it. Looked distincly odd when it got 
back to the Orion, but got back under its own power. 


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