Sub goes west for refit

Military | 206823 hits | Apr 02 2:33 pm | Posted by: Hyack

OTTAWA ï¿½ The long-mothballed submarine HMCS Chicoutimi took a big step on Wednesday toward seaworthiness when it was loaded on a heavy lift ship in Bedford Basin to be transported to British Columbia for a refit.

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by stokes
Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:57 am
I was in Halifax 2 months ago and I talked to a friend who said that the Chicoutimi sat in drydock for 6 months at HSL and they didnt do a thing to her but cost us 19 million dollars.
by Freakinoldguy
Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:17 pm
Irvingï¿½s Halifax Shipyard handled maintenance on the subs, beginning with their purchase from Britain in the late 1990s.But in 2007 the government announced that a West Coast consortium had tentatively won a 15-year $1.5-billion contract to refurbish them.

My guess would be the Washington Marine Group, since they're the only ones left out here with the capacity to do something like this.
by herbie
Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:25 am
And to think we could've bought that Russian sub that used to be in New West at Repo Depot for about $50...
by Tman1
Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:59 am
When was the last time you heard these subs actually being useful? For that matter the point to refitting them. Subs today can detect those retro rejects a thousand km away thus nullifying any element of surprise, surveillance, or war.
by Streaker
Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:02 am
The sub programme isn't high on the list of DND priorities, hence their lack of usefulness. Consider the insane length of time it is taking to fix up the Chicoutimi.
by ShepherdsDog
Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:34 am
It's in the far north that Canada needs a sub presence to keep the Russians and the Americans out of our territorial waters.
by Tman1
Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:28 am
or at the least some sort of detection net and saying 'oops' I see you.
by saturn_656
Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:18 pm
"Tman1" said
or at the least some sort of detection net and saying 'oops' I see you.

You have to have the ability to put a torpedo up the arse of any possible intruder.

Simple sonar nets just don't cut it, sure we can see them... but what are we going to do about it then?

Shake our finger? Say "tsk, tsk, tsk"? Warn them not to do it anymore or... we'll warn them again?

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