[2626] in peace2
Re: Nuke ship to be christened on Nagasaki day
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (will taggart)
Sat Jul 19 15:56:44 2003
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:56:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: will taggart <zen@MIT.EDU>
To: Rhett Creighton <rhett@MIT.EDU>
cc: Julia Steinberger <julias@MIT.EDU>, <peace-announce@MIT.EDU>
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After doing a little more searching, it seems that the only US-owned ships
that are nuclear powered anymore are the aircraft carriers (as well as
submarines). But maybe Julia is writing about the capability to fire
nuclear warheads...in this case, it may be possible to do such a thing
from this type of ship, but from what I have been able to gather, nuclear
weapons are more commonly found in land-based sites, paired with aircraft,
or on submarines. It doesn't make any sense to have a nuke on board one of
these Aegis Arleigh Burke Class ships...they are small ships and
vulnerable...(remember the USS Cole).
So bottom line, I can't find any evidence that these things are either
nuclear-powered or likely to carry warheads...which by no means diminishes
their capacity to wreck havoc in the name of US imperialism.
will
________________will taggart_____________________
graduate student, science, technology and society
----->massachusetts institute of technology<-----
e-mail: zen@mit.edu || office phone: 617.253.6979
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, will taggart wrote:
> From what I am able to gather, I don't think these ships are
> nuclear-powered at all. This doesn't mean they are not "death ships" as
> Julia so colorfully described them.
>
> From http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ddg-51.htm :
>
> "Four General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine Engines (GTEs) provide ship's
> propulsion. Each Engine Room contains two LM2500s, one propulsion
> reduction gear to convert the high speed, low torque output of the gas
> turbine engine to low speed, high torque output suitable to drive the
> propulsion shafting, and the related support systems and equipment. The
> port shaft connects 2A and 2B GTEs in Main Engine Room #2 and the
> starboard shaft connects 1A and 1B GTEs in Main Engine Room #1. When
> viewed from the stern, the port shaft rotates counterclockwise and the
> starboard shaft clockwise, producing outward propeller rotation. Since the
> GTEs cannot be reversed, the Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP) system
> provides ahead and astern thrust by hydraulically positioning the pitch of
> the propeller blades.
>
> Each of the three Gas Turbine Generator Sets (GTGS) is rated at 2500 KW
> and supplies 450 VAC, three-phase, 60 HZ power. #1 GTGS is located in
> Auxiliary Machinery Room #1, #2 GTGS is located in Main Engine Room #2,
> and #3 GTGS is located in #3 Generator Room. The GTGS are separated from
> each other by three watertight bulkheads for survivability. Each Gas
> Turbine Generator Set is comprised of an Allison 501-K34 Gas Turbine
> Engine, a module assembly, a reduction gear assembly, and a generator."
>
> ________________will taggart_____________________
> graduate student, science, technology and society
> ----->massachusetts institute of technology<-----
> e-mail: zen@mit.edu || office phone: 617.253.6979
>
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Rhett Creighton wrote:
>
> > One of the only things on this ship that is engineered not to hurt anyone
> > is its nuclear power source. It does not cary nuclear weapons. Should we
> > stop breathing on the aniversery of days that the nazis killed a lot of
> > people with gas?
> >
> > Rhett
> >
> > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Julia Steinberger wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > WE CAN'T LET THEM DO THIS. It's bad enough
> > > that the US nuked Nagasaki and Hiroshima ONLY
> > > to scare the Soviets -- it's bad enough that
> > > the US has not apologized for this and gone
> > > nuke-free. But christening a nuclear war
> > > ship on the anniversary of Nagasaki? WTF?
> > > They have 2 days in the whole year to avoid ...
> > > and they pick one of them???? Our tax dollars
> > > at work, spitting on the graves of the hundreds
> > > of thousands of innocent dead at Nagasaki.
> > >
> > > Okay, so I'm officially organizing a trip to
> > > Bath, Maine on Aug 8, leaving in the evening,
> > > and coming back Aug 9 in the afternoon. Please
> > > let me know if you want to come.
> > >
> > > Julia (julias@mit.edu)
> > >
> > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> > > JULY 3, 2003
> > > 11:10 AM
> > > CONTACT: Veterans for Peace-Maine
> > > Jack Bussell 207-772-1442
> > > jafabussell@gwi.net
> > > "Convergence for Peace at Bath" Expected to Draw
> > > Huge Gathering of Protesters to BIW Ship
> > > "Christening"
> > >
> > >
> > > PORTLAND, ME - July 3 - The Event: The so-called
> > > "Christening" (borderline blasphemy?) of the USS
> > > Momsen, yet another Aegis Arleigh Burke Class
> > > nuclear-capable deathship.
> > >
> > > The Place: Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.
> > >
> > > The Date: Saturday, August 9, 2003. This date
> > > marks the 58th anniversary of the nuclear bomb
> > > obliteration of Nagasaki, the historic center of
> > > Japanese Christianity, in which more than 75,000
> > > men, women and children perished.
> > >
> > > Time of the Protest: 7 a.m.-12 noon. Warship
> > > "Christening" is scheduled for 11 a.m.,
> > > coincidentally the precise time the bomb was
> > > dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945.
> > >
> > > Organizers of the Protest/Rally:
> > >
> > > Veterans for Peace-Maine, who have invited
> > > anti-nuclear and anti-war groups from throughout
> > > New England and beyond, to join the protest.
> > >
> > > Among those Participating with VFP-Maine:
> > >
> > > Peace Action-Maine; Pax Christi-Maine; Catholic
> > > Worker and Buddhist Peace Communities; Maine
> > > Women in Black; Peace & Justice Group of Waldo
> > > County; Women's International League for Peace
> > > and Freedom; Witness for Peace-Maine and Let Cuba
> > > Live are just some of the organizations expected
> > > to participate.
> > >
> > > Members of the Jonah House Peace Community in
> > > Baltimore, founded by the late Philip Berrigan,
> > > legendary apostle for peace and nonviolence, and
> > > the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in
> > > Washington, D.C., will also attend.
> > >
> > > Prominent names in the peace movement will
> > > address the gathering. The keynote speaker will
> > > be Kathy Kelly, founder of "Voices in the
> > > Wilderness," who has led over 70 humanitarian
> > > medical supplies missions to Iraq. Other speakers
> > > will include Bruce Gagnon (Global Network Against
> > > Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space) and Philip
> > > Berrigan's widow and lifelong peace activist, Liz
> > > McAlister.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
