Bad Welds

An inspector at the Newport News Shipyard signed off on welds that he didn't inspect. He falsified reports on thousands of welds, which means that welds on about 13 ships and submarines will need to be reinspected. This is after Newport News was caught using the wrong type of welding rods for several years' worth of welding.

The Russians had the best headline: Lazy inspector endangers US submarines.

I first saw this story in the New London Day; there is probably no shortage of schadenfreude going on since Electric Boat, in Groton, CT (across the river from New London) has been building submarines for over a century. The problem is that the Day only allows access to non-subscribers for 24 hours, so there is little point in linking to them.