ORAC,
I can't let you give all the credit to the Navy. Same contractor involved in the US Coast Guard's effort and they are currently screwing up a $25Bn (that's billion) Program to refit and re-equip their fleet. Apparently big cracks opening up are a
bad thing on a ship...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/ar..._cid=rss:site1