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The bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 caused a catastrophic failure of bulkhead shaft seals, designed to prevent flooding between compartments along the main propulsion shaft. The failure was evidence of an ongoing problem for the Navy—conventional rotating diaphragm shaft seals were subject to wear...
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