"THEY MADE ME GRAY" (autovox-is-the-one)
08/17/2013 at 12:56 • Filed to: SHIPLOPNIK
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"THEY MADE ME GRAY" (autovox-is-the-one)
08/17/2013 at 12:56 • Filed to: SHIPLOPNIK | 1
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In the face of all those who said that it was impossible.
Milky
> THEY MADE ME GRAY
08/17/2013 at 13:07 |
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Why the hell is it still even there?
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> Milky
08/17/2013 at 13:12 |
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Excellent question.
RayRay
> THEY MADE ME GRAY
08/17/2013 at 13:14 |
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Humans are pretty fucking impressive sometimes.
I mean, also we fuck up pretty impressively (obviously), but this is cool.
Slave2anMG
> THEY MADE ME GRAY
08/17/2013 at 13:21 |
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Still might not end well. And the article says it probably won't be moved away until early next year.
f86sabre
> Milky
08/17/2013 at 14:17 |
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It is just difficult to to right a structure that large. Took time. They also had to clear all the oil and fuel out of it and seal the damaged area as best they could.
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Milky
> f86sabre
08/17/2013 at 18:25 |
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I realize its a big difficult job (hehe) but damn it has been a long while since its happened - "On 13 January 2012, at 21:45 local time .... ".
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f86sabre
> Milky
08/17/2013 at 19:31 |
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Italy. Time can be different over there. That and it s a tough job. They had to bid it out as well and do all that.
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Milky
> f86sabre
08/17/2013 at 20:07 |
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I know Italians take their sweet time, and by all means my ship knowledge is slim. but I know things like this exist:
And I know no one in town with this view would put up with it for very long:
I get there is a business side of it, and they had to clean up first, but I cant get over how long a year and a half is.
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f86sabre
> Milky
08/17/2013 at 20:49 |
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No doubt, but there is a bit of a scale difference. The Blue Marlin, seen hauling the USS Cole is 224m long. the company that owns it has the largest ship of that type and it is 275m long overall and the cargo has to be smaller to allow for the bow of the ship and some other stuff put back. The Concordia is 290m long. It just doesn't fit. The Cole, by comparison, is 154m long. The Navy also didn't have to deal with insurance companies, courts, investigations or the fact that the ship wasn't just damaged, but stuck. Plus the Navy had all the money it needed to expedite things.
Here is a story with some quotes from the chief engineer of the project...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
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Milky
> f86sabre
08/17/2013 at 21:33 |
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I figured that it would have been to easy for it to fit on there. I guess my point was things like this happen and when you make a boat this big shouldn't there always be a plan for salvaging a boat this big? I guess it took this long for a reason, I just assumed, wrongfully I suppose, that they would of been further along by now.
Thanks at least for stating facts and not calling me concrete.
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f86sabre
> Milky
08/17/2013 at 21:46 |
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No worries. Crap takes time sometimes. I also don't call names and like to talk about engineering stuff. It has been interesting to follow the clean up. There isn't always a contingency waiting in the wings. Your comments do make me wonder if the Navy has a dusty file somewhere detailing what to do of something like this happens to an aircraft carrier. If you think about it, a good number of the ships from Pearl Harbor were raised and returned to service before the end of the war.
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Milky
> f86sabre
08/17/2013 at 21:54 |
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I did not know that about the Pearl Harbor ships, learn something new everyday I suppose! But since you seem to be into boats have a Wally 118 for your time.
