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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 09/27/2019 at 10:30 • Filed to: None

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For Sale: Aircraft carrier, gently used, only two owners. Ran when docked. Asking $1.275 million firm. No low ballers, we know what we’ve got.

Contact Brazilian Ministry of Defense. No phone calls.

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Deltyn drives a meh car > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 10:41

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NP

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 10:46

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And look at that depreciation curve!

facw > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 10:49

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Brazil to ttyymmnn: “Foch you!”

In any event, I’m sure some horrible toxic shipbreaker  will enjoy this.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 10:49

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I guess that they want it to become a museum means we might not get to watch a Youtube video of an aircraft carrier getting beached at full speed at a Bangladesh ship breaking yard .

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/27/2019 at 10:51

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Boop Boop motherfucker. 

Spanfeller is a twat > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 10:52

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this just sort of underlines how useless aircraft carriers are for most militaries 

facw > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 10:53

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Also:

While still active, Sao Paulo was the oldest aircraft carrier in the world.

This is false. HMS Hermes/INS Viraat was older (commissioned 1959, and laid down in 1944, while Foch was commisioned in ‘63), and also served until 2017 (retired a month after Brazil gave up on the Sao Paulo).

ttyymmnn > Deltyn drives a meh car 09/27/2019 at 10:54

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Considering they paid $12M for it, yeah. 

Aremmes > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 10:55

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The real news here is that Brazil still flies the A-4.

This is also interesting:

“ With the Brazilian Navy, however, the vessel had a short and rather troubled career, marked by a number of mechanical problems and accidents. Because of these mishaps, the ship spent more time standing still than sailing. In February 2017, after giving up on upgrading the aircraft carrier, the naval command decided to permanently disable Sao Paulo.”

Joshua Slocum is not surprised .

ttyymmnn > Spanfeller is a twat 09/27/2019 at 10:55

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Sure, you can afford the Lamborghini. But can you afford the insurance?

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 10:56

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“Ran When Docked”...

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 10:57

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If we all contribute we could buy it. It would give us a place to store our cars when the oceans rise over the land.

Take that Greta!

I present the SS Oppositelock

OPPOsaurus WRX > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/27/2019 at 10:59

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i can;t even imagine how messed up and polluted that beach must be at this point

functionoverfashion > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 11:04

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Today’s daydream: buy this and convert it into a private yacht but of course leave the runways, etc. completely intact. Think about all that space. Plus imagine the faces of all the other billionaires in their fancy yachts when you pull up to Monaco in this, with your cars all stored on/in it. You could have a ‘ billionaires only’ auto-x on the top deck! Or ‘who can get to the highest speed and also stop before falling off’ contest. Imagine the possibi lities....

facw > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/27/2019 at 11:11

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Can’t help you with that, but here are a couple satellite shots of Ark Royal getting torn apart on the beach at Aliaga, Turkey:

(note the R on the back corner of the flight deck identifying it)

Ark Royal’s sister ships Invincible and Illustrious were broken up there in 2011 and 2017 as well, but it doesn’t look like Google Earth caught either of them.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 11:12

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Bentley depreciation

user314 > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 11:13

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Brazil bought a 40 year-old French vehicle and found it difficult and expensive to maintain and operate . Quelle surprise.

facw > Spanfeller is a twat 09/27/2019 at 11:14

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It may be true that they are useless for most militaries , but I’m not sure how Brazil operating carriers for half a century shows that.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Spanfeller is a twat 09/27/2019 at 11:14

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Blue-water navies are hard.  

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 09/27/2019 at 11:17

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This is brilliant! Off- course excursions are going to carry a steep penalty, though.    

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 11:18

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Old

French

Alternative Fuel

Where do I sign

user314 > Deltyn drives a meh car 09/27/2019 at 11:19

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No way, CP all day and twice on Sundays.

The Sao Paolo has had two major fires and one complete refit since 2000 , and still needs work on her boilers, engines and cats. It ’s a money pit.

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 09/27/2019 at 11:20

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Probably a manual, too.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 11:21

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Hopefully some billionaire libertarian buys this in an attempt to evade taxes ...

I’d just be interested to see what they could turn it into.

ttyymmnn > functionoverfashion 09/27/2019 at 11:23

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facw > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/27/2019 at 11:26

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They all look horrible. Here’s Aliaga Turkey:

Alang, India:

Note that while I’m sure the water there isn’t g ood, the brown isn’t really different from anywhere else along the coast, the blue is from a different image, not an indication of a toxic cloud reaching out into the sea.

Gadani, Pakistan:

Bhatiari, Bangladesh:

Of course here in the US, we don’t crash them on the beach, but it’s still not a clean operation. Here’s Brownsville, TX:

The shipbreaker in Brownsville mostly does Navy ships (the government wants to avoid complaints about poisoning South Asians , etc. and also wants to feed pork to American companies), here you can see two Forrestal and/or Kitty Hawk class supercarriers going under the knife, among the other ships present.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 11:27

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Another take: Brazil bough t it for 12 million, spent 100 million on repairs and upgrades and got 206 days at sea out of it over 17 years (and two major fires) . It appears the classic European aircraft carrier ownership experience is not entirely dissimilar to the classic European car ownership experience.

punkgoose17 > Spanfeller is a twat 09/27/2019 at 11:28

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They could put a whole bunch of Super Tucanos on it, but I think it would still be pretty useless. It is probably cheaper and easier to have a bunch of small airfields along the coast.

punkgoose17 > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/27/2019 at 11:29

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Based off of my experience in Dirt Rally I would not finish a lap.

user314 > functionoverfashion 09/27/2019 at 11:30

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That’s basically how the Thai royal family treats the Chakri Naruebet , built by Spain and based on the Principe de Asturias ski-jump carrier.

Thomas Donohue > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 09/27/2019 at 11:50

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Longer and more runoff area than Monaco!

facw > user314 09/27/2019 at 11:50

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Sadly Principe de Asturias was scrapped a couple years ago, so you’ve missed out on the chance to emulate Thailand on the cheap.

facw > user314 09/27/2019 at 11:51

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No different than any other boat then.

facw > Aremmes 09/27/2019 at 11:53

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Dated, obviously, but:

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user314 > facw 09/27/2019 at 11:59

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Boat is an acronym (or is that initialism ?) y’know . Stands for   Bust Out Another Thousand..

user314 > For Sweden 09/27/2019 at 12:07

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Wouldn’t a nuke be the Alternative Fuel? More ships run off diesel/bunker fuel than otherwise.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ttyymmnn 09/27/2019 at 12:08

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Imagine the parties you could throw on that.

user314 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/27/2019 at 12:08

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The sovereign nation Errant Venture .

For Sweden > user314 09/27/2019 at 12:09

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Diesel is alternative, yo

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > user314 09/27/2019 at 12:14

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https://www.citylab.com/design/2018/04/the-unsinkable-dream-of-the-floating-city/559058/

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > punkgoose17 09/27/2019 at 12:25

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But then you have to supply all those little airbases.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/27/2019 at 12:28

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There was a bbc doc. It’s horrendous. Absestos, heavy metals, no respirators   and Everyone gets Cancer. But they earn 3 times that of a farmer so people keep coming. 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/27/2019 at 12:30

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We only run Morgans so they float

user314 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/27/2019 at 12:31

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Yup, pretty much.

Also, WT F F Kinja? Why open external links inside the comment? Has anyone at Gawkmodo heard of “Open in new tab”?

user314 > For Sweden 09/27/2019 at 12:31

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Fair ‘nuf.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > user314 09/27/2019 at 12:49

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I pretty much always R-click and do that myself, but yeah, terrible.