"Jcarr" (jcarr)
09/11/2015 at 13:31 • Filed to: Shiplopnik
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
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The incredible vessel made famous as the centerpiece of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has been !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
I know it’s not feasible to save every noteworthy vessel, but I feel like we’re losing a really incredible piece of history with this one.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Jcarr
09/11/2015 at 13:38 |
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Still the coolest engineering and spy story...EVER. I was sad to hear about the fate of the glomar, but it really was a special use vessel so I’m surprised its lasted this long.
RallyWrench
> Jcarr
09/11/2015 at 13:46 |
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Project Azorian was a great documentary. The Glomar was parked in Suisun Bay for some time, easily visible from 680 or either side of the bay. A pretty cool thing to see, knowing the ship’s history.
T5Killer
> Jcarr
09/11/2015 at 13:48 |
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So sad to hear. I always wished she was made into a museum with a old soviet sub alongside her to show both sides.
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Jcarr
> T5Killer
09/11/2015 at 13:49 |
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Me too, but from what I’ve read it’s a monumental task to maintain a museum ship.
leicester
> Jcarr
09/11/2015 at 13:49 |
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Don’t listen to the lies, sheeple! The Glomar was attempting to recover something much more sinister than a simple submarine! True apocalypse was narrowly averted, and shadowly agencies keep watch over a fragile truce to this day!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jenni…
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Jcarr
09/11/2015 at 14:02 |
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NOOOOO! We should just save the gimbal bearings. Have you seen the pictures of it? The things are fucking massive!
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T5Killer
> Jcarr
09/11/2015 at 14:19 |
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Yeah massive amount of work and money. I have been keeping up with USS Texas and all the issues involved with her upkeep.
ranwhenparked
> Jcarr
09/11/2015 at 21:48 |
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It’s always been kind of a white elephant. Built for one specific purpose, and then extensively converted at great cost into a commercial drill ship, but was never really ideally suited for the role. I don’t think any of the companies that operated it since the late ‘70s really managed to turn much of a profit.
The high cost of the original construction and the amount spent almost totally rebuilding it are probably the only reasons it survived this long.
Still, 41 years is a quite respectable service life.