Posted on 09/18/2018 9:25:53 AM PDT by C19fan
The U.S. military is trying to recover the oil form a ship that's been underwater for 72 years. In an interesting twist, it's not even an American warship.
The United States captured the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen as a war prize after the end of World War II. The Prinz Eugen capsized in 1946 after being nuked—twice—during the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. For decades, experts have feared that the radioactive ship's oil might leak into the Pacific. Now the Pentagon is trying to do something about it.
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Pretty much. The need for Air to Ground reoiling has been found.
Pretty much. The need for Air to Ground reoiling has been found.
Check the specific oil used in that specific ship. Some were turbine-boiler-black oil. Some were all diesel ships.
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