To: nickcarraway
Looks like a poop covered gull magnet......
To: nickcarraway
“Abandon ship!”
I grew up going to generally cold Rio Del Mar beach in Aptos, Calif. and wondered about that ship out there. Didn’t know it was called the SS Palo Alto - I grew up in Palo Alto.
3 posted on
01/23/2017 12:01:37 PM PST by
Jim W N
To: nickcarraway; MeganC; Army Air Corps
Wow, back in 2001 when I was 12 we visited Santa Cruz and seeing the "Cement Boat" was a big deal.
Just how did they expect that work?
4 posted on
01/23/2017 12:02:38 PM PST by
KC_Lion
("I'm a believer that you don't need a title, and you don't need an office to make a difference"~S.P.)
To: nickcarraway
Many years ago, when the first Whole Earth Catalog came out, there was an article about ferroconcrete ship hulls. I read a bit more, and soon found that experiments had been done to find the optimum ratio of steel to concrete for hull strength. It was 100% steel, zero concrete...
To: nickcarraway
We have one here.
It was turned into a floating marine supplies store..............
6 posted on
01/23/2017 12:06:54 PM PST by
Red Badger
(If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
To: nickcarraway
The front fell off!
10 posted on
01/23/2017 12:08:51 PM PST by
Obadiah
(Welcome to the revolution!)
To: nickcarraway
So this thing hasn’t actually moved or even floated for over 70 years.
12 posted on
01/23/2017 12:13:00 PM PST by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
To: nickcarraway
Jeannie was right not wanting Tony to get on a cement ship.
13 posted on
01/23/2017 12:13:13 PM PST by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: nickcarraway
There’s the remains of a concrete ship just south of Bimini, Bahamas.
USS Sapona. Understand it was used in rum running days.
Snorkeled through it. Fascinating.
Can see parts of the engine and other debris. Schools of Yellow-tail snapper.
Oh, and barracuda as long as you.!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Sapona
14 posted on
01/23/2017 12:15:09 PM PST by
Vinnie
To: nickcarraway
Cool pics. Here's one that I found...
16 posted on
01/23/2017 12:25:49 PM PST by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: nickcarraway
Used to fish off that thing back in the day.
18 posted on
01/23/2017 12:45:49 PM PST by
lardog
( Glad Obama is gone)
To: nickcarraway
I’ve come to believe that calling a ship unsinkable or indestructible, etc, is tantamount to daring God to prove you wrong.
He has a tendency to take up the offer.
20 posted on
01/23/2017 12:54:08 PM PST by
JamesP81
(The DNC poses a greater threat to my liberty than terrorists, China, and Russia. Combined.)
To: nickcarraway
Never knew the name of the ship.
21 posted on
01/23/2017 12:56:19 PM PST by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: nickcarraway
22 posted on
01/23/2017 1:19:39 PM PST by
dware
(I love waking up in a world with President-elect Trump!)
To: nickcarraway
Another historical concrete ship of WWII ,Fort Duram battle ship ,There was another but off hand can't remember the name
28 posted on
01/23/2017 4:17:03 PM PST by
piroque
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
To: nickcarraway
Wow.
Lot of childhood memories fishing off that thing...grew up in Santa Cruz. When they fenced it off we’d sneak over the fence at night and drop a line in.
32 posted on
01/23/2017 6:06:49 PM PST by
SirLurkedalot
(10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
To: nickcarraway
37 posted on
01/24/2017 4:31:13 AM PST by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
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