Ship tracks closer to Aleutians

Anchorage Daily News ^ | July 29, 2006 | RACHEL D'ORO

[Young Werther]

A great big car wreck in the making.

Do you 'spose that they have that friendly Gecko insuring them?

[skeptoid]

I dunno .... the 67 bug floated pretty high.

And the 73 model looks even more bouyant!

[dsc]

"CX-7 SUVs."

Arggh, that puts a whole new complexion on the matter.

SAVE THE SUVs!

[Tancred]

Look at the first line of that '73 ad from VW: "If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswage, he'd be President today." This "ad" actually appeared in National Lampoon as a parody of real VW ads.

[skeptoid]

See post 22 .... and here's a legible version of the text.

or here if you see a red X.

[skeptoid]

Not what I'd call "dry humor".

[Experiment 6-2-6]

I think you are right, somewhere someone pumped out what should have stayed aboard.

[Phsstpok]

I have no way of knowing how accurate this is, but this is how Tom Clancy described salvage awards in his book Debt Of Honor:

An oceangoing commercial tug was located by a helicopter fifty miles from the Enterprise formation, and in a remarkable set of circumstances, the frigate Gary took custody of the barge and dispatched the tug to the carrier, where she could relieve the Aegis cruiser, and, by the way, increase Big-E's speed of advance to nine knots. The tug's skipper contemplated the magnitude of the fee he'd gained under the Lloyd's Open Form salvage contract, which the carrier's CO had signed and ferried back by helicopter. The typical court award was 10 to 15 percent of the value of the property salved. A carrier, an air wing, and six thousand people, the tugboat crew thought. What was 10 percent of three billion dollars? Maybe they'd be generous and settle for five.

The USS Enterprise had been damaged and this salvage tug was used to pull it back to port.  Now, that 10-15% may only apply in this case (assuming Clancy got it right) since he's just helping and it was still under command, even if disabled and needing a salvage tug to get anywhere. 

I'm willing to bet that there's at least one lawyer with maritime law experience (or at least remembers their law school classes) who can provide info.  I'll try to remember some of the folks who chimed in on the Dubai Ports deal from the professional lawyer standpoint and ping them. 

[greyfoxx39]

OMG! What if it is actually a floating nucular bomb headed for our shore!!! I think the Air Force should zap it with a bunker buster or two before it gets any further!!

Tin-foil hat only half on...

[tracer]

Obviously a ploy by Car-Fax to bolster its business. Then again, it should be doing well in the wake of Katrina....

[SFC Chromey]

I find it hard to believe she crossed the ocean that way.

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She didn't that is why we have this story! It sucks to be that insurance carrier. :)

[JimRed]

finder's keepers right?

10% salvage fee, if I remember correctly.

[jsh3180]

I thought that ship looked fairly new. Looked it up and she was built in 2002.

[raybbr]

She didn't that is why we have this story! It sucks to be that insurance carrier. :)

Okaayyyyy!!!!!

[machogirl]

30% suv's, must be liberals did this

[WestVirginiaRebel]

It looks like it's on a sandbar or something. Odd.

[ASOC]

If this runs aground, it could be a bigger mess than the soy bean carrer than ran aground last year (Malaysian registered)

[Jeff Chandler]

Look at how clean the hull is. It's either new or freshly cleaned and painted.

[Schwaeky]

my bet is greenpeace harassed them and caused it to founder like this..they've been harassing Alaskan cod fishermen for months, interrupting supplies severely... they are modern day pirates...

[Jeff Chandler]

No, it's only resting