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Why isn’t this refit being done in the US?

6 posted on 05/05/2023 6:56:48 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )

To: ConservativeInPA

The ship had previously been owned and operated by the parent company Vulcan, the oceanography research group founded by Allen, until 2020. The ship was laid up in Scotland since it was owned by Vulcan. Petrel was in the dry dock to undergo maintenance and inspections after being purchased by the service, Stossel said.

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Sounds like it was in storage in Scotland for the past few years. I saw a video, the guy speculated it slipped off of the blocks when they tried to lower one of the submersibles without proper support for it.

8 posted on 05/05/2023 7:17:36 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)

To: ConservativeInPA

Reading the actual article would answer that

10 posted on 05/05/2023 9:48:24 AM PDT by cyclotic

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