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Queen's grand entrance to bay [Huge ocean liner berths in San Francisco]
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| February 4, 2007
| SF Chronicle
Posted on 02/04/2007 11:41:11 PM PST by freedomdefender
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To: freedomdefender
Who cares about another queen coming to San Francisco?
To: freedomdefender
It's not a US military vessel so its allowed to dock in S.F.
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posted on
02/04/2007 11:54:53 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: Paleo Conservative
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"Who cares about another queen coming to San Francisco?" Some feel the more the Mary-er.
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To: freedomdefender
the largest ship Bigger than a CVN?
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posted on
02/05/2007 12:10:47 AM PST
by
Jeff Gordon
(History convinces me that bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson)
To: freedomdefender
Despite the comments so far on this thread, I think this would have been a magnificent sight to see.
"At 151,000 tons and 1,131 feet long, there has never been a ship this large in San Francisco Bay. The Queen Mary 2 is so large that it had to wait for a change in the tidal current to dock at Pier 27 under Telegraph Hill.
It spent the twilight and early evening anchored off Treasure Island.
The Queen Mary 2 sails tonight at 8 for Honolulu and the second leg of its around-the-world voyage. There will be a lunch for important visitors today, but members of the public will not be allowed aboard for security reasons.
The ship will be full again when it sails tonight. About 2,000 passengers are boarding in San Francisco."
Looks like shes just slipping under the Golden Gate.
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posted on
02/05/2007 12:16:43 AM PST
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: Tainan
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posted on
02/05/2007 12:35:15 AM PST
by
XR7
To: Tainan
From the other side. View from the deck.
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posted on
02/05/2007 12:49:16 AM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
Impressive!
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posted on
02/05/2007 1:05:02 AM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: FreedomCalls
Is that a surveillance camera in the top-left of that shot? I don't suppose anyone would have any information regarding that? I work for a company that produces surveillance equipment, so I'm curious. :)
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posted on
02/05/2007 1:06:20 AM PST
by
Rane _H
To: Rane _H
If it's the grey thing you're referring to, it looks like a loudspeaker/ megaphone.
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posted on
02/05/2007 1:10:45 AM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: Rane _H
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posted on
02/05/2007 1:12:24 AM PST
by
insider_uk
(If it's not blown, it sucks.)
To: Tainan
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posted on
02/05/2007 1:53:34 AM PST
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
To: freedomdefender
The headline suggests that Hillary's coming to town.
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posted on
02/05/2007 2:15:24 AM PST
by
Peter W. Kessler
(Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
To: Rane _H
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posted on
02/05/2007 4:25:21 AM PST
by
FReepaholic
(If daydreaming were an Olympic sport I'd be a gold medalist.)
To: Jeff Gordon
>> Bigger than a CVN? <<<
>>> At 151,000 tons and 1,131 feet long, <<<
USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76
Length, overall: 1,092 feet (332.85 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters)
Displacement: Approx. 97,000 tons
Wow I guess so
To: CarrotAndStick
To: Tainan
i read somewhere that they actually had to jack up the bridge about 5 meters so the ship could get through...
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posted on
02/05/2007 5:00:10 AM PST
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: Paleo Conservative
Good thing it isnt staying long or the people of san Francisco would convert it to a gay bath house.
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posted on
02/05/2007 5:06:45 AM PST
by
sgtbono2002
(I will forgive Jane Fonda, when the Jews forgive Hitler.)
To: chilepepper
jack up the bridge about 5 meters Nah, they had 22ft. to spare.
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