What To Do With a 1,000 Foot Wrecked Cruise Ship?

Slashdot.org ^ | 1/20/2012 | Hugh Pickens

[BfloGuy]

I predict they refloat it, refit it, and rename it Costa Miracoloso or maybe the Non Fa Niente or Costa Si Prega Di Dimenticare.

[Ramius]

That’ll buff out.

It’ll take some serious recurring for things like electrical that got submerged, but it’ll be repaired and back to sea. With, (ahem) a different captain.

[Grunthor]

Section 8 housing.

[Capt. Tom]

I would think one of the first things would be to weld plates on the damaged part of the hull.- Tom

[Ramius]

recurring = refitting. Damn autocorrect.

[Hot Tabasco]

"What do you do with a 1,000-foot wreck

Sell it to "The Pickers" or the Pawn Shop guys.........

[Leep]

I’ll take it sight unseen.

[momtothree]

There are still something like 20 people missing. Is it possible they are deceased and in cabins that are submerged? I guess the only way to find out is to somehow float it upright. After that... I have no idea.

[nascarnation]

Section 8 housing.

That's one option.

Or a location for "Occupy" folks on either coast.

[RichInOC]

Outstanding. Detonate in place.

[taildragger]

Paint the Obama Logo on the Hull.

the analogies to what he has done to the Country will resonate with many, as the Captain in both cases is OUT TO LUNCH.

Gingrich / Palin would win in a landslide of Epic proportions.

[Doogle]

...have the captain coward live on it just the way it is for the rest of his life...let him search for food, he can set foot on land once a year for one hour

[Libloather]

Disney theme park.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The keel is apparently snagged on the reef, keeping the ship from sinking but making it a bit difficult to put Bondo over the gash.

You’d think these ships would have an access pipe to the fuel tank(s) on the upper deck somewhere, to make it easy to drain the fuel if the worst happens.

I wonder if it’s possible to raise the ship back upright using cables from aircraft, then something could be placed over the gashed keel to make it possible to pump out the flooding and then tow the boat to drydock.

[Thunder90]

Target practice for some missiles. Or, possibly an artificial reef.

[Daffynition]

[KC Burke]

Ding, ding, ding... we have a winner.

[HiTech RedNeck]

If it was an unpopulated area of the coast such a thing might make sense. But the boat got where it did by the captain being a “hotdog,” swinging it close to land where a lot of people were going to be watching the dramatic sight. And they did watch a dramatic sight, but not what the captain had in mind.

[SkyDancer]

I thought ships today esp. ocean liners had double hulls. I guess that rock broke through but even still, water tight compartments?? Sealing off where the water came in?

[Eaker]

'It's a difficult task, but it's doable.'

Not difficult at all. It is done all the time by using fittings from companies like TD Williamson.