To: HiTech RedNeck
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. I believe the ship displaces in more than 100,000 tons. When she's not three-quarters full of water.
One Sikorsky Skycrane (2x5000hp engines) can lift about ten tons. Fewer than twenty were built, according to Wikipedia.
22 posted on
01/20/2012 6:01:04 PM PST by
Steely Tom
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To: Steely Tom
Well, scuttle that idea. I guess it would have to be a floating platform, or maybe one custom built at the site?
28 posted on
01/20/2012 6:03:03 PM PST by
HiTech RedNeck
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To: Steely Tom
I believe the ship displaces in more than 100,000 tons. When she's not three-quarters full of water. One Sikorsky Skycrane (2x5000hp engines) can lift about ten tons. Fewer than twenty were built, according to Wikipedia. According to my calculations, that means if 19 were built, that would be 190 tones of lifting power.
So I have a logical, sensible solution.
Simply send out the Skycranes 527 times.
96 posted on
01/21/2012 8:01:12 AM PST by
Lazamataz
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