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To: Justa

If the bottom of her hull (not the side) is up against a rock outcropping, they’ll have to create enough buoyancy to float her upright onto the outcropping and then over it.

Remember, this ship is bigger and weighs more that an aircraft carrier.

If they can do it, the longer it takes, the more it’s going to cost to refit her. Saltwater eats everything.

I think this ship will have her super-structure cut off as much as possible, then floated to the bone-yard.


53 posted on 01/20/2012 6:41:41 PM PST by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: maine yankee

They won’t ever move it again in one piece. It’s heavier than an aircraft carrier, there are no barge/crane combos on the planet near capable. They cannot refloat her, not high and dry on her side. She’s stuck and there she’ll stay, until she is cut up into pieces, and those pieces barged away.


69 posted on 01/20/2012 9:03:33 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: maine yankee

“I think this ship will have her super-structure cut off as much as possible, then floated to the bone-yard.”

A very pragmatic assessment however there’s a $500,000,000 bet against that. If they can salvage and refit her for less the insurance company saves money.


86 posted on 01/21/2012 3:41:14 AM PST by Justa
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