Ship porn
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spitfire
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pseudonarcissus
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Another inspection done
petee
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the most recent update on this story
www.nj.com
Major commuter bridges to be shut down briefly when historic ocean liner is towed out of Philadelphia dock
A Florida county purchased the SS United States and plans to repurpose it as an artificial reef.
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The fuck’s going on with those chimneys?the most recent update on this story
Major commuter bridges to be shut down briefly when historic ocean liner is towed out of Philadelphia dock
A Florida county purchased the SS United States and plans to repurpose it as an artificial reef.
2hats
Dust.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
you'll have to tell that to the tumblr that posted it.
pseudonarcissus
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there's a slightly incomplete report here
Basically, the chart survey was very old and didn't show the dredged channel. The 3rd mate would have read the port entry guide when preparing the passage plan and know the channel was 23m deep. The chart showed and area of 19.5m, which is blue, and 20.5m water to the side which is white. The captain appears to have know better, and was not challenged.
I have interesting discussions with 3rd mates at São Luis every time I inspect a ship there.
I was up there on a very similar ship a couple of weeks ago and I can confirm the Admiralty chart has now been updated.
pseudonarcissus
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petee
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thx, i was wondering how it could have grounded (and was hoping you'd have some info
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bcuster
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US Navy destroyers unscathed after fighting off a complex attack of cruise and ballistic missiles and exploding drones
The Houthis launched a complex attack consisting of anti-ship missiles and drones, a Pentagon spokesperson said Tuesday.
bcuster
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Great picture!
petee
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it's happening
"In the coming days, the United States is expected to take its final voyage, on its way to be buried at sea."
yes, we know.
"It's not the country nearing its end, but a ship that bears its name."
oh, yeah, right.
"In the coming days, the United States is expected to take its final voyage, on its way to be buried at sea."
yes, we know.
"It's not the country nearing its end, but a ship that bears its name."
oh, yeah, right.
Lancman
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I had the unexpected pleasure of meeting the USS United States off the Bishop Rock as she completed her record run in July 1952 and a fine ship she looked too. It was obvious that she'd been driven hard through weather because her smoke stacks were coated half way up with salt. I have a vague memory that she'd passed south-east bound between the Scillies and Land's End. Surely that can't have been right?
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pseudonarcissus
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preliminary findings are here
bcuster
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Wow! Completely avoidable.
Was the Captain on the bridge?
If so, what her commands to the helm? If not, where was she?
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pseudonarcissus
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I suspect its career ending for all the watch keepers on the bridge. Emergency steering drills should be done regularly, and the first thing to check is the auto steering, and the switches if you have a forward and aft facing command position.
They do say the most useless things on ships are wheelbarrows, umbrellas and naval officers
bcuster
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Agree 100% on all (except the
officer part)I never served on a USN ship that had "auto pilot". I guarantee no Captain I ever served under would ever allow it to be engaged...
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
bcuster pseudonarcissus , Do ships’ command teams run to checklist based procedures as in aviation or is it more recognition primed decision making?
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Sea Car Columbia with its asymmetrical design ( it’s only got the one out rigger you can see, there isn’t one on the other side, is my favourite of our local CTVs. Any ideas as to why they went for this design, other than ‘because it’s cool’ ?
