What a buy!

[ancora]

With an original price tag of $15 million, this 105' Navy vessel, built by Lockheed Martin, is goin' for only $180,000. "Sea Slice" is powered by a pair of MTU's and has a "pedal to the metal" of 30 knots. The fuel tanks hold 11,112 gals. of diesel. The vessel sleeps 12 but only has one head, has a galley with a reefer and a nuke oven. Sounds like a buy at a 98.9% discount from the original cost to build the thing.

 

[THD]

Only one head? Wouldn't work for us!

 

[windmill29130]

Our tax dollars at work.

 

[SCOTTEDAVIS]

What kind of anchor?

 

[Bendit]

Rod holders?

 

[twistedtree]

Sell it to a drug lord. It looks purpose-built. And we generally use our tax dollars to aggravate whatever problem we are trying to solve, so this seems a perfect fit

 

[hmason]

Wonder if they marked the location of the Travelift sling positions.

 

[twistedtree]

Wonder if they marked the location of the Travelift sling positions.

Sorry, you don't have clearance for that information.

 

[BandB]

Rest assured that price is quite negotiable. They're looking at the cost of maintaining it and the potential cost of scrapping it.

 

[ancora]

What about the anchor shackle? That should be good enough for it's own thread.

 

[twistedtree]

Dynamic Positioning. She don't need no stinkin' anchor.

 

[Lobstah]

Chain vs Rope?

 

[Capt.Bill11]

It would make a nice artificial reef/dive sight.

 

[ancora]

At least the windows are slanted in the right angle.

 

[gwkiwi]

Our tax dollars at work.

No more needed to be said

 

[Forkliftt]

Well if it's galley down its got my vote!


1983 Present 42 Sundeck
Twin Lehman 135's

 

[Underway]

...long, thin and hyper efficient...and wide

 

[BruceK]

Offer it to the Australian Defence Materiel (not a spelling error) Office. They`ve bought rusted ships from the US Navy, they`d love it, might even want to pay more than the ask.