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Old 02-22-2015, 01:09 PM   #1
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What a buy!

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.
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Old 02-22-2015, 03:36 PM   #2
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Only one head? Wouldn't work for us!
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Old 02-22-2015, 04:31 PM   #3
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Our tax dollars at work.
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Old 02-22-2015, 07:33 PM   #4
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What kind of anchor?
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Rod holders?
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Old 02-22-2015, 08:03 PM   #6
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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 :-)
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Old 02-22-2015, 09:56 PM   #7
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Wonder if they marked the location of the Travelift sling positions.
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Wonder if they marked the location of the Travelift sling positions.
Sorry, you don't have clearance for that information.
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Old 02-23-2015, 07:39 AM   #9
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Rest assured that price is quite negotiable. They're looking at the cost of maintaining it and the potential cost of scrapping it.
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Old 02-23-2015, 10:27 AM   #10
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What about the anchor shackle? That should be good enough for it's own thread.
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Old 02-23-2015, 04:32 PM   #11
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Dynamic Positioning. She don't need no stinkin' anchor.
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Old 02-24-2015, 05:31 AM   #12
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Chain vs Rope?
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Old 02-24-2015, 09:31 AM   #13
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It would make a nice artificial reef/dive sight.
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At least the windows are slanted in the right angle.
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Old 02-24-2015, 06:46 PM   #15
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Old 02-24-2015, 07:01 PM   #16
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Well if it's galley down its got my vote!


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Old 02-24-2015, 07:17 PM   #17
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...long, thin and hyper efficient...and wide
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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.
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