cosmo
Veteran Member
I would be in my happy place just at the dock on this boat wondering about the stories she could tell and wandering the passageways looking/touching; "where does this go? what does this do?"
Why not just anchor it in front of some expensive house in Miami, and live aboard. I bet it would take a while to fill the holding tank...
These projects are soooo unrealistic.. Some guys get together to "save" these old ships. ALWAYS underfunded, never get off the ground etc. Pilotage, Manning docs, maintenance and repair knock most of these projects out of the water...
These projects are soooo unrealistic.. Some guys get together to "save" these old ships. ALWAYS underfunded, never get off the ground etc. Pilotage, Manning docs, maintenance and repair knock most of these projects out of the water...
This type of powerboat is essentially Diesel-Electric.It has 4 engines???? I thought these huge displacement hulls were usually powered by a massive single?
For a time, I was on a US Destroyer, DD881,built in 43 or 44. They were chipping the bilge and poked a hole through it. No water leakage, they were in dry dock. Just weld a patch on the outside of the hull, presto! No more hole.
It has 4 engines???? I thought these huge displacement hulls were usually powered by a massive single?
Yup - Boats [ships] such as these were nearly unlimited Tax-$$$ maintained throughout their life with service persons serving superiors' orders while aboard. In other words, there was no expense nor any work effort not covered every day of the govt owned boat's life.
Billionaire could handle that type of enormous expense... but... why would they? Guess their bean counter could use it as a BIG write off
It has 4 engines???? I thought these huge displacement hulls were usually powered by a massive single?
The home owners' would complain, "You are blocking my view." The 2 story condo here started complaining a while back. Went no where.
They complained about exhaust smell, they were told, what did you expect at a marina with boats? Then they complained about workers.....
Just cant please anyone.
I just motored by the vessel today on my way to Anacortes. She is in rough shape. Expect to pay 5x the sell price just to deal with the cosmetics.
Check out the success story of LST 325 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-325
Hmmm, rough shape… reminds me of a paint chipping story…
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