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Originally Posted by ssobol
The squat effect is also used by some large ships to get under bridges. They head for the bridge at high speed and take advantage of the squat effect to lower the air draft.
For instance, the Oasis of the Seas class of ships rely on this effect plus lowering the smoke stacks to get under a bridge that crosses their route from the shipyard where they were built.
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I bet the first Captain that did this had a pucker factor of 150%