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Damaged nuclear icebreaker is repaired in the ice
Few days after it crashed into a cargo ship, the 50 Let Pobedy continues to escort ships across the icy waters of the Kara Sea.
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According to one news report, the Truman was preparing to transit through the Suez Canal.
...huh? Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot, over!
A carrier would be a SITTING DUCK in the canal. Explosives at both ends could make the canal impassible and then it would just take a Toyota truck-load of Allah Snackbars with pew-pews, to disable aircraft not deep in the hangar bay.
And in the unlikely event that they had most of their air wing off - requiring Egyptian permission in their air space - another surface-boat drone with some large IEDs could put a nice hole in the hull.
A carrier is not a battleship. It's not intended to go up against enemy fire. It's supposed to be the central part of a Carrier GROUP - with various support craft traveling in a flotilla.
That can't be done in a canal transit.
This appears indescribably poor strategy and high risk on a valuable military asset.
...huh? Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot, over!
A carrier would be a SITTING DUCK in the canal. Explosives at both ends could make the canal impassible and then it would just take a Toyota truck-load of Allah Snackbars with pew-pews, to disable aircraft not deep in the hangar bay.
And in the unlikely event that they had most of their air wing off - requiring Egyptian permission in their air space - another surface-boat drone with some large IEDs could put a nice hole in the hull.
A carrier is not a battleship. It's not intended to go up against enemy fire. It's supposed to be the central part of a Carrier GROUP - with various support craft traveling in a flotilla.
That can't be done in a canal transit.
This appears indescribably poor strategy and high risk on a valuable military asset.
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Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Collides With Merchant Ship (Updated)
The American supercarrier collided with the merchant vessel while preparing to transit into the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean.
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Just imagine...if that carrier had been quietly chartered by hostile actors, and loaded with explosive - perhaps even nuclear explosives.
Allowing a commercial vessel not involved in any way with operations, that close, is more than reckless. It's appallingly stupid; it's the action of amateurs who have forgotten that a carrier is a MILITARY craft, and not all outsiders love it or want to allow it passage.
Allowing a commercial vessel not involved in any way with operations, that close, is more than reckless. It's appallingly stupid; it's the action of amateurs who have forgotten that a carrier is a MILITARY craft, and not all outsiders love it or want to allow it passage.
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Video: Liner S.S. United States Departs Philadelphia Starting Final Voyage
After many months of delays, the famed ocean liner s.s. United States departed her Philadelphia berth at midday on Wednesday, February 19. It is the...
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Update On the Final Voyage of SS United States | Tow by Vinik 6 | Off the East Coast of Florida
Feb 25, 2025 #SSUnitedStates #tow #cruiselinerIn this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — provides an update on the tow of SS United States from Philadelphia to Mobile.
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I saw that, yesterday.
The plan/hope apparently is to have the ship settle on its keel. I have NO idea how they could arrange that - as the hull fills with water, it will become unstable, with a center of gravity...undetermined. MOST ships going down, deliberate or the result of an incident, roll over, and/or head down with one end leading the way. Which stands to reason - that's the path of least drag.
The only way I can imagine this happening, is to install flotation material to the top area of the freeboard - sponsons or huge air bags, or bags filled with oil - and that would take years to plan and be cost prohibitive. I expect this thing will end up on its side, maybe with the bow stuck in the mud.
Yeah, modern purpose-built cruise ships are just hideous.
They make me think of Rio de Janerio high-rise slums - just built up higher and higher, until a law of physics is breached. This, done on a RORO car-carrier hull. UGGHHH-lee.
The United States was a beautiful ship - designer Gibbs had an eye; he was the right man, at what turned out to be the wrong time to be the ideal ship designer. The US had beautiful lines...and was only in service for 16 years; its last 30 years were in the Delaware River. Fresh water. Not nearly as hard on the hull.
I don't know why it couldn't have been rebuilt as a smaller cruise liner; but probably the reports are correct. Often times it's the same reason why an historic building cannot be rebuilt after a seemingly minor structural failure or a fire...the cost of mitigating all the damage, and then complying with new laws or standards or expectations, is greater than demolishing it. Or just selling the hulk in question for scrap, in this case.
I'd seen this in another waterfront example, much-smaller scale. An area I lived in for years, a tourist area dominated by an inland lake...around the turn of the century (1900) there was a fleet of (relatively) small lake steamers. Not exactly romantic, they were propeller-driven, low-freeboard...utilitarian. They connected the major city at one end of the lake (20k population) with the county seat at the other end; and operated profitably until 1927. Then, unprofitably, as the brothers who owned the line ran them with a sense of civic duty.
And then with the brothers dead, the last surviving boat was run through WWII owned by the city - because gasoline rationing. The steamer in question, ran on coal.
It was run up until 1950, where the city announced plans to stop it. The boat was sold to its last pilot, who also owned a junkyard - for $100. Seriously. It was seen as worth that little.
He ran it a couple years until a navigation incident, on a charter trip after sunset, had the boat sink in shallow water. Pumping it out was no problem, but there was a lawsuit, and that was that. No insurance, no operation.
The boat was preserved in a private industrial slip until 1973...steamboat enthusiasts bought it from the estate of the scrap-man. But in ripping the superstructure off, with intent to rebuild, they found that it was just cheaper to build a replica steamboat with oil firing and steel superstructure...so that's what they did, and the old hull sank at the pier, abandoned.
Long story to make a point. Probably the United States just couldn't be made compliant and livable in a way that made economic sense.
They make me think of Rio de Janerio high-rise slums - just built up higher and higher, until a law of physics is breached. This, done on a RORO car-carrier hull. UGGHHH-lee.
The United States was a beautiful ship - designer Gibbs had an eye; he was the right man, at what turned out to be the wrong time to be the ideal ship designer. The US had beautiful lines...and was only in service for 16 years; its last 30 years were in the Delaware River. Fresh water. Not nearly as hard on the hull.
I don't know why it couldn't have been rebuilt as a smaller cruise liner; but probably the reports are correct. Often times it's the same reason why an historic building cannot be rebuilt after a seemingly minor structural failure or a fire...the cost of mitigating all the damage, and then complying with new laws or standards or expectations, is greater than demolishing it. Or just selling the hulk in question for scrap, in this case.
I'd seen this in another waterfront example, much-smaller scale. An area I lived in for years, a tourist area dominated by an inland lake...around the turn of the century (1900) there was a fleet of (relatively) small lake steamers. Not exactly romantic, they were propeller-driven, low-freeboard...utilitarian. They connected the major city at one end of the lake (20k population) with the county seat at the other end; and operated profitably until 1927. Then, unprofitably, as the brothers who owned the line ran them with a sense of civic duty.
And then with the brothers dead, the last surviving boat was run through WWII owned by the city - because gasoline rationing. The steamer in question, ran on coal.
It was run up until 1950, where the city announced plans to stop it. The boat was sold to its last pilot, who also owned a junkyard - for $100. Seriously. It was seen as worth that little.
He ran it a couple years until a navigation incident, on a charter trip after sunset, had the boat sink in shallow water. Pumping it out was no problem, but there was a lawsuit, and that was that. No insurance, no operation.
The boat was preserved in a private industrial slip until 1973...steamboat enthusiasts bought it from the estate of the scrap-man. But in ripping the superstructure off, with intent to rebuild, they found that it was just cheaper to build a replica steamboat with oil firing and steel superstructure...so that's what they did, and the old hull sank at the pier, abandoned.
Long story to make a point. Probably the United States just couldn't be made compliant and livable in a way that made economic sense.
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Winter Fleet 2024 - 2025 Layup Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Jan 28, 2025 FINCANTIERI BAY SHIPBUILDING (FBS)This is a video showcasing the Winter Fleet 2024-2025 at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin!
As the winter season unfolds, Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding becomes a bustling hub for the Great Lakes' majestic freighters. This year's winter fleet includes impressive vessels such as the Paul R. Tregurtha, Mesabi Miner, Stewart J. Cort, Wilfred Sykes, Joseph L. Block, Burns Harbor, James R. Barker, Frontenac, Tug Albert, and Barge Margaret.Tune in to see these iconic ships up close as they undergo their winter layup, ensuring they’re ready for the upcoming season on the Great Lakes!
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Something I didn't know.
The Lake Freighter custom was to put the bridge as far forward as possible - unlike with an ocean cargo ship, the lake boats are ALWAYS in close quarters. Even off the shore (a great distance out, maybe a mile,
) the channel can be narrow. And chart mistakes have happened - and, I'm no geologist, but I'm sure there's shifting on the bottom.
A chart mistake was, IMHO, what took out the Mighty Fitz - it was later found that the charts used, had the 6-Fathom Shoal marked incorrectly. A storm, a rough ride, radar broken, and they almost-certainly hit bottom, out in the middle of Superior.
Anyway. For visibility the bridge and other functional cabins were placed on the extreme bow (with a stubby forecastle). The new freighters, the ones as boxy as barges, have all the crew cabins including the bridge, on the absolute stern - doing away with anything resembling a flowing fantail.
I guess in a few more generations, the ore boats will just be barges with diesel engines jury-rigged onto them...
Something I didn't know.
The Lake Freighter custom was to put the bridge as far forward as possible - unlike with an ocean cargo ship, the lake boats are ALWAYS in close quarters. Even off the shore (a great distance out, maybe a mile,
) the channel can be narrow. And chart mistakes have happened - and, I'm no geologist, but I'm sure there's shifting on the bottom. A chart mistake was, IMHO, what took out the Mighty Fitz - it was later found that the charts used, had the 6-Fathom Shoal marked incorrectly. A storm, a rough ride, radar broken, and they almost-certainly hit bottom, out in the middle of Superior.
Anyway. For visibility the bridge and other functional cabins were placed on the extreme bow (with a stubby forecastle). The new freighters, the ones as boxy as barges, have all the crew cabins including the bridge, on the absolute stern - doing away with anything resembling a flowing fantail.
I guess in a few more generations, the ore boats will just be barges with diesel engines jury-rigged onto them...
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Lake Erie Winter Layup 2025: 25+ Boats Frozen in the Water
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It also includes part of an interview I did with famed boat photographer and publisher of Know Your Ships, Roger LeLievre on the fascination surrounding the boats of the Great Lakes.
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On Saturday evening the 364 m long ONE Columba allided with the 6,600 teu Clifford Maersk in Hong Kong port with videos showing a number of containers falling off the Maersk ship. The accident happened as the ONE vessel was proceeding to berth, its bow ramming the starboard bow of the berthed...
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With just two years of sailing experience, Carlín turned a family adventure into one of the greatest underdog stories in sports—proving that resilience, determination, and the courage to dream big can defy all expectations.
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Sailing along the incredible coast of Faroe Islands! - Chapter 10
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'It will run into billions, we have a lot of infrastructure that rely on shipping', says skipper
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