Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
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DSK wrote:
Scotty wrote:
Car haulers look amazingly top heavy, like a gust of
wind
would blow one right over.


They look like nothing I've ever seen, certainly not
like a
ship.

A lot of modern cruise ships look like some kind of
household appliance.


This ol thimer was quite amazing for her time. Still the
funkyest ever
IMO.
http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bl...hics/flip2.jpg


Is that a channel marker?


No it did research on ocean tides. The other half of the ship is under
water. It would travel like a regular ship, then flood to act as a bouy
or platform and plot tides. Cold war tech at it's best.

Joe



--
Scotty
.''One who never gets out of the Sound cannot, with any
degree of
credibility, comment on the courage of fellow sailors''
....F.B.