"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?


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

Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...

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.

What I suspect may have happened...

The steerage malfunctioned (for whatever reason)... and threw
the vessel into a hard right (starboard) and/or left (port) turn sit-
uation... and let's guess that they were underway around 24
knots... a considerable amount of list (tilt) occurred... before
the speed was effectively reduced.

And yeh... under those circumstances... things will slide and
glide if not expected... such as in this case... as reported.

Just some speculation on my part.

Check this photo out... of an aircraft carrier doing a power turn:

http://mysite.verizon.net/res7pent/w...os2/index.html

Course I'm certain the navy crew was prepared for this... prior
to it's execution.

Bill

wrote:

Check this photo out... of an aircraft carrier doing a power turn:

http://mysite.verizon.net/res7pent/w...os2/index.html

Course I'm certain the navy crew was prepared for this... prior
to it's execution.

That's a very excellent picture, Bill. Thanks for sharing...;-)

LP