Posted on 11/09/2018 8:44:28 AM PST by Krosan
Sucks to be them
Poles won’t do it of course as the whole purpose of this ship is to attack Poland. Well ... not the whole. Finland has docks big enough to repair this ship, whose whole purpose is to invade Finland. No matter how nicely the Russians ask I put my money on the Finns saying no.
All they have is nukes.
I’ma give an answer and it is a cheer for Ronald Reagan.
Before he crushed the communism it was 450 million. Nowadays the Russians want to be the evil emipire and whartnot and they are only 150 million. 3rd of what once was and I say with pure heart - Reagan won.
Whoa. Big hole. That's gonna make the DCA real cranky.
(DCA is Damage Control Assistant. Navy joke). Touchy business. Floating drydocks are, after all, designed to sink, just not quite that far. The drydock is lying on its side in 160 feet of water, so diving it won't be straightforward and raising it may be impossible. And they can't retrofit the carrier without it because they've been chopping the boilers out to replace them. Some details HERE. The concern is that the cost of the operation may make both drydock and carrier irrecoverable.
Perhaps the Bremerton Naval Shipyard, Washington would be a good alternative ...
Thanks, that was an informative article. No good options here Ivan, get the pos ship out of the way, then raise the pos dry dock and cry . What an expensive snafu, terminally fubar.
Its winter there and the water is really cold - not to mention the ice, and to make matters worse the dock which is in 40 feet of water is teetering on the edge of a 100 foot drop off ... So it will take a long time (like summer when the ice melts) if the dock has not slid too deep as to be unsalvageable - electrical systems wiring pumps etc if not damaged not will be totaled.
I guess you’re right. South Korea could likely handle it. Comes down to who you trust I guess. That sucks for Russia.
Good post.
The dry dock can be refloated in time.
The problem is that the only crane that can lift new boilers into place is laying across the flight deck and the Russians don’t have the ability to lift it off and repair it.
At this time it looks cheaper to write the whole shebang off, the dry dock, crane and aircraft carrier hull and simply build all new when they can afford it.
Pingpong balls
the gas or air needs to be contained
I’ve made oxyacetlyene box bombs that were crowd-pleasers back in the eighties.
At least the floating garbage fire is out.
The flight deck would make a great setting for a miniature golf course.
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