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tblue37

(65,408 posts) Sun Jul 29, 2018, 06:29 PM Jul 2018

This is quite a ship of fulls--it's full of ships!

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This is quite a ship of fulls--it's full of ships! (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2018 OP

No one has said "Holy ship!" yet? nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #1

It's the Blue Marlin dalton99a Jul 2018 #2

What a load of ship! nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #3

Can't shipping ships ship themselves? marylandblue Jul 2018 #4

Q: How many ships does a ship ship ship when a ship ship ships ships? tblue37 Jul 2018 #5

I like how they have all the superstructures stored on top Brother Buzz Jul 2018 #6

Looks cool. Flaleftist Jul 2018 #7

I guess the ships stacked up aren't as heavy as they look caraher Jul 2018 #9

which one is onethatcares Jul 2018 #8

I don't like it ProudLib72 Jul 2018 #10

tblue37

(65,408 posts)

1. No one has said "Holy ship!" yet? nt

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 06:36 PM

Jul 2018

dalton99a

(81,516 posts)

2. It's the Blue Marlin

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 06:37 PM

Jul 2018

The semi-submersible ship M/V Blue Marlin carrying damaged USS Cole | Photograph by PH2 Leland Comer

tblue37

(65,408 posts)

3. What a load of ship! nt

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 06:38 PM

Jul 2018

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

4. Can't shipping ships ship themselves?

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 07:14 PM

Jul 2018

tblue37

(65,408 posts)

5. Q: How many ships does a ship ship ship when a ship ship ships ships?

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 07:17 PM

Jul 2018

A: A shipload.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

6. I like how they have all the superstructures stored on top

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 07:18 PM

Jul 2018

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)

7. Looks cool.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 07:27 PM

Jul 2018

I'd like to see the loading process. What kind of crane can lift that kind of weight? Maybe several cranes working in unison?

caraher

(6,278 posts)

9. I guess the ships stacked up aren't as heavy as they look

Reply to Flaleftist (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 09:38 PM

Jul 2018

"3 pontoons and 18 river barges." This video doesn't show the initial stacking, just the stack being loaded on Blue Marlin. Which is semi-submersible, so no crane required for that step:

onethatcares

(16,172 posts)

8. which one is

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 09:28 PM

Jul 2018

Betsy DeVos'?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

10. I don't like it

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 09:43 PM

Jul 2018

Why can't those freeloading shipping ships ship themselves?

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