Author Topic: Have any of you seen one of these? (Read 713 times)

YourDead · « **on:** March 05, 2003, 07:42:21 PM »

Marvel of naval architechture...

ElGuapo1 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2003, 09:29:30 PM »

Is that a Seawolf under constr.?

vatiAH · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2003, 09:31:35 PM »

I think he is talking about the floating drydock

Noctilux · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2003, 09:32:06 PM »

Looks like a 1992 Chevy van. What do I win?!?

YourDead · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2003, 09:45:11 AM »

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Originally posted by Noctilux
Looks like a 1992 Chevy van. What do I win?!?

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yea, the dry dock thing. that was at the Norfolk Navy base. i saw that

and grabbed my camera as quickly as i could for a shot at it

capt. apathy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2003, 11:25:03 AM »

we used to have the biggest one on the coast here unil they sold it off to some other country.

it was about 1000 ft long. it held the exxon valdez but they had to put a barge under the bow because it hung out the end.

I used to get up every morning and go to work on one of those things.

frank3 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2003, 12:40:01 PM »

I think he's talking about that van

mauser · « **Reply #7 on:** March 06, 2003, 03:17:16 PM »

I saw my first ones a couple months ago in San Diego. A smaller one like that and a big one that had a container ship in it. I was impressed...

If that was indeed at Norfolk, you might want to be careful taking pictures in and around the industrial areas. At Pearl photography is strictly prohibited without consent of the proper channels.

mauser

DiabloTX · « **Reply #8 on:** March 06, 2003, 04:45:15 PM »

I saw a bunch of these floating dry docks when I was stationed in Norfolk NOB. They were all at the southern end where the bubble-heads were moored. We could take all the pictures we wanted to. Here's one of NSC Norfolk I took pulling into port in 1987.

mauser · « **Reply #9 on:** March 06, 2003, 07:40:31 PM »

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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I saw a bunch of these floating dry docks when I was stationed in Norfolk NOB. They were all at the southern end where the bubble-heads were moored. We could take all the pictures we wanted to. Here's one of NSC Norfolk I took pulling into port in 1987.

That's cool then, I guess each yard has some differing rules here
and there. Thanks Diablo.

mauser

davidpt40 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2003, 04:57:00 AM »

They are probably afraid that some country might bomb Pearl Harbor if someone takes pictures of the ship yards. Nah, that would never happen. Radar would pick up any incomming flights long before they reached the harbor....

Rasker · « **Reply #11 on:** March 08, 2003, 12:44:45 AM »

hey, radar did the job in 1941

ergRTC · « **Reply #12 on:** March 10, 2003, 10:49:13 AM »

yeah thats a dodge.