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USS Cole Recovery Photos
Posted: January 5, 2004, 12:53 pm
by Kluden
This is an old case/story, but I stumbled accross this site today and figured some of you would actually like to see this. This site has pictures showing the recovery of the USS Cole after it had its hull compromised.
I did not know how these things worked until seeing these photos, pretty damn cool.
USS Cole Recovery
Posted: January 5, 2004, 1:02 pm
by Phugg_Innay
I've seen that ship/recovery device before on either the History ch or Discovery , mighty impressive. Now think how much explosives are needed to blast a hole that size into a warship like that. The hull should be aprox 4 in thick at that point.
Posted: January 5, 2004, 3:35 pm
by Runcade
wow that is pretty awsome. looks like an engineering master piece to me
Posted: January 5, 2004, 3:42 pm
by Tegellan
Fucking impressive hehe
Posted: January 5, 2004, 4:23 pm
by Zamtuk
lol @ the braveheart soundtrack in the background
Posted: January 5, 2004, 4:53 pm
by Kluden
Hooooolllly shit. I just turned up my sound and listened to that shit. Please excuse me for not having my speakers on this morning when I saw that site. I'm bloody embarassed now
Posted: January 5, 2004, 6:09 pm
by Klydon
Actually, the hull is not that thick at all. The skin if the ship is probably around a 1/2 of an inch or less. Framing was also obviously twisted as well and that was probably another 1/2 of an inch where it was at.
The same type of recovery vessel was used to bring the Stark home as well after she was mined in the Gulf. I have seen video on the damage control efforts to save that ship as well and her hull is only 3/16th of an inch think. The crew wound up welding extra plates on the superstructure around structural cracks to help prevent the ship from breaking into two pieces.