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Exhibit ship Noah's Ark has received major damage after it ran into a coast guard ship docked in Oslo.
Ark has received a huge gash in front on the starboard side and has got a tugboat help to get to the wharf again.
The accident happened during the relocation of the ark, said the duty officer at the coast guard ship Nornen said.
The ship is located in Bjørvika, but is scheduled to proceed to Sandefjord later this month.
I totally love the tires hanging on the ark as fenders. They obviously worked. :2thumbs:
Having been aboard actual ships and knowing something about their nature, It is obvious to me whoever wrote the Ark myth in the first place never spent time on one. Rubber tire fenders on a Neolithic ship? You betcha.
I also thought the glass windows was a nice touch.
Tires are SOP for cheap-ass owners who won't buy proper gear. Seen them on scows all the time in turd world countries.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on June 10, 2016, 11:17:54 AM
Tires are SOP for cheap-ass owners who won't buy proper gear. Seen them on scows all the time in turd world countries.
You and I have both had the opportunity of seeing what real ones look like and how they function. Makes me think whoever built the ark wasn't exactly knowledgeable in that area.
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Quote from: stromboli on June 10, 2016, 11:27:04 AM
You and I have both had the opportunity of seeing what real ones look like and how they function. Makes me think whoever built the ark wasn't exactly knowledgeable in that area.
For my quals as coxswain I got to parallel park an LHA. In a dead foul 15 knot wind. Took three hours and six tugs. I was ready to ram the camels by the time they doubled up the lines.
Never piloted a small boat, but I drove the big one. Was the leading/battle station helmsman for my last patrol on the Washington. Nothing like parking a 2 billion dollar/6,000 ton ship (with help from some tugs, of course) against the sub tender.
Oh yeah, explanation: Subs are different than other ships in that a limited crew does a lot of multitasking. I was also effectively the ship's bosun's mate because as leading seaman on the 598 I was responsible for the topside gear. the Seaman gang (I was a messcook/seaman during upkeep and the night messcook/cook on patrol.) I also happened to be the "cowboy" from out west that knew how to actually tie knots. I made the monkey's fists on the Heavies during patrol. Because the seaman gang is under Weapons, we also assisted in loading torpedoes and in missile onload/offloads.
And in sub quals to earn your Dolphins, you have to know damage control intimately in every compartment. So you know some of everybody's watch in terms of where equipment is. They also encouraged cross training in different departments- you only have 6 Sonarmen, so it is nice to have somebody to stand watch if a Sonarman was incapacitated. You obviously can't cross train as a Nuke or Radioman (clearance issues included) but other jobs like helmsman you can.