questionmark Posted October 30, 2012 #1 Share Posted October 30, 2012 http://www.bloomberg.com/video/must-see-giant-tanker-washed-ashore-off-nyc-sHDjO3~PSQyW6Q541Aj4zA.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted October 30, 2012 #2 Share Posted October 30, 2012 That ship was christened in 1941! http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=367010880 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted October 30, 2012 #3 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Looks like a salvage job now. I wonder if there would be any way to pull it back into the water..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted October 31, 2012 #4 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Looks like a salvage job now. I wonder if there would be any way to pull it back into the water..... Is it worth it? Christened in 1941 makes it 71+ years old! LOL. Can't believe the thing is still afloat. Maybe the web site is wrong but it looks like an old boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted October 31, 2012 Author #5 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Is it worth it? Christened in 1941 makes it 71+ years old! LOL. Can't believe the thing is still afloat. Maybe the web site is wrong but it looks like an old boat. It is an old boat, and as it was moored probably part of the strategic reserve of some shipping company (they all have one or two moored old tubs in case one of the modern ones has trouble). On my Sailor days I was on a boat build in '45, there is no modern one I would trust as much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted November 29, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 29, 2012 This didn't even make the news here. Staten Island was a black out zone . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted November 29, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 29, 2012 sure it was covered. i've seen it on first day after the storm. a lot more than once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWJohn Posted November 29, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Thats nothin' Theres a giant rusted tanker from the late 1800's that on the beach of Fire Island now due to Hurricane Sandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted November 30, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 30, 2012 sure it was covered. i've seen it on first day after the storm. a lot more than once No station I watch had it . NBC,CBS,PIX .I don't watch FoX . All I did was watch the news,as that's all that was on . And I posted the 18 th century boat on here somewhere . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted November 30, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 30, 2012 news 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted December 1, 2012 #11 Share Posted December 1, 2012 There was a very large ship washed hundreds of yards above the high tide line in '69 after hurricane Camille in coastal Mississippi. They had to cut it up for scrap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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