And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Back in the '80's the Navy made a bunch of ocean going barges ,called Intergrateds.These were big barges ,meant to be loaded with bunker fuel and stored offshore ,rafted together .Problem was the Tugs were to top heavy they had to stay attached .So the Navy ended up selling them at a huge loss .I used to receive Caustic soda from one of these .They took the aft end of a Japanese chemical ship who's manifold had exploded, grafted it onto a surplus integrated barge ...new ship .
Classic fatigue failure midship. The ship is designed like a beam bow to stern. It hogs (wave peak at mid ships pushes midship section up while bow and stern fall into the troughs) and sags (wave peaks support the bow and stern while the midship falls into the trough) over and over again millions of times throughout its life. The cyclical stress at top and bottom of the ship hull eventually leads to fatigue failure usually at the sheer strake ( specifically at the top edge of the side shell plating where it meets the top most continuous deck).
Not really living up to its name.
ReplyDeleteIt will make a damn fine fishing reef.
ReplyDeleteBack in the '80's the Navy made a bunch of ocean going barges ,called Intergrateds.These were big barges ,meant to be loaded with bunker fuel and stored offshore ,rafted together .Problem was the Tugs were to top heavy they had to stay attached .So the Navy ended up selling them at a huge loss .I used to receive Caustic soda from one of these .They took the aft end of a Japanese chemical ship who's manifold had exploded, grafted it onto a surplus integrated barge ...new ship .
ReplyDeleteDid somebody smoke?
ReplyDeleteMetal fatigue.
ReplyDeleteClassic fatigue failure midship. The ship is designed like a beam bow to stern. It hogs (wave peak at mid ships pushes midship section up while bow and stern fall into the troughs) and sags (wave peaks support the bow and stern while the midship falls into the trough) over and over again millions of times throughout its life. The cyclical stress at top and bottom of the ship hull eventually leads to fatigue failure usually at the sheer strake ( specifically at the top edge of the side shell plating where it meets the top most continuous deck).
ReplyDeleteIt was like this when I got here
ReplyDelete"At seven p.m., a main hatchway caved in, he said
ReplyDeleteFellas, it's been good to know ya!"*, Gordon Lightfoot
* obscure cultural reference
And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight
DeleteCame the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestige_oil_spill
ReplyDeleteThe litany of malfeasance and stupidity is impressive
It's a good thing the front didn't fall off (an Aussi comedy)
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/IOqgjh-W2ps