Little Google Earth fun for ya

Few place for ya to look at:

69°11'57.67"N 33°24'30.64"E Lone Sub at Polyarnyy

69°12'7.77"N 33°28'11.43"E Sub Base at Polyarnyy

69°11'27.51"N 33°22'31.23"E Presummably the Russian Fleet at Polyarnyy

Sorry if I offend any of you on that last one!

If you scan the area more closely you can see all kinds of interesting things, like ships on the beach, and underwater.

Most of you should know this place, and was having some Google Earth fun enjoy

[geetrue]

Are you from Washington DC or Washington state?

They pay people to find these things in Navy Intelligence.

You could get a job maybe.

Thanks for the info ...

Washington State

[geetrue]

What boat were you on? Fast attack or boomer?

[Fish]

Ships cemetery.

69°13'25.31"N 33°20'46.46"O

[sonar732]

Originally Posted by Fish

Ships cemetery.

69°13'25.31"N 33°20'46.46"O

Too bad the images aren't clear enough for a positive identification.

[seafarer]

You want to see a ship's graveyard, just punch in "Navy Yard City" or "Bremerton" - the USS Long Beach hulk is still moored there and visible in Google Earth (not to mention 11 or so nuke subs waiting to be scrapped).

P.S. also "Mulberry Point, James River" will show the James river ghost fleet all rafted up in several lots.

[sonar732]

Originally Posted by seafarer

You want to see a ship's graveyard, just punch in "Navy Yard City" or "Bremerton" - the USS Long Beach hulk is still moored there and visible in Google Earth (not to mention 11 or so nuke subs waiting to be scrapped).

P.S. also "Mulberry Point, James River" will show the James river ghost fleet all rafted up in several lots.

I like the one to the North East of San Fran.

I was on a couple of boomers, east and west coast.

I figured this would be a popular topic and now I have some more sites to look tonight when I get home. Thanks and keep them coming!

It just amazes me that there are so many ships just left to rot when that steel and material could be used for many other things, not to mention clear up some obvious eyesores

Has anyone else been on the WWII submarine located next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland? I have tons of pictures of it.

Originally Posted by seafarer

You want to see a ship's graveyard, just punch in "Navy Yard City" or "Bremerton" - the USS Long Beach hulk is still moored there and visible in Google Earth (not to mention 11 or so nuke subs waiting to be scrapped).

No need to look at google earth for this one. I see them everyday!

[sonar732]

Originally Posted by Urspankd

I was on a couple of boomers, east and west coast.

What was your rate, time served, and boats? Might've crossed paths in Bangor.

[seafarer]

Originally Posted by Urspankd

I was on a couple of boomers, east and west coast.

I figured this would be a popular topic and now I have some more sites to look tonight when I get home. Thanks and keep them coming!

It just amazes me that there are so many ships just left to rot when that steel and material could be used for many other things, not to mention clear up some obvious eyesores

It all depends on supply and demand. There is a glut of recycled steel in the world, and a limited number of breaker yards. Plus, scrapping ships can be very expensive. Most of the main countries that do it these days manage to make a profit by simply ignoring the environmental effects (pictures of the waters and shoreline around some yards Bangladesh are just horrid). In the Persian gulf, excess super tankers are rafted up - it was cheap to make them so they got churned out, but it's very expensive to break them up, so unless the profit for the recycled material is very large, it's cheaper to let them rot somewhere.

Of course, a lot of naval ships in the US are kept for parts. That's mainly why ships like the USS Constellation are still floating at Bremerton - her parts are helping to keep the USS Kitty Hawk running. The James R. Ghost fleet is a big political issue here in Virginia. Many of the ships are in really bad shape, leaking and falling apart. But the cost of scrapping them is high, even just towing them to a foreign country for scrapping is expensive (and some now are deemed to be unfit for such a voyage without a lot of work beforehand). It's turning into a nice political mess.

[elite_hunter_sh3]

if someone could get 20-30 people, we can actually "borrow" a battleship or a cruiser.. how hard is it to get these ships seaworthy :hmm::hmm:??

[seafarer]

This site has pictures of the breaking yards at Chittagong, Bangladesh (you can see ships on the beach in Google Earth, but it's poor quality). Fairly wretched looking place, IMO, but it's one of the largest ship breaking yards in the world. Cheap labour makes it profitable, and virtually zero environmental laws.