A crane and a submarine

UglyMowgli · 01-23-07, 01:39 PM

more phots here: http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/...idges-and.html

TteFAboB · 01-23-07, 01:45 PM

Will it float?

UglyMowgli · 01-23-07, 01:46 PM

Since it is a real sub i think yes

RickC Sniper · 01-23-07, 03:18 PM

That is an amazing piece of machinery.

Lift capacity 3,700 tons!

Sailor Steve · 01-23-07, 06:45 PM

The U.S. Navy had a crane in Subic Bay way back when that was designed to lift the turrets out of an Iowa class battleship. Those turrets weighed 2000 tons; not quite the same class, but pretty impressive all the same.

Yahoshua · 01-23-07, 08:17 PM

Foreman to crane operator: "IF YOU DROP THAT THING YOU JUST BOUGHT IT"!!!

*Crane operator proceeds to swing sub over the foreman and ask for clarification of what he said*

RickC Sniper · 01-24-07, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The U.S. Navy had a crane in Subic Bay way back when that was designed to lift the turrets out of an Iowa class battleship. Those turrets weighed 2000 tons; not quite the same class, but pretty impressive all the same.

Was that one stationary or on a barge like this one?
The fact that this is floating and mobile is very impressive.......but then my experience with cranes is limited to landlocked varieties.

Rick

01-23-07, 01:39 PM	#1
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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The U.S. Navy had a crane in Subic Bay way back when that was designed to lift the turrets out of an Iowa class battleship. Those turrets weighed 2000 tons; not quite the same class, but pretty impressive all the same. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Foreman to crane operator: "IF YOU DROP THAT THING YOU JUST BOUGHT IT"!!! Crane operator proceeds to swing sub over the foreman and ask for clarification of what he said __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

01-23-07, 03:18 PM	#4
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	That is an amazing piece of machinery. Lift capacity 3,700 tons!