Simviation Forum - Cement ships

Aug 15^th, 2010 at 12:36pm

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Good afternoon all...

Here is an interesting site and an interesting topic... Wink

http://www.unmuseum.org/concrete.htm

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Reply #1 - Aug 15^th, 2010 at 1:27pm

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I've actually seen the remains of the Atlantus (boat in the picture). Of course, I was little at the time and had no idea what the ship was until more recently. I'm sure some others here have seen it as well.

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Reply #2 - Aug 15^th, 2010 at 11:15pm

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Wow, I had never heard of these concrete ladies. After seeing your post I did some more research and looked at some more pics...more trivia for me to bring to work and quiz my fellow Marines and squids Cool

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Reply #3 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 12:05am

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I believe this is what prompted Adam and Jamie to build a Pykrete boat. Not to be confused with their flying a lead balloon. Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 5:43am

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Interesting. Concrete ships were also built during WWII. Some still survive today. I found this site with details & photos. http://www.concreteships.org/

Those hulks remind me of the remains of sections of the Mulberry Harbours dotted around the coasts of England & Normandy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWO5wpZGG14

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Reply #5 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 10:17am

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Hmm. This one's a floating (sort of) hotel now. Pretty cool:

http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww1/pasqual/

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Reply #6 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 11:35am

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They also experimented with ice -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk

http://www.goodeveca.net/CFGoodeve/habakkuk.html

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/235665/2_million_ton_pykrete_aircraft_carrier_in_w...

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Reply #7 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 1:14pm

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Thanks "Rom" you beat me too it...that was my next post... Grin

"Iceberg Aircraft Carriers" ...another Canuck invention...

All we got out of that one was the market for Aircraft Snow Tires with or without studs and Prop Chains for flying in snowy weather (like the chains you would put on a truck tire for traction in the snow but for aircraft propellers)..... Grin

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Reply #8 - Aug 16^th, 2010 at 1:42pm

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Flying Trucker wrote on Aug 16^th, 2010 at 1:14pm:

Thanks "Rom" you beat me too it...that was my next post... Grin

"Iceberg Aircraft Carriers" ...another Canuck invention...

All we got out of that one was the market for Aircraft Snow Tires with or without studs and Prop Chains for flying in snowy weather (like the chains you would put on a truck tire for traction in the snow but for aircraft propellers)..... Grin

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Reply #9 - Aug 17^th, 2010 at 6:17am

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........... Wink

Thanks "Rom"... Wink

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Reply #10 - Aug 17^th, 2010 at 12:05pm

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I seem to recall reading about these concrete ships as an early form of Liberty boat, if memory serves first used in the second half of WWI.
Alas I'm well away from my beloved library at present to check up whence I read this... check it upon my return to Blighty!

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Reply #11 - Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 2:33pm

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There's a "harbor" of cement ship hulls on the west coast of the DelMarVa peninsula in the US of A. At Kiptopeke, VA they were used as a breakwater for the old ferry terminal before the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel was built. They can be seen in Google Earth. I thought these particular hulls were built for WWII, they had much newer lines than the examples above.

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