A lot of big boats out there. And this is just container ships, not even counting tankers and cruise ships and whatnot.
Guy does a walkthrough of the battleship New Jersey. Came upon it while watching container ship videos.
I have been on board this vessel a couple times this year. It's an offshore pipelay vessel. 300 meters in length, can carry 22,000 tons of pipe, and can lay up to 5.5km of 36 diameter inch heavy wall pipe per day at depths up to 1500 meters. Super cool experience to watch it work.
So I assume the Soltaire took over as the world’s largest pipelayer after the previous record holder was decommissioned. Spoiler
Feds recently hit cargo giant in Baltimore disaster for silencing whistleblowers Eight months before the Dali, a Maersk Line Limited-chartered cargo ship, crashed into the Baltimore's Key Bridge, the Labor Department sanctioned the shipping conglomerate for retaliating against an employee who reported unsafe working conditions aboard a Maersk-operated boat. It turns out the Danish shipping conglomerate had a rule that requires employees to first report their concerns to the company BEFORE reporting it to the Coast Guard or other authorities, which the Labor Department slammed as "reprehensible and an egregious violation of the rights of employees." Maersk was found to have wrongfully fired an employee who reported "unrepaired leaks, unpermitted alcohol consumption onboard, inoperable lifeboats, faulty emergency fire suppression equipment, and other issues," according to the writing team at The Lever. This policy, which was approved by Maersk company executives, raises serious questions as the investigation into exactly what happened onboard the Dali and whether or not corporate efforts to dodge maintenance costs contributed to the disaster that killed at least six people and caused billions of dollars in damage.
this badass ship used to be docked right outside my office window until they moved it to drydock a couple weeks ago for repairs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_(BB-62)
As a person who was aboard an pretty damn big ship for an extended amount of time, we called it a boat sometimes. I think it's okay for ship's personnel to minimize the size of the ship...but frowned upon by outsiders.
Our school district had a half day the day it moved because they thought our town would be gridlocked with everyone going to Red Bank and River Winds to see it.
This happens all the time at ports of call. They give you a half hour buffer between all aboard and departure.
Was on a Caribbean cruise 2 weeks ago. Spent a good portion of each night on the balcony bc of sleeping difficulties due to a pinched sciatic nerve. Was pretty cool to see the other cruise lines in fairly close proximity going between ports at night.
Becoming a fan of cruising. It can be done in a less trashy environment if you put in minimal effort and a little cash. Ships are obviously cool as shit. Easy way to get to multiple cool places with a kid in tow with a consistency you don’t get by hopping traditional hotels.
The Blue Marlin ship that can carry other ships and off-shore platforms is pretty insane. Spoiler Carrying the USS Cole:
There’s a mighty ships episode on a similar ship called Hawk. Also found on Smithsonian channel or paramount plus.
Not gonna lie I’m extremely surprised OZ hasn’t shown up in this thread with 7 paragraphs of semi coherent ramblings about his favorite pictures of ships and some nostalgia about a ship he saw while on the boardwalk as a child.
Disney was good from a service and experience standpoint with a small child. Food and rooms kind of sucked. Old facilities and very low grade food that they can get away with having a lot of kids. Norwegian was pretty good. Food was a lot better than expected. Ship was nice and new. Hotel service and waitstaff were clearly lacking because of understaffing.
Especially when different places don't agree on what the ship is. The definition of Patrol Craft, corvettes, and frigates, or destroyers and cruisers, is so variable and country/mission dependent it's super confusing; there's a number of instances I think of off-hand where the US calls it one thing but the country that built it calls it something else.
Tons of work done on the USS Texas the last year, one of the most historic battleships on the planet. Neat to see the USS Alabama down here and the Iowa class boats, but Texas is from another era. Very cool. I think they have a YT channel that's very active.