USS Cole recovery *PICS* totally amazing....

[OutHouse]

wow cool stuff.

How in the heck did they make the Cole fit in the brackets thats on the carrier ship, while it is under the water?

 

[skyking]

I'd like to see it, but it wedges my computer every time I open it, gah!

 

[Scarpozzi]

Those are really awesome pictures. Thanks for sharing.

I'm lucky....I never have midi sounds enabled on my computers. I think they SUCK.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Cool except for the freakin music!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11


Make it stop, make it STOP!

If you click "Stop" on your browser, the music stops

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: acidvoodoo
lol,that flatbed ship doesn't look like it would last long in a storm

Why? It's not like it sinks when covered in water.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: Bignate603

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Cool.

I like the Midi playing to...where have I heard that before?

Was it brave heart?

Cool except for the freakin music!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

No Irish blood in YOU I guess!

Nope, I am 100% English.

Funny thing, William Wallace wasn't Irish either...

That would make sense because he was fighting for Scotland...

You've got to admit the Irish guy in Braveheart was cool, though

 

[JMaster]

Nice toys trying to pass off as real.
Haha.. jk I know you were thinking the same thing.

 

[GroundedSailor]

Originally posted by: Citrix
wow cool stuff.

How in the heck did they make the Cole fit in the brackets thats on the carrier ship, while it is under the water?

Those brackets are fitted to the carrier ship before she is ballasted down in the water.

Basically the sequence of events is:
- Carrier ship arrives at location.
- Brackets are welded on deck in accordance with Cole's measurements.
- Carrier ship ballast tanks are filled with water so she sinks low in the water.
- Cole is floated above the carrier ship and aligned in position, as seen in pics.
- Carrier ship ballast tanks are pumped out so her deck rises above the water taking the Cole up with it.
- Cole is secured properly for the sea voyage.