Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 59 minutes ago, Belesarius said: http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/130184 "A team of civilian researchers led by entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has announced they have found the wreck of the World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA 35), which was lost July 30, 1945." 18000 ft deep. That's deep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted December 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Paul Allen's group has now found the USS Ward off the Philippines which fired the first shots of World War 2 in the Pacific Theater for the US during the Attack on Pearl Harbor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ward_(DD-139)#After_Pearl_Harbor Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 I can remember when an oil spill catastrophe like this would make national headlines. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-shipping-accident-oil/rescue-crews-wrestle-to-tame-china-oil-tanker-fire-body-of-mariner-found-idUSKBN1EX00J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Donward said: I can remember when an oil spill catastrophe like this would make national headlines. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-shipping-accident-oil/rescue-crews-wrestle-to-tame-china-oil-tanker-fire-body-of-mariner-found-idUSKBN1EX00J Well you see it's not our coast so there's no reason to care good sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 That oil tanker has sunk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42680945 Quote Burning oil tanker sinks off China after one week An oil tanker burning in the East China Sea for more than a week has finally sunk, Chinese media say. The Sanchi and a cargo ship collided 260km (160 miles) off Shanghai on 6 January, with the tanker then drifting south-east towards Japan. Iranian officials now say all 32 crew members - 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis - on the tanker are dead. The tanker was carrying 136,000 tonnes of ultra-light crude but Chinese officials say there is no major slick. China Central Television said that the Sanchi had gone down after "suddenly igniting" around noon (04:00 GMT). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 “Wreckage from the USS Lexington was discovered on March 4, 2018, by the expedition crew of Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel, which is owned by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen. The Lexington was found 3,000 meters (approximately two miles) below the surface, resting on the floor of the Coral Sea more than 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia.” Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Jeeps_Guns_Tanks, Scolopax, Collimatrix and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Another wehraboo fantasy debunked. http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/18/nazi-submarine-smuggled-hitler-south-america-discovered-near-denmark-7477100/ Sgt.Squarehead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Fthwang! I'm surprised it stayed up all these years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/oxford-scientists-successfully-recreated-a-famous-rogue-wave-in-the-lab/ In this latest experiment, the Oxford scientists generated two sets of waves in a circular water tank at the University of Edinburgh and made sure they crossed each other at various angles, the better to recreate the conditions under which the Draupner wave had formed. In these conditions, the wave doesn't break like you'd normally expect. Wave breaking usually serves to limit a wave's maximum height, but that limiting factor doesn't occur when waves cross each other at large angles. The sweet spot turned out to be an angle of 120 degrees: when the groups of waves crossed at that angle, they formed a wave that scaled neatly with the height and length of the Draupner wave (albeit at 1/35th the size of the original). ... Despite numerous anecdotal eyewitness accounts about rogue waves, there wasn't any hard scientific evidence for them, so such claims were dismissed as myths or legends. In fact, a French naval officer in 1826, Jules Dumont d'Urville, reported seeing a 108-foot-high wave in the Indian Ocean and was roundly ridiculed by physicist François Arago for his trouble. At the time, scientists didn't think waves could be higher than 30 feet. ... In 1995, a powerful rogue wave slammed into an offshore gas pipeline platform operated by Statoil in the southern tip of Norway. Dubbed the "Draupner wave," it generated intense interest among scientists, since the platform's various sensors and instruments provided precise details about the wave's dynamics. Rogue waves had long been considered a myth, so those readings—combined with damage to the platform consistent with a wave some 84 feet high—provided crucial evidence for the phenomenon Alzoc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 That's interesting. I've seen some work on freak waves previously (as in ~15 years ago), but that was looking at 2d waves where one wave would suck energy out of the waves either side of it - building on the work in a 3d pool is neat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uss-hornet-wreckage-world-war-two-warship-discovered/ LostCosmonaut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 Glad to see his operation is still going. https://www.paulallen.com/the-hunt-for-the-uss-hornet/ LostCosmonaut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 Oh wow. This is a fucking cool shot from above the wreck of the Hornet. Note how intact the wreck is, with the island largely intact. Some of the stern is missing, or crumpled in the sonar shadow. But man, for a ship that took such a beating she looks largely intact. @Collimatrix, @A. T. Mahan, Scolopax, Collimatrix, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 23 minutes ago, Belesarius said: Oh wow. This is a fucking cool shot from above the wreck of the Hornet. Note how intact the wreck is, with the island largely intact. Some of the stern is missing, or crumpled in the sonar shadow. But man, for a ship that took such a beating she looks largely intact. @Collimatrix, @A. T. Mahan, That's pretty cool. Some of the other pics shows very little decay to a lot of the ship! Quote nearly 17,500 feet That's DEEP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks said: That's pretty cool. Some of the other pics shows very little decay to a lot of the ship! That's DEEP! That tractor looks like it's ready for @Walter_Sobchak to take a shot at getting it running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scolopax Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 USS Wasp has now been located as well. https://www.paulallen.com/uss-wasp/ Donward, Collimatrix and Belesarius 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 La Minerve has been found. The submarine and it's 52 crew members sank in 1968 when returning to Toulon. http://www.opex360.com/2019/07/22/lepave-du-sous-marin-la-minerve-a-ete-retrouvee-plus-de-50-ans-apres-sa-disparition/ Ramlaen and Donward 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 A photo of the wreck (the only one I managed to find so far, they haven't all been released yet): Spoiler What's interesting is that the photo contradict the two existing hypothesis: either a snorkel leak, or a diving bar issue. Both would have caused a significant tilt of the sub, but it was found flat on the bottom and without any damage to the bulb or it's rear extremity. But an internal explosion may have occurred in the central part of the ship (may be the batteries). https://www.lopinion.fr/blog/secret-defense/minerve-photos-semblent-contredire-hypotheses-precedentes-l-accident-193845 Ramlaen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Wouldn't a snorkel leak flood the centre compartment, bringing the sub down evenly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 35 minutes ago, Xlucine said: Wouldn't a snorkel leak flood the centre compartment, bringing the sub down evenly? I guess it depends on where the flood start. The leak could have come from the exhaust which is connected to the engines at the rear. If the flood happened here I guess the sub would have tilted backward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Wreck of the German cruiser Karlsruhe sunk on April 9, 1940 during the invasion of Norway have been found Spoiler LoooSeR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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