I have never thought of anything by her. (And I couldn't tell you a single thing she has done.) When I think of "wrecking ball," I think of this:
Heavy Metal
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one of filmdom's most under underappreciated acting jobs .. good movie, buT "Bud White" made it IMHO.
And the producers did not want Russell Crowe or Guy Pierce. Two unknown (at the time) Australians??? I think they were both good.
Stumbled across an OLD episode of one of my favorite TV shows ever ... when I have time, I binge watch at least four (60 mins) in a row
This one was about the "Ghost Fleet" in Suisun CA. It was almost 15 years old. I never heard of it but a LOTTA Heavy Metal was there back then, and a whole LOT less now (environmental/other issues).
If you are a shipi-o-phile, several links below of the luminairies still there/once there.
sources: Rusty Navy: The Bay Area's 'Mothball Fleet' Enters a New Era | KQED. Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet - Wikipedia
Excerpt
The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet colloquially known as the mothball fleet, is located on the northwest side of Suisun Bay (the northern portion of the greater San Francisco Bay estuary) in Benicia, California.
The fleet is within a regulated navigation area that is about 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 kilometers) long and 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) wide. It begins just north of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge and runs northeast, parallel to the shoreline.
Water depths range from about 46 feet (14 meters) at Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) at the foot of the anchorage, to about 26 feet (8 m) MLLW at the shallowest berths towards the northern end of the anchorage. As of December 2022, eight ships remain in the fleet.
At its peak, in 1950, the NDRF had 2,277 ships in lay-up. In 2003, it had 274. In July 2007, it held 230 ships, primarily dry-cargo ships, with some tankers, military auxiliaries, and other types. In December 2021, the number of ships was down to 91.
The Suisun Bay location contained 324 ships in 1959. Forty years later, the number was down by about 250, but pollutants had begun to accumulate in the area.
Paint containing toxins such as lead, copper, zinc and barium had been flaking off many of the ships' hulls and superstructures.
By June 2007, some 21 tons of toxic paint debris was estimated to have been shed from the ships, to settle in the bay sediment.[6] A further 65 tons of paint was estimated to be in danger of flaking off
Notable former
This one was about the "Ghost Fleet" in Suisun CA. It was almost 15 years old. I never heard of it but a LOTTA Heavy Metal was there back then, and a whole LOT less now (environmental/other issues).
If you are a shipi-o-phile, several links below of the luminairies still there/once there.
sources: Rusty Navy: The Bay Area's 'Mothball Fleet' Enters a New Era | KQED. Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet - Wikipedia
Excerpt
The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet colloquially known as the mothball fleet, is located on the northwest side of Suisun Bay (the northern portion of the greater San Francisco Bay estuary) in Benicia, California.
The fleet is within a regulated navigation area that is about 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 kilometers) long and 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) wide. It begins just north of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge and runs northeast, parallel to the shoreline.
Water depths range from about 46 feet (14 meters) at Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) at the foot of the anchorage, to about 26 feet (8 m) MLLW at the shallowest berths towards the northern end of the anchorage. As of December 2022, eight ships remain in the fleet.
At its peak, in 1950, the NDRF had 2,277 ships in lay-up. In 2003, it had 274. In July 2007, it held 230 ships, primarily dry-cargo ships, with some tankers, military auxiliaries, and other types. In December 2021, the number of ships was down to 91.
The Suisun Bay location contained 324 ships in 1959. Forty years later, the number was down by about 250, but pollutants had begun to accumulate in the area.
Paint containing toxins such as lead, copper, zinc and barium had been flaking off many of the ships' hulls and superstructures.
By June 2007, some 21 tons of toxic paint debris was estimated to have been shed from the ships, to settle in the bay sediment.[6] A further 65 tons of paint was estimated to be in danger of flaking off
Notable former
- USS Mount Hood (AE-29) – sold for scrap in 2013
- USS Pyro (AE-24)
- USS Tulare (LKA-112)
- USS Bolster (ARS-38)
- USS Clamp (ARS-33)
- USS Pigeon (ASR-21)
- USS Point Defiance (LSD-31)
- USS Sperry (AS-12)
- USS Thomaston (LSD-28)
- USS Vancouver (LPD-2)
- USCGC Glacier (WAGB-4)
- USS Holland (AS-32)
- USS Nereus (AS-17)
- USS Reclaimer (ARS-42)
- USNS Wyman (T-AGS-34)
- USNS Comet (T-AKR-7)
- USNS Meteor (T-AKR-9)
- USS Cimarron (AO-177)
- USNS Hassayampa (T-AO-145)
- USS Kansas City (AOR-3)
- USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO-146)
- USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105)
- USNS Ponchatoula (T-AO-148)
- USS Roanoke (AOR-7)
- USNS Shoshone (T-AO-151)
- USS Wabash (AOR-5)
- USS Wichita (AOR-1)
- USS Willamette (AO-180)
- USS Hoga (YTM-146) – moved to Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum as a museum ship
- USS Iowa (BB-61) – moved to the port of Los Angeles as a museum ship
- Sea Shadow (IX-529)
- USCGC Storis (WMEC-38)
- USCGC Iris (WLB 395)
- Glomar Explorer – also known as USNS Hughes Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193) – and later as GSF Explorer
From post 2,084. One of the luminaries. The former Hughes Glomar Explorer.
sources: Glomar Explorer - Wikipedia, https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/hughes-glomar-explorer, Glomar Explorer (Azorian Project) - Shipbucket
Famous, or infamous, this was the boat the CIA asked Howard Hughes to build, FOR THEM, to salvage a sunken Soviet submarine (K-129)
The Hemmings link is a summary you can read in five minutes.
IF, you were not familiar with the "cloak and daggger" surrounding this boat (Project Azorian, 50 years ago now), it was the submarine caper from the Russian boat that sank in nearly 3 miles of water in 1968, (did we get the secret goodies and we lied and said we didnt, or recovered just part of it like the "official" story goes?).
And then the "white elephant" the Glomar Explorer become. It was truly an (over) engineered marvel, built for a special purpose that could NOT translate to economic success in the private sector.
Scrapped ultimately, while it really should have been a museum piece IMHO. Decades ahead of its time with its technology.
Excerpt from Hemmings:
"Built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Chester, Pennsylvania, the Hughes Glomar Explorer was 619 feet long and 116 feet wide--too fat to fit through the Panama Canal.
Cost $350 million to build in early 70's (or well over $ billion in 2022 money), It also had what amounted to a floating drydock ("the moon pool,") in its hull, with the center section of the underside opening like doors to store the submarine once it was lifted off the ocean floor.
Sun equipped it with bow and stern thrusters, guided by satellite navigation, to keep the ship stationary over the recovery site during operations"
sources: Glomar Explorer - Wikipedia, https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/hughes-glomar-explorer, Glomar Explorer (Azorian Project) - Shipbucket
Famous, or infamous, this was the boat the CIA asked Howard Hughes to build, FOR THEM, to salvage a sunken Soviet submarine (K-129)
The Hemmings link is a summary you can read in five minutes.
IF, you were not familiar with the "cloak and daggger" surrounding this boat (Project Azorian, 50 years ago now), it was the submarine caper from the Russian boat that sank in nearly 3 miles of water in 1968, (did we get the secret goodies and we lied and said we didnt, or recovered just part of it like the "official" story goes?).
And then the "white elephant" the Glomar Explorer become. It was truly an (over) engineered marvel, built for a special purpose that could NOT translate to economic success in the private sector.
Scrapped ultimately, while it really should have been a museum piece IMHO. Decades ahead of its time with its technology.
Excerpt from Hemmings:
"Built by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Chester, Pennsylvania, the Hughes Glomar Explorer was 619 feet long and 116 feet wide--too fat to fit through the Panama Canal.
Cost $350 million to build in early 70's (or well over $ billion in 2022 money), It also had what amounted to a floating drydock ("the moon pool,") in its hull, with the center section of the underside opening like doors to store the submarine once it was lifted off the ocean floor.
Sun equipped it with bow and stern thrusters, guided by satellite navigation, to keep the ship stationary over the recovery site during operations"
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Was by there a few months ago; not much left today. Having grown up in Sacramento, whenever we drove to San Francesco, I always looked forward to going by there to see what's still there.
The Jeremiah O'Brien was found there. The last, unaltered Victory Ship in the world. It became a travelling Museum. I go to see it in san Diego a number of years back.
National Liberty Ship Memorial
The Jeremiah O'Brien was found there. The last, unaltered Victory Ship in the world. It became a travelling Museum. I go to see it in san Diego a number of years back.
National Liberty Ship Memorial
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Offshore oil drilling. Lotta heavy metal here I got turned onto with Modern Marvels show 20 years ago.
The Troll A drilling platform, biggest in the world. Anyway, the tallest and heaviest man-made structure ever moved from one place to another on the Earth's surface.
Its a gravity-based structure (meaning its standing on its own legs, immoveable due to its immense weight) off the coast of Norway. Built from reinforced concrete, as among the largest and most complex engineering projects in history.
The Troll A platform has an overall height of 472 metres (1,549 ft), weighs 683,600 tons (1.2 million tons with ballast) and is standing in almost 1,000 feet of water. It cost $650 million to build 20 years ago.
The legs must be able to withstand intense pressures, so the walls of Troll A's legs are over 1 meters thick and are made of steel-reinforced concrete that was formed in one continuous pour.
They built the legs and platform separately, partially floated and towed it 150 miles upright with a flotilla of tugs it out to where it is, and then sank the whole thing straight down (filled with water in the legs), and attached it with vacuum-anchors.
Designed to withstand 140 mph winds and 80 ft. waves, under its own weight, it sank about 110 feet into the mud.
sources: Troll A platform - Wikipedia, The Troll A Platform: One of the Biggest Floating Structures in the World, StackPath, https://lh4.ggpht.com/-r3av1MNgVBo/.../0dWLdmdlWqE/troll-platform-33.jpg?imgmax=800
The Troll A drilling platform, biggest in the world. Anyway, the tallest and heaviest man-made structure ever moved from one place to another on the Earth's surface.
Its a gravity-based structure (meaning its standing on its own legs, immoveable due to its immense weight) off the coast of Norway. Built from reinforced concrete, as among the largest and most complex engineering projects in history.
The Troll A platform has an overall height of 472 metres (1,549 ft), weighs 683,600 tons (1.2 million tons with ballast) and is standing in almost 1,000 feet of water. It cost $650 million to build 20 years ago.
The legs must be able to withstand intense pressures, so the walls of Troll A's legs are over 1 meters thick and are made of steel-reinforced concrete that was formed in one continuous pour.
They built the legs and platform separately, partially floated and towed it 150 miles upright with a flotilla of tugs it out to where it is, and then sank the whole thing straight down (filled with water in the legs), and attached it with vacuum-anchors.
Designed to withstand 140 mph winds and 80 ft. waves, under its own weight, it sank about 110 feet into the mud.
sources: Troll A platform - Wikipedia, The Troll A Platform: One of the Biggest Floating Structures in the World, StackPath, https://lh4.ggpht.com/-r3av1MNgVBo/.../0dWLdmdlWqE/troll-platform-33.jpg?imgmax=800
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What happened to all the other posts about the Jeremiah O'Brien? Why are they gone?
senior unsupervised.
tried to edit post for new pic, on chicklet cell keyboard with poor wi-fi/ slow connectivity, and accidentally deleted it - the last one i made that is.
if yours are gone too? thats a mystery for mods to sort.
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LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
That was a great show, and I remember watching this episode.
Battle of Midway, June 7, 1942,
Akagi and Yorktown filmed, for the first time, in about three miles of water. a few weeks ago. 81 years since we've seen these ships.
Battle of Midway considered one of the most significant military battles in the human history by folks who study thiat kinda thing. You can get up to speed here and check references on Midway Battle.
Many documententaries, fictional/fact-based theatrical movies, etc, over the years. It really was quite something -- heroic, tragic, luck and skill, but many lives lost unfortunately.
sources: Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi - Wikipedia, Team captures footage of sunken Japanese WWII aircraft carrier
Akagi
Yorktown
Video stills and 10 min. overview.
Akagi and Yorktown filmed, for the first time, in about three miles of water. a few weeks ago. 81 years since we've seen these ships.
Battle of Midway considered one of the most significant military battles in the human history by folks who study thiat kinda thing. You can get up to speed here and check references on Midway Battle.
Many documententaries, fictional/fact-based theatrical movies, etc, over the years. It really was quite something -- heroic, tragic, luck and skill, but many lives lost unfortunately.
sources: Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi - Wikipedia, Team captures footage of sunken Japanese WWII aircraft carrier
Akagi
Yorktown
Video stills and 10 min. overview.
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My original comment and link is still there; all that followed are gone.
Scariest bridge in Texas? Rainbow Bridge, cantilever truss design, between Port Arthur and Orange, on Texas Highway 73.
sources: https://texashighways.com/travel-news/the-rainbow-bridge-of-southeast-texas-making-drivers-think-twice-since-1936/#:~:text=Its height of 230 feet,the tallest bridge in Texas, Rainbow Bridge (Texas) - Wikipedia
Why so scary? Tall, with a 5% ascent/descent grade. Built 1938, had to be tall enough to allow the tallest (at the time) Navy ship (USS Patoka) to pass under it. For the record, that ship, an oiler with a dirigible tower, NEVER had to pass under it.
USS Patokha - 1920's
Looks like there is another bridge now ro rhe EAST of it. Longer but not as tall.
Still its height of 230 feet tall, including water clearance of 177 feet, 7,700 total length in feet, was designed to be high enough above the Neches River to accommodate the big ships coming out of the Bethlehem Steel Beaumont Shipyard upriver. It remains the tallest bridge in Texas.
I imagine is spookier looking from a distance, versus being on it, but still that thing looks like it can give ya the willies. See two-minute vid below.
sources: https://texashighways.com/travel-news/the-rainbow-bridge-of-southeast-texas-making-drivers-think-twice-since-1936/#:~:text=Its height of 230 feet,the tallest bridge in Texas, Rainbow Bridge (Texas) - Wikipedia
Why so scary? Tall, with a 5% ascent/descent grade. Built 1938, had to be tall enough to allow the tallest (at the time) Navy ship (USS Patoka) to pass under it. For the record, that ship, an oiler with a dirigible tower, NEVER had to pass under it.
USS Patokha - 1920's
Looks like there is another bridge now ro rhe EAST of it. Longer but not as tall.
Still its height of 230 feet tall, including water clearance of 177 feet, 7,700 total length in feet, was designed to be high enough above the Neches River to accommodate the big ships coming out of the Bethlehem Steel Beaumont Shipyard upriver. It remains the tallest bridge in Texas.
I imagine is spookier looking from a distance, versus being on it, but still that thing looks like it can give ya the willies. See two-minute vid below.
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67newport
Old Man with a Hat
(2/1/1989) A bow view of the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) as it lies in dry dock during a yard period, Long Beach Naval Shipyard
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I’ll be visiting the Mighty Mo once again, with my wife later this month. The Pacific Aviation Museum as well. 8^)
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
Chicago & Northwestern RR Locomotive Workshop, Chicago, IL, 1942
Chicago and Northwestern [i.e. North Western] railroad locomotive shops, Chicago, Ill.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
I was just thinking my dad could have figured out where that was, based on the locomotives.
