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precisiondetails 06-19-2017 08:56 PM


Originally Posted by phragle (Post 4562859)
there always is..... In other news Iran is now shooting missiles at Isis targets in Syria and we just shot down a Russian made Syrian war plane....

yep F/A 18E Super Hornet blew a SU22 out of the sky! Splash 1!!

Quinlan 06-20-2017 07:26 AM

Boggles the mind. How they could miss this. Gives the ragheads more confidence for another Cole like attack if we cant see a Freaken Freighter!!

dereknkathy 06-20-2017 02:12 PM

freighters travel in straight lines. they haul stuff from 1 port to another. they drink too much fuel to so much as change their speed, let alone weave all over the place. a freighter behaving like that is not hauling freight.

Indy 06-20-2017 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dereknkathy (Post 4563213)
a freighter behaving like that is not hauling freight.

Well it's hauling something...

AllDodge 06-20-2017 05:08 PM

Give it time and lets see what comes out. Things happened on a battle ship years ago and the Navy tried to pin it on a sailor instead of what really happened.

BIGTEXHOWDY 06-20-2017 05:18 PM

Maybe the container ship had a stepped or cat hull and was really hauling ass.

F-2 Speedy 06-20-2017 05:24 PM

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I've seen it happen ^^^^

RaggedEdge 06-20-2017 05:41 PM

It is hard to understand how something like this could happen in this high tech world today.

The real deal here is that some good and dedicated souls lost their lives far too soon. Say a prayer for them and their loved ones, the rest will work itself out in time, it is after all the smaller part of this. Your son, your brother, your father, your partner, would change how one would look at this. Easy here boys, respect is due.

Roger 1 06-21-2017 07:47 AM


Originally Posted by Indy (Post 4563253)
Well it's hauling something...

Maybe it's just me but by the way it sits in the water, it looks like it isn't carrying that much of a load. Experts?....Anyone?

Wobble 06-21-2017 08:14 AM


Originally Posted by Roger 1 (Post 4563406)
Maybe it's just me but by the way it sits in the water, it looks like it isn't carrying that much of a load. Experts?....Anyone?


I cant see the plimsoll lines so hard to judge, even then it depends upon ballast which they often pump some out in order to make harbor. Looks to be as fully loaded as the ones I see in the Houston ship channel in terms of stack height.


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