If we owned a boat, it would meander all over the place, without ever actually getting anywhere....but dammit if it wouldn't be unsinkable :)
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Scott Raley -ITC <[email protected]>wrote: > > Doesn't CF-Comm want their own boat, a nice big one that we can paint out > name on real big to get attention and advertisement?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika Walker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:08 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Free Navy Vessel for the taking .... > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123543023154353525.html > > PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Anybody want some top-secret seagoing vessels? The Navy > has a pair it doesn't need anymore. It has been trying to give them away > since 2006, and they're headed for the scrap yard if somebody doesn't speak > up soon. > > One is called Sea Shadow. It's big, black and looks like a cross between a > Stealth fighter and a Batmobile. It was made to escape detection on the > open > sea. The other is known as the Hughes (as in Howard Hughes) Mining Barge. > It > looks like a floating field house, with an arching roof and a door that is > 76 feet wide and 72 feet high. Sea Shadow berths inside the barge, which > keeps it safely hidden from spy satellites. > > The barge, by the way, is the only fully submersible dry dock ever built, > making it very handy -- as it was 35 years ago -- for trying to raise a > sunken nuclear-armed Soviet submarine.... > > click to read more > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123543023154353525.html > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
