To answer Chilliminnie…They pump water into the ballast tanks on the floating drydock. This lowers the dock far enough to float the Damaged ship onto the dock, then they pump the water out of the ballast tanks raising both the dock and the ship.
This could possibly be the USS COLE. The Navy has used this type of ship before. I’ve seen a program on this from the Discovery Channel. Very interesting as to how they do this.
September 11, 2011 @ 3:10 am
Thanks Phil just looks complicated and wasn’t quite sure..
September 10, 2011 @ 9:48 pm
To answer Chilliminnie…They pump water into the ballast tanks on the floating drydock. This lowers the dock far enough to float the Damaged ship onto the dock, then they pump the water out of the ballast tanks raising both the dock and the ship.
September 10, 2011 @ 8:35 pm
This could possibly be the USS COLE. The Navy has used this type of ship before. I’ve seen a program on this from the Discovery Channel. Very interesting as to how they do this.
September 10, 2011 @ 7:59 pm
Wow, how on earth do they get the big ship onto the dock ship? The little boat toward the bottom of the picture looks very out of place…
September 10, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
SOME KIND OF EXPLOSIN
September 10, 2011 @ 5:08 pm
i think it is cool……
September 10, 2011 @ 4:18 pm
Look at the side of the piggy back ship. It looks like it had been hit by something. A hole with burn marks around it.
September 10, 2011 @ 12:10 pm
IT REMINDS ME OF A KANGAROO…
September 10, 2011 @ 11:46 am
Floating drydocks are very cool.
September 10, 2011 @ 2:33 am
I’ve heard the phrase: SHIP TO SHORE but SHIP TO SHIP is a new
one on me.