Thought some might be interested in seeing this.

[Caryc]

This is a picture of a large tug boat that fell over while trying to get some work done on it in the harbor at Danang Vietnam. No actual damage was actually done to it. They just sank the dock down and re floated it and re positioned it. They actually took in craft larger than that and had no trouble. The dry dock was the AFDL23 I was on R&R in Bangcock at the time. A buddy took the picture for me. I think the tugs name was the Tacoma or something like that.

 

[RedMF40]

Hope everyone’s ok. Here’s a truck pic I never used. 18 wheelers propped against each other on deck. August, 1979.

 

[showcrop]

Back in the days of the Napoleonic wars, British navy ships were sometimes sent on long missions to distant seas ,often just one or two or three. There was no access to drydocks, so they had to find a natural bay, then lighten their ship by putting all the cannon ashore, then beach it at high tide. It would lean way over, exposing the area needed repair. It was called careening.

 

[SidS]

A ship story, read about the 1917 Halifax harbor explosion.

 

[gears]

Wife just recounted the Halifax tragedy to me over our morning coffee.

Speaking of careening, books, and boats, anyone else enjoy Jack Aubry's adventures in Patrick O'Brien's books?

 

[Caryc]

I forgot to mention that the picture of the tug was around 1961 in Danang Vietnam. We had a YTB, one of our own large tugs in for repairs. I remember that they needed to remove the propeller for repair or replacement What they did was remove the hardware that held it on then they set an explosive charge on it. After that they had the dock go back down so it was under water and they set off the charge and blew off the screw. They must have known what they were doing because it only took one charge to do it.

Just a few miles south of Danang was China Beach. It was a beautiful place. The jungle growth grew right down to the sand at the beach. There were evergreen trees that grew on the beach also. Nothing like you would see here.

Anyone else remember the TV show "China Beach"?

 

[RedMF40]

Wife just recounted the Halifax tragedy to me over our morning coffee.

Speaking of careening, books, and boats, anyone else enjoy Jack Aubry's adventures in Patrick O'Brien's books?

Not familiar with that character. Read quite a few of the adventures of Captain Horatio Hornblower. I’ll remember the author in a minute.

 

[Steven Allen]

A ship story, read about the 1917 Halifax harbor explosion.

The Longest Johns "Fire and Flame"

 

[Steven Allen]

Wife just recounted the Halifax tragedy to me over our morning coffee.

Speaking of careening, books, and boats, anyone else enjoy Jack Aubry's adventures in Patrick O'Brien's books?

Read them all: the age of sail is of great interest to me. O'Brien captures it really well, and, though it takes some liberties with the source material, the movie Master and Commander does his work justice.

 

[gears]

Not familiar with that character. Read quite a few of the adventures of Captain Horatio Hornblower. I’ll remember the author in a minute.

C.S. Forester wrote the Hornblower series.

 

[RedMF40]

C.S. Forester wrote the Hornblower series.

Thank you, the name still wasn’t coming to me.

 

[sammydwm]

I was stationed on a floating drydock in Scotland and there was a time they tried docking one of the tugs and it was quite a day...went down and up like 3 times and it wouldn't sit straight. Ended up welding big steel supports to the wing walls to hold it upright...