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Titanic was 883'.

 

An aircraft carrier is 1000+ feet and 100,000+ tons. That is a big ship.

 

In fact, it would make a decent aircraft carrier. The Brits did it in '82 with the Atlantic Conveyor.

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Ok so took a drive down to the harbor. Wow!! The thing you notice more than anything else is how tall it is. It's a tall ship to begin with but then you stack containers in it as well. Quite impressive.

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Ok so took a drive down to the harbor. Wow!! The thing you notice more than anything else is how tall it is. It's a tall ship to begin with but then you stack containers in it as well. Quite impressive.

I wonder if that's true. The containers add height, but they also make the ship sit lower in the water. What's the correlation Tom?

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An aircraft carrier is 1000+ feet and 100,000+ tons. That is a big ship.

 

In fact, it would make a decent aircraft carrier. The Brits did it in '82 with the Atlantic Conveyor.

it's amazing, though, that people realize how small in comparison the titanic is to modern day

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it's amazing, though, that people realize how small in comparison the titanic is to modern day

 

What's amazing is that in pictures of her building in the yard, you can see horses hauling material. The Titanic was built using horses.

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Big boat. They say they have a lot more in the making.

Yes. That's why the port of Oakland spent $400 million preparing the outer harder for them.

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Ok so took a drive down to the harbor. Wow!! The thing you notice more than anything else is how tall it is. It's a tall ship to begin with but then you stack containers in it as well. Quite impressive.

Hope it dose not sink, the tree hugers would have a fit!

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