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Phil Scott wrote:

Now a question? What do you think happens to an all
steel ship, with frozen storage holds 6 decks deep,
below the
water level, with only the outside of envelope of the
holds insulated, not the steel plates between the
holds...those welded solid of course across the
hull...

I'm having trouble picturing this.

As the refrigeration systems were started up, 3ea 600 ton
ammonia screw machines, the holds reached minus 20F... the
bankers and other other investors were gathered on deck
drinking champagne and eating sushi... a noise some
described as a howitzer being fired occurred, and the ship
shook violently as the high rollers fled for the gang plank
and watched the ship break in half and sink...

Interesting... Would you describe what happened more
exactly?

The steel bulkheads and decking shrank but the outer hull of
the ship didnt becauase it was of course immersed in 50
degree sea water not allowing it to cool along with the
bulkhead and deck plate. the shrink would have been in the
1" range, heavy steel plate, enough to crack the hull all the
way around and below the water line. The ship would have
been of course heavier on one side of the crack, that weight
and boyancy differential would have pulled it apart.

When I met the engineer. a greek guy I forgot his name he was
in Honolulu atire, shorts, and boots..and no hair on his
body...he told me the story.. he got so upset he shed all of
his hair and had to take a range of calm down pills and see a
shrink.


Phil Scott



Odd they didn't try this before the bankers showed up... :-)

Nick