In a recent show they painted a gigantic tanker ship.

The lowered it onto blocks and then cleaned and painted the hull.

I have seen this done before on other TV shows and have always wondered:
how do they clean and paint under the blocks, or do they just not do it?

They never mention moving the ship and repositioning the blocks, which may
not be feasible because the blocks must be in certain positions determined
when the ship was designed and built.

Does anybody know??

Kuskokwim wrote:
In a recent show they painted a gigantic tanker ship.

The lowered it onto blocks and then cleaned and painted the hull.

I have seen this done before on other TV shows and have always
wondered: how do they clean and paint under the blocks, or do they
just not do it?

They never mention moving the ship and repositioning the blocks,
which may not be feasible because the blocks must be in certain
positions determined when the ship was designed and built.

Does anybody know??

They probably painted those spots while lifting it afterwards.

On 1/15/2012 6:58 PM, Bob F wrote:
Kuskokwim wrote:
In a recent show they painted a gigantic tanker ship.

The lowered it onto blocks and then cleaned and painted the hull.

I have seen this done before on other TV shows and have always
wondered: how do they clean and paint under the blocks, or do they
just not do it?

They never mention moving the ship and repositioning the blocks,
which may not be feasible because the blocks must be in certain
positions determined when the ship was designed and built.

Does anybody know??

They probably painted those spots while lifting it afterwards.



You don't lift ships. You put them in dry docks, where water is pumped
out to lower the ship onto the blocks. Guess you'd have to do it twice,
repositioning the ship.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:07:50 -0500, Frank
wrote:

You don't lift ships. You put them in dry docks, where water is pumped
out to lower the ship onto the blocks. Guess you'd have to do it twice,
repositioning the ship.

Cruse ships dry dock every so often It may take many months to finish
the maintenance task if painting and repair of the hull. Pesky
barnacles and all.

the show invites inquires, its a good question.

perhaps the lift boxes are moved slightly at each drydock, so what
doesnt get painted at one drydock , gets done and a different time

On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:58:38 -0800, "Bob F"
wrote:

Kuskokwim wrote:
In a recent show they painted a gigantic tanker ship.

The lowered it onto blocks and then cleaned and painted the hull.

I have seen this done before on other TV shows and have always
wondered: how do they clean and paint under the blocks, or do they
just not do it?

They never mention moving the ship and repositioning the blocks,
which may not be feasible because the blocks must be in certain
positions determined when the ship was designed and built.

Does anybody know??

They probably painted those spots while lifting it afterwards.

Maybe, but how do you lift a 900 foot tanker or 1100 foot carrier?

The blocks are positioned in the dry dock ahead of time. Water fills
it, the ship is placed in it with tugs, doors close and water is
pumped out. Cleaning the small areas can be done by divers, but
painting is another issue.

On 1/15/2012 10:00 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:58:38 -0800, "Bob
wrote:

Kuskokwim wrote:
In a recent show they painted a gigantic tanker ship.

The lowered it onto blocks and then cleaned and painted the hull.

I have seen this done before on other TV shows and have always
wondered: how do they clean and paint under the blocks, or do they
just not do it?

They never mention moving the ship and repositioning the blocks,
which may not be feasible because the blocks must be in certain
positions determined when the ship was designed and built.

Does anybody know??

They probably painted those spots while lifting it afterwards.

Maybe, but how do you lift a 900 foot tanker or 1100 foot carrier?

The blocks are positioned in the dry dock ahead of time. Water fills
it, the ship is placed in it with tugs, doors close and water is
pumped out. Cleaning the small areas can be done by divers, but
painting is another issue.

Don't have to lift it far- just enough to jam in another set of blocks a
few feet away, and then pull out the first set. In AHR terms, like
wedging a centerline beam to level a floor or replace a rotted lally
column. And like a house, a ship can flex some, otherwise mother nature
would shred it in short order in heavy seas. And if you have blocks at
every frame point, you could probably go down the line pulling one at a
time with little risk.

Leastways, that is how it was explained to me once.

--
aem sends...

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:57:29 -0500, aemeijers
wrote:

They never mention moving the ship and repositioning the blocks,
which may not be feasible because the blocks must be in certain
positions determined when the ship was designed and built.

Does anybody know??

They probably painted those spots while lifting it afterwards.

Maybe, but how do you lift a 900 foot tanker or 1100 foot carrier?

The blocks are positioned in the dry dock ahead of time. Water fills
it, the ship is placed in it with tugs, doors close and water is
pumped out. Cleaning the small areas can be done by divers, but
painting is another issue.

Don't have to lift it far- just enough to jam in another set of blocks a
few feet away, and then pull out the first set. In AHR terms, like
wedging a centerline beam to level a floor or replace a rotted lally
column. And like a house, a ship can flex some, otherwise mother nature
would shred it in short order in heavy seas. And if you have blocks at
every frame point, you could probably go down the line pulling one at a
time with little risk.

Leastways, that is how it was explained to me once.

My brother was an engineer and was a project leader for ship overhauls
for the Navy in San Diego. They did not lift ships. Each ship had a
layout for the support blocks and they were placed within a tolerance
of inches in the drydock. It may be possible to add and replace as
you state, but there is nothing to lift a large ship.

I can't ask him about it though, he passed on a few years ago. He
could have given us details.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:14:01 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:07:50 -0500, Frank
wrote:

You don't lift ships. You put them in dry docks, where water is pumped
out to lower the ship onto the blocks. Guess you'd have to do it twice,
repositioning the ship.

Cruse ships dry dock every so often It may take many months to finish
the maintenance task if painting and repair of the hull. Pesky
barnacles and all.

It's going to take a few weeks for the paint and repair of the Costa Concordia
hull, too. Pesky rocks and all.

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:29:02 -0500, "
wrote:

It's going to take a few weeks for the paint and repair of the Costa Concordia
hull, too. Pesky rocks and all.

First, they have to get this monster into dry dock :-\

(MV Blue Marlin carrying USS Cole)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/MV_Blue_Marlin_carrying_USS_Cole.jpg

Oren wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:29:02 -0500, "
wrote:

It's going to take a few weeks for the paint and repair of the Costa
Concordia hull, too. Pesky rocks and all.

First, they have to get this monster into dry dock :-\


Dunno. Looks like the gash that sank the ship is mostly above water. Welding
on some steel plates then pumping like mad should get it upright.

I think they're going to presently start pumping OUT 500,000 gallons of
diesel fuel.

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:18:33 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Oren wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:29:02 -0500, "
wrote:

It's going to take a few weeks for the paint and repair of the Costa
Concordia hull, too. Pesky rocks and all.

First, they have to get this monster into dry dock :-\


Dunno. Looks like the gash that sank the ship is mostly above water. Welding
on some steel plates then pumping like mad should get it upright.


Tug boat captains should be in high demand. It will take a fleet to
get this ship upright.

I think they're going to presently start pumping OUT 500,000 gallons of
diesel fuel.


Account for the missing passengers first and foremost.

They call it tonnage of fuel or such. Not sure of the numbers or what
that means..

These ships are built in compartmental segments. I was thinking they
may separate the ship and hall her home.

I'm just guessing. But, since they measure the weight of a ship in "tons
displacement", they would make sense to measure fuel in tons.

In any case, it's a major recovery operation. Bigger than I want to take on.

Christopher A. Young
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Tug boat captains should be in high demand. It will take a fleet to
get this ship upright.

I think they're going to presently start pumping OUT 500,000 gallons of
diesel fuel.


Account for the missing passengers first and foremost.

They call it tonnage of fuel or such. Not sure of the numbers or what
that means..

These ships are built in compartmental segments. I was thinking they
may separate the ship and hall her home.