by Jared » December 21, 2023, 8:01 pm
E J B wrote: ↑December 21, 2023, 7:16 pm
Appreciate the information Jared......
Here's a goofy question for you---with several variables involved of course..... How did the whalebacks fair as they went under and hit the bottom compared to a conventionally shaped hull ?? More or less hull fractures etc, etc..... does that make sense ??
In my experience, they hold up better than the normal hulls. The Clifton had 4000 tons of aggregate move forward plus her forward momentum and only the front 40 feet of hull is destroyed. Colgate is completely intact but upside down in much shallower water and has held up fine for the last 107 years on the bottom. The Mather was dynamited and salvaged and still holds her shape. The Wilson has been hit with many anchors, dynamited, and wire dragged and still has the second most amount of interior structure of the living spaces behind the Clifton.
The Cort and 129 busted up so bad due to how shallow the water is. 118 needs more study.
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Appreciate the information Jared......
Here's a goofy question for you---with several variables involved of course..... How did the whalebacks fair as they went under and hit the bottom compared to a conventionally shaped hull ?? More or less hull fractures etc, etc..... does that make sense ??
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In my experience, they hold up better than the normal hulls. The Clifton had 4000 tons of aggregate move forward plus her forward momentum and only the front 40 feet of hull is destroyed. Colgate is completely intact but upside down in much shallower water and has held up fine for the last 107 years on the bottom. The Mather was dynamited and salvaged and still holds her shape. The Wilson has been hit with many anchors, dynamited, and wire dragged and still has the second most amount of interior structure of the living spaces behind the Clifton.
The Cort and 129 busted up so bad due to how shallow the water is. 118 needs more study.