Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:40 amby an-225
Information is sketchy at best but - can this thing REALLY submerge? If so, that is amazing, wouldn't it be classified as a submarine though? And would the control room have windows just like any other ship (if it can submerge, that would be scary at the depth it was meant to dive to).
Re: Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:22 pmby legoalex2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Mining_Bargeall the info available on Wikipedia. not much, but it looks like it housed the Sea Shadow.
Ramos
Re: Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:11 pmby beaky
I don't think the HMB is self-propelled, so it wouldn't really count as a submarine... just a very large submersible barge. It may not even have a control room per se... it would be smarter (safer and simpler) to control it remotely.
It's not a new concept, really- barges that can be flooded then pumped out, used for lifting things, have been around for a long time... but it's pretty damn big, and goes very deep.
Re: Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:19 pmby legoalex2000
who's got that boat that turns 90
Re: Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:12 amby beaky
[quote]who's got that boat that turns 90