Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge

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Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge

Postby an-225 » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:40 am

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).
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Re: Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge

Postby legoalex2000 » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:22 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Mining_Barge


all the info available on Wikipedia. not much, but it looks like it housed the Sea Shadow.

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Re: Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge

Postby Jared » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:28 pm

interesting info :)
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Re: Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge

Postby beaky » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:11 pm

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.
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Re: Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge

Postby legoalex2000 » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:19 pm

who's got that boat that turns 90
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Re: Wait Wait Wait - What? Hughes Mining Barge

Postby beaky » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:12 am

[quote]who's got that boat that turns 90
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