Cement ships

[Flying Trucker]

Good afternoon all...

Here is an interesting site and an interesting topic...

http://www.unmuseum.org/concrete.htm

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[B-Valvs]

I've actually seen the remains of the Atlantus (boat in the picture). Of course, I was little at the time and had no idea what the ship was until more recently. I'm sure some others here have seen it as well.

8-)

[BigTruck]

Wow, I had never heard of these concrete ladies.  After seeing your post I did some more research and looked at some more pics...more trivia for me to bring to work and quiz my fellow Marines and squids  8-)

[patchz]

[color=#000000]I believe this is what prompted Adam and Jamie to build a Pykrete boat. Not to be confused with their flying a lead balloon.

[Hagar]

Interesting. Concrete ships were also built during WWII. Some still survive today. I found this site with details & photos. http://www.concreteships.org/

Those hulks remind me of the remains of sections of the Mulberry Harbours dotted around the coasts of England & Normandy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWO5wpZGG14

[B-Valvs]

Hmm. This one's a floating (sort of) hotel now. Pretty cool:

http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww1/pasqual/

8-)

[Romulus111VADT]

They also experimented with ice -

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

http://www.goodeveca.net/CFGoodeve/habakkuk.html

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/235665/2_million_ton_pykrete_aircraft_carrier_in_ww2/

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks "Rom" you beat me too it...that was my next post...

"Iceberg Aircraft Carriers" ...another Canuck invention...

All we got out of that one was the market for Aircraft Snow Tires with or without studs and Prop Chains for flying in snowy weather  (like the chains you would put on a truck tire for traction in the snow but for aircraft propellers).....

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[Romulus111VADT]

[quote]Thanks "Rom" you beat me too it...that was my next post...

"Iceberg Aircraft Carriers" ...another Canuck invention...

All we got out of that one was the market for Aircraft Snow Tires with or without studs and Prop Chains for flying in snowy weather

[Flying Trucker]

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Thanks "Rom"...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[ozzy72]

I seem to recall reading about these concrete ships as an early form of Liberty boat, if memory serves first used in the second half of WWI.
Alas I'm well away from my beloved library at present to check up whence I read this... check it upon my return to Blighty!

[cardinalbrian]

There's a "harbor" of cement ship hulls on the west coast of the DelMarVa peninsula in the US of A.