the squalus rescue
squalus was a sub that started taking on water n a chunk of the people aboard died but fast acting ppl aboard sealed off the part that was taking on water n they lived so they sent down a diving bell/rescue chamber to retrieve the survivors n buoyed the sub back up n patchworked it n renamed it to sailfish
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almost rated this with the cripple emoji
you would never see me again
its next to a major shipyard and a coal terminal so no idea how nice it would be....
joe scott talks about ghost ships (there were a LOT of them, he only takes a few examples here, and some were just urban legends)
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joe scott talks about ghost ships (there were a LOT of them, he only takes a few examples here, and some were just urban legends)
True Unexplained Stories of Ghost Ships
The ocean is wide and mysterious, and for hundreds of years, sailors, explorers, and merchants have disappeared beneath the waves or met mysterious ends on their ships. These tales have been passed down and become part of seafaring folklore and superstition. But they all have wild back stories...
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there was a shipyard in my hometown, i mean...
the puget sound area is huge for commerce
i remember when i did my monthly sailing trip back in high school (youth program for navigating an old wooden sail vessel. no electricity. dependent on weather) n we had to cross a freighter and seeing one of those giant iron beasts heading toward us as we pulled out is cemented in my brain. awestruck
missed the titanic anniversary stream the other day, but here's my friend mike brady from oceanliner designs visiting the archives. this is also neat to see because the curator woman talks about how they have to preserve these items, including an intact piece of perfectly legible sheet music