Re: SS America-- nearly gone

"Grumpy AuContraire" <Grumpy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> Paul Goodwin wrote:
>
> > Don't know if anyone on the NG has been following the saga of the once
> > mighty liner America-- I've been searching the net for updates
regularly
for
> > about 8-9 years now. A good site if you're unfamiliar with the story
is
> > here:
> >
> > http://flare.net/users/e9ee52a/S.S.%20America1.htm
> >
> > Anyways, new pics from a few weeks ago show the remains of the ****p to
have
> > completely collapsed & are settling into the ocean. There's not much
left
> > now:
> >
> > http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/australis/americanstar.html
> >
> > --
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
>
>
> Wow!
>
> Hope the same fate does not occur with the Big U...
>

I'm thinking maybe this is how Titanic will end up-- granted she's not
being
buffeted by waves 24/7 but the similarities are there-- both ****ps halved
with forward sections intact. The unknowns are how weakened structurally
the
sections are after being torn asunder. That America stayed relatively
unchanged for over a decade is a marvel, it's only in the last year or 2
she
began to cede defeat to the sea.

--

Paul