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re: The SS United States had departed Mobile,AL and will sink 11/12/2026
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:39 pm to Btrtigerfan
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:39 pm to Btrtigerfan
Just added the finale to the OP. With sound and all.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:41 pm to SickTiger
If she is on her side only advanced open water divers can access based on what I read.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:50 pm to weagle1999
This is what happens when smart people go so far down the rabbit hole trying to engineer the perfect solution that they overcomplicate the entire process. Meanwhile, a couple of baws and a few drums of Tannerite would’ve had her on the bottom hours ago.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 10:08 pm to ConnectTheDots
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would’ve had her on the bottom hours ago.
Hitting the bottom wasn't the goal. Hitting the bottom while still being upright was what they were trying to do.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 10:11 pm to notiger1997
And probably failed anyway. Meanwhile the average viewer just wanted to see her go down in daylight.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 10:16 pm to Btrtigerfan
Did the music make the event sad?
Posted on 11/11/26 at 10:24 pm to Chicken
Yes, but my heart will go on.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 4:29 am to geauxtigers87
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divers can't really get to much if she's on her side
Her beam is 101 ft. I have no clue what the height was. But being so wide I wouldn’t think there would be a major issue here for divers. Needless to say, I don’t understand why they put it in 220 ft anyway. It’s like they over think these damn things.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 6:01 am to SickTiger
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Don’t understand why they wouldn’t have gone shallower. If it settled on its port side, it will be awfully deep and hard for divers to get to without a lot of experience
My understanding is/was that if she settled as planned, her top deck would only by at about 55 feet. Go much shallower and she becomes a potential hazard.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 7:02 am to PJinAtl
quote:If they’d had let the MARTA/ Weather Channel folks handle this event like the Georgia Dome demolition, the United States would be sitting bow straight up in the air, stern buried in the sand.
My understanding is/was that if she settled as planned, her top deck would only by at about 55 feet. Go much shallower and she becomes a potential hazard.
28-3
Posted on 11/12/26 at 7:42 am to soccerfüt
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Looks like the back is starting to sink some
What a stupid aft comment.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 7:49 am to baldona
You drop your bait 75 pulls.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 7:49 am to PJinAtl
If it turns out it’s laying on its side that’s a colossal frickup.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 7:50 am to tilco
I wonder if they’ll have divers out there today to check
Posted on 11/12/26 at 7:51 am to Henry Jones Jr
The last dying breaths of a fantastic vessel.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:09 am to PJinAtl
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My understanding is/was that if she settled as planned, her top deck would only by at about 55 feet. Go much shallower and she becomes a potential hazard.
That’s what I was trying to figure out. Online looks like she is about 180 ft tall to the top of her stacks and the stacks are 65 ft tall. Stacks were removed but there’s other structures now, so let’s say she is 130 ft tall? I believe it was 220 ft so it’s about 90 ft down.
Her beam is 110 ft. So she is somewhere between 110 ft and 90 ft down? Doesn’t seem like a major difference to me
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:10 am to Btrtigerfan
They might’ve lucked out:
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:23 am to Henry Jones Jr
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I wonder if they’ll have divers out there today to check
I’m sure they’re already on it.
That sonar scan below is crap compared to today’s technology. Somebody get a good ol Baw out there with his livescope.
This post was edited on 11/12/26 at 8:40 am
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:23 am to Santiago_Dunbar
That’s awesome if it’s correct
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:26 am to tilco
You can see the depth scale down the right side of the scan. That’s something hard at 55’.
ETA: Each subsequent hard mark going down are the floors.
ETA: Each subsequent hard mark going down are the floors.
This post was edited on 11/12/26 at 8:28 am
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