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Re: Launch of HMAS Ballarat
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 28 May 2002 00:57:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
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> > Of course, I get to *see* this stuff every day - I've been contracting for
> > Tenix on & off since 1998. But they're ultra strict about taking photos. I
> > really wanted to get some shots of the neat "flat-top" trucks they use for
> > moving the modules, but alas they were hidden from the public, in a • restricted
> > area.
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> I've seen trucks that match that description--I wouldn't be surprised
> if Tenix use the same sort that Bath does. Our ships of DD size and
> smaller (at least) are all prefab, so we do use them.
They've got 12 individually steerable / liftable axles, 6 on each side, each
axle has 4 wheels. They lower the truck, drive it in underneath the module,
then lift it up & drive away.
ROSCO
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| (...) Sort of like a giant duck bill! Wait until they start building "stealth" destroyers (the DD21 program here in the USA)--those have some really, really, really funky lines. (...) I've seen trucks that match that description--I wouldn't be (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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