I like Ships too

[JohnnySavage]

Thor laying down the sarcasm!

 

[thør]

Thor laying down the sarcasm!

Sarcasm?

Yachts that don't even have a single square rigged mast are being called ships in this thread and you've not reported it to Laurel?

Might as well us an oar for a paddle!

 

[JohnnySavage]

I can't judge: I posted pictures of submarines

 

[thør]

I can't judge: I posted pictures of submarines

And you call them boats......Which is proper.

 

[ToysAreUs]

Want a piece?

Bring $10 - $3000 cash and a pair of gloves.

Thor,

That's MV Kalakala and I rode on it in the 1960s. It was originally a conventional Passenger/Car Ferry servicing San Francisco Bay, but it caught fire and burned to the Car Deck. The upper structure was replaced with the 'Art-Deco' shape seen above and it was sold to the Washington State Ferry System and serviced Elliot Bay (Seattle) until about 1969.

Then it was sold and went to Alaska where it was grounded and converted into a Fish Processing Plant. A few years ago someone else bought it and returned it to Seattle for complete restoration, but the buyer ran out of funds. The day it arrived back, I went to the Pier to welcome it home and it was a floating disaster.

Next, a Washington Peninsula Indian Reservation bought it to convert it into a Casino, but that never happened. About one month ago there was a report on local TV News saying Kalakala has finally been scrapped. http://kalakala.org/

Thanks for the memory!

 

[DooleyDarter]

I rode the ole Kalakala many times in the Puget Sound growing up. It was a looker for sure.

 

[ToysAreUs]

Aside from crossing Puget Sound on it, I watched it cross Elliot Bay hundreds if not thousands of times. RIP, Kalakala --- but it will come back to us as new cars built in Korea or part of a Submarine or another Military Ship built in China.

 

[thør]

Thor,

That's MV Kalakala

I know that.....

 

[Kitschshaman]

Thor,

That's MV Kalakala and I rode on it in the 1960s. It was originally a conventional Passenger/Car Ferry servicing San Francisco Bay, but it caught fire and burned to the Car Deck. The upper structure was replaced with the 'Art-Deco' shape seen above and it was sold to the Washington State Ferry System and serviced Elliot Bay (Seattle) until about 1969.

Then it was sold and went to Alaska where it was grounded and converted into a Fish Processing Plant. A few years ago someone else bought it and returned it to Seattle for complete restoration, but the buyer ran out of funds. The day it arrived back, I went to the Pier to welcome it home and it was a floating disaster.

Next, a Washington Peninsula Indian Reservation bought it to convert it into a Casino, but that never happened. About one month ago there was a report on local TV News saying Kalakala has finally been scrapped. http://kalakala.org/

Thanks for the memory!

That's a pity, because even in her present state her lines are beautiful.

 

[thør]

 

[Super-Surprise]

 

[JohnnySavage]

Been there, done that:

 

[thør]

Russian nuke sub Orel burning.

They are blaming the welders!

 

[chillywilly2]

can't get it to show

 

[thør]

can't get it to show

Probably blocked by your gov't.

 

[chillywilly2]

Probably blocked by your gov't.

Quite likely

 

[thør]

Quite likely

More stuff

 

[thør]

 

[thør]

 

[chillywilly2]

Better keep the windows closed...they are awfull close to the waterline

 

[trysail]

Russian nuke sub Orel burning.

They are blaming the welders!

can't get it to show

Probably blocked by your gov't.

Quite likely

I hesitate to ask.





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[Super-Surprise]

 

[Kitschshaman]

Is this a barge for floating out in the natural gas fields with conversion equipment to make methanol? I can't think of another reason for the huge circular hole up on the bow ...

 

[thør]

Hot tub!

 

[JohnnySavage]

Lost 52 years ago today