Periscope recon

[rustysi]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

There is talk about widening the Canal. I also read where China wants to make another Canal somewhere else.

No, they built another along side if it.

[rustysi]

ORIGINAL: Shellshock

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

There is talk about widening the Canal. I also read where China wants to make another Canal somewhere else.

They wanted to build one across Nicaragua, from Brito to Punta Gorda but it sounds like the plans have fallen through.

Though area to build a canal in due to it being geologically active.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Shellshock

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

There is talk about widening the Canal. I also read where China wants to make another Canal somewhere else.

They wanted to build one across Nicaragua, from Brito to Punta Gorda but it sounds like the plans have fallen through.

Probably found MS13 or whatever that gang calls itself too difficult to deal with ...

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Shellshock

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

There is talk about widening the Canal. I also read where China wants to make another Canal somewhere else.

They wanted to build one across Nicaragua, from Brito to Punta Gorda but it sounds like the plans have fallen through.

Probably found MS13 or whatever that gang calls itself too difficult to deal with ...

Money and environmental concerns are the issues. It would be a sea level canal, i.e., no locks needed.

[NigelKentarus]

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We used to call that 'Eyeball Liberty".

[Ian R]

ORIGINAL: jmalter

Since I play 2-day
turns, this results in some delay! Part of me knows this is dumb ...

Actually, all that not moving and sitting a port (even undocked) gives an experienced crew an improved chance to repair some accumulated system points damage, so you are probably saving time before that ship needs a major yard period to repair engine damage. This is especially true where you have convoys going on and off the map - they are not accumulating further damage off map.

So not dumb at all.

[Ian R]

ORIGINAL: fcooke

IIRC the Iowas wer designed to squeeze through the canal. Which ended up giving the a nice length to beam ratio and helped to aid their high speed. The 'as designed' Montanas gave up on the canal and would to have sailed around. Nice that Essex ships had that elevator that folded up, otherwise more than lights would have been taken out......

I have a vague recollection that there was a project started to widen the canal to take the Montanas, in August 1939, which ultimately continued to 1942. Although a lot of excavation was done, funding was cut after the war. The new panamax locks took advantage of that unfinished work.

A quick google and more than you need to know about the canal, go to slide 36 -> http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/panama-can ... inimum.pdf

[rustysi]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Shellshock




They wanted to build one across Nicaragua, from Brito to Punta Gorda but it sounds like the plans have fallen through.

Probably found MS13 or whatever that gang calls itself too difficult to deal with ...

Money and environmental concerns are the issues. It would be a sea level canal, i.e., no locks needed.

IIRC there was a push back in the day to build the first canal here, but corruption got in the way. Just before it was decided where the U.S. would build, those who had land or whatever in Panama that would benefit, claimed some volcano erupted in Honduras.

[rustysi]

ORIGINAL: NigelKentarus






We used to call that 'Eyeball Liberty".

Back in the day I used to work at the horse race tracks in the NYC area on their betting computers. Part of our responsibilities included monitoring the infield tote boards for problems. As such we had camera with pan, tilt, and zoom mounted high up in the grandstand. There were many times where we were monitoring the crowd instead, especially on days when they opened the infield to the public.[:D]

[fcooke]

when I was still working, we were fitting out a new building and the contractors had a 'code' on the walkies for when there was 'activity' in the residential building across the street. Productivity dropped through the floor.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Ian R

Hollywood!

Periscopes have lots of uses...

[GetAssista]

ORIGINAL: NigelKentarus
We used to call that 'Eyeball Liberty".

They used to call that propaganda!