JWE
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ORIGINAL: witpqs So, what's a "static floater"? Some ARDs were constructed in place, moored to concrete piers, and weren't able to go much of anywhere. Others were painfully towed for weeks/months across the Pac to their final resting place, and they ain't going anywhere else anytime soon. So, they are static - they don't move - they stay where they are. They have speed-1 to avoid the dread 'divide by 0', but they pretty much stay where they are. Think of them as static/restricted. If its any consolation, it took less than 30 days to take Los Alamos (AFDB-7) to Scotland from the East Coast. That bad boy could lift a BB and it sucked taking that walk up the wing wall. Oh yeah. ABSDs, and AFDMs and such will have a speed (low) and endurance (low) and fuel (low) that represents their being able to be towed to places like Manus, Ulithi, Tulagi, Esperitu Santo, etc.. I was thinking about YFD-1 Dewey, Admiralty IX, and such. They were painfully towed to their final resting place, so they obviously, technically, 'could' be moved, but they were moored out; guyed and channeled. So, as they were at the time, certain 'floaters' (we call 'em Captain Brown ) are basically static, and ain't going anywhere else anytime soon. btw, the version with just ships is getting real close.
< Message edited by JWE -- 10/31/2009 5:17:27 PM >
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