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Jraysray
05-19-2011, 04:57 PM
The Ship:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.duivendijk.net/other/texas_r1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.duivendijk.net/other/texas_r1.htm&usg=__3cqDyUWZvIGUigypczQ08jvEjts=&h=737&w=1000&sz=169&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=VhNXBfD39NwEPM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=149&prev=/search%3Fq%3DTexas%2BResponder%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den% 26sa%3DG%26biw%3D1259%26bih%3D784%26tbm%3Disch&ei=DZHVTdqgCKPY0QHQ3KWfBw
Jraysray
05-19-2011, 05:02 PM
That's a 31' 23,000# Alum tank on tracks. It floats too! Inflatable boom with chain ballast.
Jraysray
05-19-2011, 05:05 PM
5-6 ft seas.
Jraysray
05-19-2011, 05:06 PM
Really neat to observe.
Fishermanjm
05-20-2011, 10:25 AM
were you working on the ship? also is there still lots of oil on the surface still?
Jraysray
05-20-2011, 10:32 AM
No oil (I was off Galveston TX) and I don't work on the ship. I went out to observe how these things work. I was all over this ship.
Fishermanjm
05-20-2011, 07:25 PM
Sounds cool J. I'd like to spend a day out there