EoRaptor posted:

This part isn't true. American nuclear carriers are refuelled as part of their refit/overhaul process, usually about every ten years. Nuclear submarines are also refuelled during their service lifetime.

This is one of the reasons america has so many carriers, they need to force project in multiple locations simultaneously, have some down for general stores replenishment and crew rotation, some available for training, some undergoing refit, and some on rapid response.

Carrier groups are the backbone of american soft power, each one is a piece of american territory that can be parked right next to a country. There are really good reasons nobody ever questions to dollar costs, because those are outweighed by everything else they do.

`Nemesis posted:

chitoryu12 posted:

I did a Duck Tour in Boston and it all went surprisingly well. Not a single incident on the river and everything worked perfectly.

Then we got back on the road and a guy with a learner's permit (which he didn't have on him when the cops arrived) driving a borrowed brand new Mercedes gunned the engine at an intersection on a rainy day, causing him to launch over the median and wedge the front of the car under our vehicle.

spankmeister posted:

How the gently caress do you snap an axle? Don't you have mandatory inspections that would identify such a problem?

JFairfax posted:

ALSo the duck tours vehicles are like World War II amphibious vehicles

quote:

"We regret having to close our operation and send good wishes and brotherly love to the people of Philadelphia," the company said in its brief statement.

Later, the company added: "Due to circumstances outside of our control including a 330 percent increase in our insurance premiums, continued operations in Philadelphia are not financially feasible at this time. 

quote:

In July 2010, 16-year-old Dora Schwendtner and 20-year-old Szabolcs Prem drowned in the Delaware River when a barge overran one of its ducks, which had been in a shipping lane. The two were on a church-sponsored trip from a small town in Hungary. The crew and the other passengers made it safely to shore.

The operator of the tugboat, who was on his cellphone dealing with a family emergency at the time of the crash, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

In another accident, a tourist from Beaumont, Texas, Elizabeth Karnicki, 68, was killed in May 2015 when a Ride the Ducks vehicle struck her as she crossed the intersection of 11th and Arch Streets in Chinatown.

Police said a witness reported seeing Karnicki crossing the street against a red light just before she was hit. At the time, she was looking at an electronic tablet.

Platystemon posted:

http://i.imgur.com/PKZrTEY.gifv

LifeSunDeath posted:

http://i.imgur.com/o5AeL2I.gifv

Facebook Aunt posted:

That'll buff right out.

Sagebrush posted:

it's almost as though a WW2-era amphibious landing craft doesn't meet modern safety standards and is a poor design for a tour bus in the first place

Say Nothing posted:

Say Nothing posted:

null_pointer posted:

Did the driver die? I'd love to share this, but not if it's snuff.

FrozenVent posted:

One of those duck tours sank with four dead about fifteen years back in Canada - http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/marine/2002/m02c0030/m02c0030.asp

As far as I know, they're still around. Totally safe!

that report posted:

The vehicle was developed and built by the owner and entered commercial service at the start of the tourist season in June 2001.

Lutha Mahtin posted:

In 1946, the world’s first Duck tour was launched. While other Duck rides have come and gone, only ORIGINAL WISCONSIN DUCKS® has been delivering FUN and ADVENTURE on LAND and WATER, NON-STOP, ever since! The CLASSIC DUCK TOUR splashes into the WISCONSIN RIVER and LAKE DELTON, climbs over SAND BARS, traverses over four miles of EXCLUSIVE SCENIC WILDERNESS TRAILS, and has been thrilling passengers for 70 YEARS and counting, DON’T FALL FOR DECOYS, ride THE ORIGINAL! Tours daily, mid-March thru mid-November.

Martian Manfucker posted:

Well, let's see how this might have gone wrong.


Oh, I see. It didn't even last a year before his death trap killed someone.

FrozenVent posted:

Well the first time it sank was just a month after it entered service! http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/marine/2001/m01c0033/m01c0033.asp

Lutha Mahtin posted:

In 1946, the world’s first Duck tour was launched. While other Duck rides have come and gone, only ORIGINAL WISCONSIN DUCKS® has been delivering FUN and ADVENTURE on LAND and WATER, NON-STOP, ever since! The CLASSIC DUCK TOUR splashes into the WISCONSIN RIVER and LAKE DELTON, climbs over SAND BARS, traverses over four miles of EXCLUSIVE SCENIC WILDERNESS TRAILS, and has been thrilling passengers for 70 YEARS and counting, DON’T FALL FOR DECOYS, ride THE ORIGINAL! Tours daily, mid-March thru mid-November.