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| This Little Baby Boat May Be the Smallest Ship in the Navy | |
| 2020-09-12 | |
 [Popular Mechanics] An adorable little tugboat as long as a Ford F-150
At just 19 feet long, the boat is actually "Boomin Beaver" security tug. Originally built to herd logs in waterways, the Navy boat is now an all-purpose vessel that can tow small ships and deploy floating security fences, ensuring that larger submarines, destroyers, and even aircraft carriers don’t receive unwanted visitors. | |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 Little Toot |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2020-09-12 20:49 |
| #10 Boomin Beaver, you're the one You make bathtime so much fun Boomin Beaver I'm awfully fonnnnnnddd ... of you |
| Posted by: Graimble Hatrack6711 2020-09-12 20:16 |
| #9 /\ Until you reach a certain age. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-09-12 20:12 |
| #8 If you rub it, it gets bigger (From experience) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-09-12 18:14 |
| #7 Looks like a Legoâ„¢ toy, are you sure this wasn't photoshopped? |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-09-12 17:49 |
| #6 Nice one. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-09-12 17:02 |
| #5 The electronics probably cost more than the hull and engine? |
| Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-09-12 16:56 |
| #4 ed in tx, you owe me money for coffee on keyboard! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-09-12 11:39 |
| #3 So, this is the third variation of the LCS? Littoral Snark O'The Day |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2020-09-12 11:21 |
| #2 Just don't let the F-18 Maria at NAVAIR see it; they will spend big bux adapting it as the water super hornet or something..... (Yes, still pissed they replaced the Intruder, Prowler, Tomcat and still-borne Avenger II with the lawn dart) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2020-09-12 10:29 |
| #1 Surprised the Navy Ordnance folks didn't try to put a rail gun on it. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-09-12 08:59 |