Thought some might be interested...

[Fibber]

...a friend sent me this link. Quite interesting... https://www.warhistoryonline.com/mi...ry-battleships-and-aircraft-carriers-x.html/2

 

[The_Editor]

Excellent link

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

A good link... thank you.

 

[Allen]

Wanted to make one of those floating docks but never found any detail planes for them.

 

[wolfi]

...did you look for something like this?

it looks like the dry dock is build out of segments

Wolfi


http://bob.plord.net/Ships/Period3/UnitedStates/AuxiliaryShips/ABSD1.html

 

[wolfi]

This website would be helpful also
...and there are some possibilities for objects!

wolfi

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_foru...t=158777&sid=1a6111a4edf38f584fa13a97b322877d

 

[Worthless]

Try This!

Sully did this version of the floating drydock some time ago.

http://simviation.com//lair/cfs2sully.htm

 

[Allen]

So one has been done. shrug.gif

 

[MaskRider]

Yes, Sully did a great Floating Drydock project way back when in conjunction with the Marianas Project I was working on. As an interesting side note, the remains of USS ABSD-4, can be seen where it rests on the bottom about 2.3 mile due east of the Lobrum Docks, Seaadler Harbor. Manus Island.

Here are the co-ords for Google Earth:

2° 2.605'S
147° 24.414'E

MR