"Looks like Noah's Ark": the American press discusses the new ship of the US Navy

July 24 2021 20

The appearance of a new unusual ship in the US Navy attracted the interest of the local press and caused discussion of the concerned public and specialists. We are talking about the mooring (mooring or barracks) barge APL-67, nicknamed "the ship in the shape of a brick" or "like Noah's ark" for its special appearance.

The APL-67 is currently being towed from Mississippi to San Diego (USA). The barge will then be sent to Yokosuku, Japan, to join the US Navy's 7th Operational Fleet, which is responsible for the Western Pacific and the Eastern Indian Ocean. The barge is unarmed and has no engines, and will probably never leave port after mooring in Japan. It will become a convenient place of residence for military sailors, while their ships will be at the piers or, for various reasons, will be unsuitable for habitation, writes the American popular science magazine Popular Mechanics.

The faceless vessel is 267 feet long, 69 feet wide and 7 feet deep, rising four stories above the water. It can be compared to Noah's Ark (however, the Ark was noticeably larger - 525 feet long and 87 feet wide).

The barge will be able to accommodate 74 officers and 537 ordinary military personnel. At the same time, 56 officers and 228 ordinary soldiers will be able to take food. The ship has toilets, classrooms, lounges, laundry facilities, offices, a hairdresser, a fitness center and a medical unit. In fact, this is a floating hotel or hostel, where military sailors will stay while their ships are under repair or maintenance. The fleet will save time and money on crew hotel rooms that no longer need to be searched for and paid for.

The APL-67 is the first built by VT Halter Marine, Inc. in Pascagoul (a subsidiary of ST Engineering) such a barge for the US Navy. The second barge of this class, APL-68, will be sent to the east coast of the United States. For these two barges, the Navy paid $ 78 million in 2018, taking an option for four more units if they liked the result, the media concluded.

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steelmaker

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24 July 2021 14: 22

Nothing is said about the power supply of the barge. Will they really connect to local lines in the port or do they have their own generators? Isn't it easier to build your own hotel in the port itself? They just have nowhere to put their money, so they come up with it. At the same time, they create jobs. Our hucksters won't think of that. They'd rather cut or cover something than think about people!
1. aries2200
  
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  24 July 2021 17: 39
  
  it will be used as a floating prison ....... any American "innovation" is a sophisticated muck for the entire civilized world ................. is statistics
  1. antibi0tikk
    
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    26 July 2021 08: 51
    
    Something really looks more like a prison, there are not enough windows for a hostel and even more so for a "hotel" .....
General Black

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24 July 2021 14: 51
The path is not close. Until they get to Yokosuka, anything can happen. The barge is not self-propelled, the sides and draft are low on occasion, gurgle and hello. Wouldn't it be easier to order a building from the Japanese?
1. Petr Vladimirovich
  
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  24 July 2021 15: 06
  
  Easier, but a rollback in the form of a member of the board of directors after resignation?
2. aries2200
  
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  24 July 2021 17: 40
  
  secret layout
Oleg Gorshkov

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24 July 2021 15: 21

"Specific" test word "Specificity". Buy Ozhegov's dictionary for the editor
123

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24 July 2021 16: 05

I like this What smooth contours How do you like Elon?
Taxi drivers at the floating bedlam must work exclusively on its cyber-trucks.
Why didn't you say the main thing, did you provide separate latrines for all 58 floors?
1. Petr Vladimirovich
  
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  24 July 2021 16: 16
  
  As for the toilets, this is for a steelworker colleague. Knows everything
  1. steelmaker
    
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    25 July 2021 18: 13
    
    Someone is talking about what, and the shanovny pan dvukhprepny is all about toilets.
    And things are like that.
    In rural settlements, KP and SNT, sanitary facilities in houses, overflow septic tanks. Evacuation of septic tanks for a family of 4 people once a year.
    This is our poverty ...
    And you are not only getting to know men, but also an expert on toilets!
    1. Petr Vladimirovich
      
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      25 July 2021 18: 55
      
      And do not tell me, shanovny pan, already how many foreigners have offered to exchange photographs of houses, summer cottages, cars, children, grandchildren. But you have nothing to show, because you are poor, you are poor.
alex5450

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24 July 2021 19: 16

This is probably better than floating barracks from decommissioned buildings.
boriz

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25 July 2021 11: 11

When driving across the Pacific Ocean, there is a good wind in the side and - yeah ...
Ulysses

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25 July 2021 19: 03

For these two barges, the Navy paid $ 78 million in 2018, taking an option for four more units if they liked the result, the media concluded.

$ 39 million for each flat-bottomed floating barracks ??
Not sickly there budget money sawing.
Marzhecki

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26 July 2021 09: 19

Quote: Petr Vladimirovich
And do not tell me, shanovny pan, already how many foreigners have offered to exchange photographs of houses, summer cottages, cars, children, grandchildren. But you have nothing to show, because you are poor, you are poor.

What an irresistible urge to exchange photos?
Pavel57

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26 July 2021 11: 19

Quote: antibi0tikk
Something really looks more like a prison, there are not enough windows for a hostel and even more so for a "hotel" .....

Today is a hostel, tomorrow is a prison.
Igor Berg

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26 July 2021 12: 53

Generally, the boats have latrines, and the author's toilet is at home.
Vasily Blaz

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26 July 2021 13: 44

Thanks to the mattress, a very convenient target for a targeted missile strike if something happens. We got everyone together
Stas Nikitin

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26 July 2021 18: 09

This is a floating barracks. In order not to build residential modules on the ground, we made such a mobile residential platform.
The barge will be able to accommodate 74 officers and 537 ordinary military personnel. At the same time, 56 officers and 228 rank-and-file servicemen will be able to take food. There is a canteen, fitness, barbershop, pharmacy, hospital, sauna, school, etc. etc.
Dmitry S.

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28 July 2021 19: 59

It looks like theirs homeless people are building from cardboard under bridges ...