Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by xtc 4438 days ago
It's already south of Miami? That's a fast tugboat.
1 comments

Tugboat was a very generous description:

Some pictures: http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/photo_keywor...

From a Naval Book:

http://books.google.com/books?id=tkGDkpkQh-sC&pg=PA272&lpg=P...

* 4 diesel engines

* 24,480bhp, 2 shafts

* 18 knot cruising speed

* World's most powerful salvage tug (at the time)

* Two 8-ton cranes, one 3-ton crane

> * World's most powerful salvage tug (at the time)

> * Two 8-ton cranes, one 3-ton crane

I had joked on Reddit in the CR3 thread that Putin would brazenly try to snag the first stage. Now it doesn't seem so funny.

First a Super Bowl ring, next the first stage of a used rocket.