Re: Marine Force Morrow (long)

[kurt@blazenet.net (Kurt Feltenberger)]

>>Subs would be almost ideal for the MP, as they require little
>>modification to 'store' undersea. The prob would be finding a hiding
>>place where people would not notice a couple more undersea hulks.
>>Hmmmm...Truk Lag oon, maybe?  
>
>Truk is out, too many divers going into those waters, they'd notice a new
>"wreck" pretty quick.  Why not buy up shorefront property and under the
>guide of building some rich boy's sprawling mansion (complete with
>dockyard and heliport) put in a huge bolthole containing the boat and
>it's crew?  And include nearby a combined Support/MARS group to seek out
>a nearby dock area and secure it's use for the Project.


Any vessel, sub or ship, would need to be encapsulated in some sort of
proctive structure if it is to be of any value or use to either Project.
Using the Truk wrecks as an example, look at all the sea growth and muck
that is now covering them.  With the Atlantis Project projected activation
100-150 years after the war, anything stored in this manner would be
unuseable.  Even if it was stored for the Morrow Project, it would be on
the botton 3-30+ years as originaly envisioned, 153-180+ after what
happened at Prime.

I have wrestled with this idea for some time and ultimately arrived at some
sort of coastal bunker.  Either a natural grotto or man made construction
hidden alon a shore cliff would be best.  Properly prepared it would be in
effect a one shot dry dock bolt hole.  When primary construction was
completed, the payload would be brought in and the exit sealed.  As the
water was being pumped out, the ship/sub would be supported by the same
structures as used in a drydock or construction slipway.  Once the water
was drained and the ship/sub secure, everything would need to be washed
down with fresh water and the salt scrubbed off.  Any blemishes in the
paint would be taken care of next, and when that was done and the crew
frozen, a standard bolt hole atmosphere would be introduced into the chamber.

Upon activation, the crew would be awakened and they would do a thorough
inspection on the ship/sub.  After all checks, maintence, and repairs are
completed, the pre-flood process would begin.  Tests to determine the
external conditions would be run, and if the fit within operational
parameters, the flooding process would be authorized.  After flooding and
before the opening of the blast doors, all hull supports would be removed.
With this finished, the doors could be opened.  After activation it would
be at best a secure mooring.  

I estimate that the whole process should take at the least several days and
at most about a month.  Living quarters would be either no the ship/sub or
dormatory sytle living spaces.  The crew would be in another, reinforced
and with emergency exits, bunker located just off the main chamber and
adjacent to the living quarters.

A seperate magazine for ship/sub weapons would be installed as a seperate
chamber, connected by a tunnel with several blast doors.

Sorry about the length, but I wanted to be as complete as possible.

    

Kurt Feltenberger
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