Concrete ships

Modeling Subjects Ships
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Over in aircraft we got way Off/T in an Airshow thread and ended up talking about concrete ships. Reason being there is one wreck at Cape May, NJ. and one near me in Capitola, CA.

Here’s the SS Palo Alto, in Capitola, near Monterey.

So, we all wanted to know:

Is there a link you’d reccomend? And, anybody have any models. It would be something I’d be very interested in building.

Bill

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Google is thy friend

See the Concrete Ships website for info

http://www.concreteships.org/

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There is another concrete ship on Guam. It was sunk to become a part of Glass Breakwater

in Apra Harbor but broke loose from it’s mooring while sinking and now lies perpendicular to the

breakwater. It is called the “American Tanker” and was originally used to carry water during

WWII. It is a very popular site for scuba divers.

http://www.mdaguam.com/tanker.htm

Ray

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Our family used to vacation at Cape May back in the early sixties. Always enjoyed going to Sunset Beach to see the Atlantus. Thanks for bringing back some good memories. [:)]

Mark

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There is a sunken concrete ship in Galveston bay. I believe the stern is above water. You can still see some oil come up every now and then.

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Thank you all, and the wingnuts went, well, nuts… cuz it turns out that there is/was a great yearly airshow at Cape May which caused people to picnic at the “Atlantus”.

Geez, the link from EdGrun shows a breakwater up north with 12!!! of these. Guess they are kind of unsinkable.

Thank you again and, no a model is probably not realistic. I do however like the look of the vertical stem and would like to model a freighter with those lines.

Bill

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If you’re looking to build a freighter with that old world flair, two suggestions from Loose Cannon Productions in 1/700:

http://home.earthlink.net/~loosecannonproductions/Kit24.html -is a Harriman-type freighter from the early 1920s.

http://home.earthlink.net/~lcpinfo/Kit77.html - the Dayrose is also from that time period.

I have not built either one of these but have been pleased with every purchase I have made from these guys. The resin moldings are in general very good and the accompanying PE fret means you almost never have to buy any aftermarket stuff to finish the model.

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the Atlantus is still there, however she just looks like a pile of concrete now. sunset beach now has miniature golf. The magnesite plant is completely gone except for the water tower. the submarine tower is still there, graffiti and all.

The beach to the north of the ship is an unofficial nude bathing area that has gotten lots of media coverage due to dubious goings-on.

how do I know? (who cares, you say?) it’s in my back yard.

Regards,

The Dave