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Granted, this was in the 40's, but they even raised most of the sunk boats in pearl harbor and rebuilt them after the attack [0]. [0]: https://www.csmonitor.co

by mrep 6y ago

Granted, this was in the 40's, but they even raised most of the sunk boats in pearl harbor and rebuilt them after the attack [0]. [0]: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2012/1207/Pearl-Harbor-resurrection-the-warships-that-rose-to-fight-again https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2012/1207/Pea...

tomxor 6y ago
That is so cool, each time I learn some aspect of the resourcefulness of countries involved in ww2 I always feel inspired. Random story connection at miniature scale - While traveling around Loas a few years ago, one of the places we stayed was on a river with boats available, the other guests took the few canoes available in the evening before we had a chance... my partner was quite disappointment as we were only there for one night. I found what at first looked like an unsalvagable very green old wooden one sunk about 4ft next to the pontoon, since I had nothing else to do - within about 30mins, some perseverance, creative use of levers and sheer "manliness" I managed to surface enough of it to flip it over and scoop some air into it, drag it to shore, empty it, polish the algea off the seats and put it back in the water to test it's hull. We had a great time in our old green boat, and ended up exploring more of the river's tributaries than all the other guests :) There is something very satisfying about bringing stuff back to life when you have real utility for it and then enjoying it.
culturestate 6y ago
I actually didn't know about this; I thought they were mostly scrapped. Thinking of it in the context of the war, though, it makes total sense that they'd try to refit as many intact hulls as they could to speed up procurement.
lsllc 6y ago
That might have been more to do with metal shortages during the war than the cost to rebuild: https://www.sarahsundin.com/make-it-do-metal-shortages-during-world-war-ii/ https://www.sarahsundin.com/make-it-do-metal-shortages-durin...

by mrep 6y ago

tomxor 6y ago

That is so cool, each time I learn some aspect of the resourcefulness of countries involved in ww2 I always feel inspired. Random story connection at miniature scale - While traveling around Loas a few years ago, one of the places we stayed was on a river with boats available, the other guests took the few canoes available in the evening before we had a chance... my partner was quite disappointment as we were only there for one night. I found what at first looked like an unsalvagable very green old wooden one sunk about 4ft next to the pontoon, since I had nothing else to do - within about 30mins, some perseverance, creative use of levers and sheer "manliness" I managed to surface enough of it to flip it over and scoop some air into it, drag it to shore, empty it, polish the algea off the seats and put it back in the water to test it's hull. We had a great time in our old green boat, and ended up exploring more of the river's tributaries than all the other guests :) There is something very satisfying about bringing stuff back to life when you have real utility for it and then enjoying it.

culturestate 6y ago

I actually didn't know about this; I thought they were mostly scrapped. Thinking of it in the context of the war, though, it makes total sense that they'd try to refit as many intact hulls as they could to speed up procurement.

lsllc 6y ago

That might have been more to do with metal shortages during the war than the cost to rebuild: https://www.sarahsundin.com/make-it-do-metal-shortages-during-world-war-ii/ https://www.sarahsundin.com/make-it-do-metal-shortages-durin...