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This reminds me of the case a British destroyer from WW1. This ship started as two Tribal class destroyers, HMS Nubian and HMS Zulu. In 1916, the first lost i

This reminds me of the case a British destroyer from WW1. This ship started as two Tribal class destroyers, HMS Nubian and HMS Zulu. In 1916, the first lost its bow to a torpedo (and then running aground); the second lost its stern to a mine. The admiralty decided to salvage the remains by joining them together into a new ship, dubbed HMS Zubian. https://www.twz.com/royal-navy-once-created-a-franken-ship-from-two-destroyers https://www.twz.com/royal-navy-once-created-a-franken-ship-f...

nolok 2y ago
In 2020 France did the same with an attack submarine. The Perle had a major fire in its forward half, ruining it. The Saphir was a submarine of the same class being about to be decommissioned. They cut both in half then fitted the forward from Saphir onto Perle, which ended up being way cheaper than rebuilding a new half. (they're from an older class that is not being built anymore, but the Perle should remain in service a few more years until enough of the new class units are delivered) https://www.naval-group.com/fr/naval-group-livre-le-sous-marin-nucleaire-dattaque-perle-la-marine-nationale https://www.naval-group.com/fr/naval-group-livre-le-sous-mar... https://archives.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/611644/10245060/Dossier%20de%20presse_Chantier%20de%20r%C3%A9paration%20du%20SNA%20Perle.pdf https://archives.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/611644/102...
- astura 2y ago
  The US did the same for the San Francisco when she struck a seamount. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(SSN-711) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(SSN-711) >In June 2006, it was announced that San Francisco's bow section would be replaced at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard with the bow of USS Honolulu, which was soon to be retired. San Francisco is four years older than Honolulu, but she had been refueled and upgraded in 2000–2002. The cost of her bow replacement has been estimated at $79 million, as compared with the estimated $170 million to refuel and overhaul the nuclear reactor of Honolulu.[11]
  - pfdietz 2y ago
    Another example is the USS Wisconsin, an Iowa-class fast battleship. Its bow was damaged in a collision and replaced with the bow of the never-completed USS Kentucky, which was to have been the last ship in the class.
- lttlrck 2y ago
  This is mentioned in the TWZ article.
HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
I used to have a car like that - relative in car business specialized in buying late model cars that had one end (front or back) in good shape, and other end wrecked, and would use the two good halves to make a new car. He used a jig to get the alignment precise, and claimed it was as good as factory. The car seemed fine - there was no way to tell.
- paulryanrogers 2y ago
  Sounds like a salvage title to me
- GJim 2y ago
  A 'cut and shut'? Where do you live for that to be legal? https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=cut+and+shut https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=cut+and+shut
  - rightbyte 2y ago
    Most limousines are made like that. The practice is fine in theory but I guess the business is too shady for the vehicles to be fine in practice.
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    - seized 2y ago
      There's a whole Well There's Your Problem (an engineering disasters podcast) about exactly that. I think the conclusion is that it isn't fine in theory or practice... https://youtu.be/K5sQJB6Jvkw?si=hq8yGx2i9FQy-wAB https://youtu.be/K5sQJB6Jvkw?si=hq8yGx2i9FQy-wAB
  - HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
    Well, this was a while back (90's perhaps) and he was building these in upstate NY. I've no idea if it was legal the time - I was driving plenty of cheap crap cars back then (Ford Pinto, Ford Ltd II ex. cop car with single digit mpg, '78 TransAm), and relative to those this was pretty nice!
lostlogin 2y ago
> HMS Zubian. I prefer Nuzu.
throw-the-towel 2y ago
A WW2 Btitish ship, the HMS Porcupine, got hit by a submarine and ultimately was split in two halves, promptly nicknamed HMS Pork and HMS Pine.

nolok 2y ago

In 2020 France did the same with an attack submarine. The Perle had a major fire in its forward half, ruining it. The Saphir was a submarine of the same class being about to be decommissioned. They cut both in half then fitted the forward from Saphir onto Perle, which ended up being way cheaper than rebuilding a new half. (they're from an older class that is not being built anymore, but the Perle should remain in service a few more years until enough of the new class units are delivered) https://www.naval-group.com/fr/naval-group-livre-le-sous-marin-nucleaire-dattaque-perle-la-marine-nationale https://www.naval-group.com/fr/naval-group-livre-le-sous-mar... https://archives.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/611644/10245060/Dossier%20de%20presse_Chantier%20de%20r%C3%A9paration%20du%20SNA%20Perle.pdf https://archives.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/611644/102...

astura 2y ago
The US did the same for the San Francisco when she struck a seamount. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(SSN-711) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(SSN-711) >In June 2006, it was announced that San Francisco's bow section would be replaced at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard with the bow of USS Honolulu, which was soon to be retired. San Francisco is four years older than Honolulu, but she had been refueled and upgraded in 2000–2002. The cost of her bow replacement has been estimated at $79 million, as compared with the estimated $170 million to refuel and overhaul the nuclear reactor of Honolulu.[11]
- pfdietz 2y ago
  Another example is the USS Wisconsin, an Iowa-class fast battleship. Its bow was damaged in a collision and replaced with the bow of the never-completed USS Kentucky, which was to have been the last ship in the class.
lttlrck 2y ago
This is mentioned in the TWZ article.

HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago

I used to have a car like that - relative in car business specialized in buying late model cars that had one end (front or back) in good shape, and other end wrecked, and would use the two good halves to make a new car. He used a jig to get the alignment precise, and claimed it was as good as factory. The car seemed fine - there was no way to tell.

paulryanrogers 2y ago
Sounds like a salvage title to me
GJim 2y ago
A 'cut and shut'? Where do you live for that to be legal? https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=cut+and+shut https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=cut+and+shut
- rightbyte 2y ago
  Most limousines are made like that. The practice is fine in theory but I guess the business is too shady for the vehicles to be fine in practice.
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - seized 2y ago
    There's a whole Well There's Your Problem (an engineering disasters podcast) about exactly that. I think the conclusion is that it isn't fine in theory or practice... https://youtu.be/K5sQJB6Jvkw?si=hq8yGx2i9FQy-wAB https://youtu.be/K5sQJB6Jvkw?si=hq8yGx2i9FQy-wAB
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
  Well, this was a while back (90's perhaps) and he was building these in upstate NY. I've no idea if it was legal the time - I was driving plenty of cheap crap cars back then (Ford Pinto, Ford Ltd II ex. cop car with single digit mpg, '78 TransAm), and relative to those this was pretty nice!

lostlogin 2y ago

> HMS Zubian. I prefer Nuzu.

throw-the-towel 2y ago

A WW2 Btitish ship, the HMS Porcupine, got hit by a submarine and ultimately was split in two halves, promptly nicknamed HMS Pork and HMS Pine.