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In reply to the discussion: US troops deliver food, supplies to devastated Puerto Rico during round-the-clock operations [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)It has 6 OR's, the Comfort has 12, but as I mentioned, you cannot get large quantities of people on or off the Comfort right now, and the Comfort's hull is reputed to roll a lot at sea, so not fun to play doctor in it. The Navy has been asking to replace it for years because of that.
This decision was made more than a week ago, not to send it, based on the facts. Not by two people arguing on the internet.
What link do you want? The NOAA charts for the harbor? The specs of the ship on Wikipedia?
HERE YOU GO
http://www.nauticalchartsonline.com/chart/zoom?chart=25670
Some of the approaches in that harbor get down to 30 feet, and there were already charted obstructions, AND many of the buoys are gone/moved. The Coast Guard is working on that with buoy tenders pulled in from as far away as New England. They don't KNOW how the bottom of that channel has changed during the hurricane. There could be anything down there.
http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/recovery-effort-ramps-up-in-puerto-rico
The Comfort is huge; 894 ft long, 105 ft wide with a draft of 33 ft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Comfort_(T-AH-20)
None of the cruise ships that are in play for recovery, or even dock there in the regular tourist season, draft more than 26 feet, because it limits (Severely) the number of harbors you can access with the ship.
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