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GET THIS MAN SOME ASSISTANCE
Alright, I have a bit of a call to action for my fellow Ocean Liner nerds. I'm working on a project and would like some assistance. My friend is a computer science major. I asked him, "what kind of math would I need to do to figure out how fast the SS America would go if she had the SS United States' engines?" He explained to me that that is the kind of stuff he's working on doing now. AKA, not something I can do. But he agreed to help me. Now I'm working on a spreadsheet. It has 42 ocean liners at the moment, and I'm trying to gather as much data as I can. GRT, Speed, horsepower, length, beam, draught, displacement, literally anything that can be generalized to most ocean liners. Even if it has nothing to do with speed. No data is too much data. We seek to figure out the relationship between GRT, horsepower, and speed. Thus far, I've been using Wikipedia. For my purposes, it seems generally reliable enough. However, this has left large gaps in my data. For example, I think less than half of these liners have their horsepower listed in any capacity. Does anyone know of a reliable source to find info like this? I've heard only good things about the Miramar Ship Index, but it requires a paid subscription to access. At this point, I dont have the money to spend on that, and I don't have the time to ensure that my 7 day free trial isn't wasted. Does anyone have access? Or any other reliable sources? If anyone is interested in assisting, just DM me and I'll send a link to the spreadsheet.
I ONE UP YOU.
Some slightly-stale homemade ocean liner memes I've had saved to my desktop for a while and felt the need to share:
GUYS GUYS ITS FINALLY FUCKING HAPPENING
This calls for a coping strategy!
This is not a drill- the SS United States has been ordered to leave the Philadelphia pier by September
She needs to be gone by September 12th, which has left the conservancy scrambling to find a new location for her, as well as covering the costs and logistics of moving such a massive ship which can't move on her own.
