The Navy sees it as the ability to use the ~15% lost capacity from double hulling, if it has to.

That was the subject of an investigation back in the early 90s. For your perusal, here is a copy of the results of that investigation. Please note, it HAS had some information redacted, but in general it is fairly complete as an overview of what went down.

Single hulled baby, and we have 15 of them in service as our primary military fuel tankers. Only 3 of them were upgraded to double hulls during construction. We could also, if needed, fill the space between the double hulls with more fuel oil if we had to.

I just wanted to point out, we still operate 15 of these, and only 3 of them are converted to double hull. in an emergency, even the double hull space could be converted to tanker storage.

Actually, these ships are 2 of a class of 18 vessels that the US Navy uses globally for refueling our oil and jet fuel burning machines. These two vessels were actually never completed, as the contractor went under, and finishing them was more expensive then not using them.

Yay for the USNS Mercy! The longest non-carrier veseel in the US Navy.

The USNS Mercy. It brings the hospital to you! It moves, and renders medical aid... I think its kinda like an ambulance? (plus rainbow.)

As the owner of a 300C SRT8, feeding any SRT8 is an expensive proposition. 600-1200 in tires every 15-20k miles, 60 dollars per oil change (if you do it yourself, and synthetic is on that bitchin sale at advance) 16-20MPG premium only, brake pads that will set you back 150-300 per set (DIY), rotors that are about 85…

I neglected to mention that it does require the aforementioned TCM+ECU flash if you want it to still have the brake-grabbing 'limited-slip' to smoke both tires. It is quite similar to the previous generation when it comes to tinkering. It even has a similar CAN layout with similar nodes (the convenience bus that has…

Push and hold the ESP button until ESP is disabled shows up in the EVIC. It biases the center diff to the back by about... 98 or 99%...

Truck axles are heavy. An empty dry van ("box trailer") is about 15000lbs. Most of the weight (about 12000lbs) is the frame and axles. The upper half a dry van is made from fiberglass/luan and foam-board, covered with an aluminum skin. The roof is made from aluminum spars with fiberglass so thin its translucent…

They could always use a big american pickup truck with a proper turbodiesel engine...

Rust is the secret ingredient. I removed all the rust from my 1964 International Scout and now it looks like a first generation Ford bronco.

The gun is called the GAU-8 "Avenger." It is no paltry 50 cal. It fires a 30mm round (it would theoretically be 118 caliber :P) with a depleted uranium penetrator. Nothing that moves on land has armor thick enough to stop that round.

I hear the Hummer H2 still has less visibility.

The Redbull P-38 is the former 'White Lightnin'', which is a P-38L. It is turbosupercharged, but has had had the intakes swapped for P-38F style to try to increase its top speed for air racing (in the late 40s). It was in a pretty bad accident in 2001, and was rebuilt using some hand fabricated parts and period…

I've pulled longer :P My F450 pulling 3 40 foot hay carts, loaded down to about 75klbs total. Drove down the local hiway (US64) at 45mph. Cops just waved me on through the DUI checkpoint.

Your combination is too long in some states. Also, many states DO now require an endorsement for towing more than 10,000lbs when your combo exceeds 36,000lbs GCVW. Including pickup trucks and RVs

Tow ratings are very conservative, if you do it the way you legally should. Legal liability is huge. Either way, actually determining your towing capacity is easy. You have 4 weight ratings you need to keep an eye on. GVWR, GCWR, GAWR Front, and GAWR Rear. The whole combo, trailer and truck, must be less than the…

Actually, 1/4 Mild will have a hard time stopping handguns with less common ammo, specifically ones that have higher velocities and slimmer rounds like the FN FiveseveN and the Tokarev can both punch it without their steel cored/penetrating rounds. It will be seriously damaged by most standard handguns and with…