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toomuchtodo on Aug 20, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Triple-E Ship Leaves Port With World Record Load

A titanium hull failure is superior to a fiberglass or wood hull failure. Even if I hit a container at speed, the worst scenario is the structure deforming, versus fiberglass failure scenarios.

jacquesm on Aug 21, 2014 [–]

A titanium hull is, but you mentioned superstructure, which is everything above the hull.

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