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(Yahoo) Interesting Stray floating mine? Whale? Woman driver? Well, something made a huge dent in this Japanese oil tanker   (news.yahoo.com) divider line 70
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WelldeadLink [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 06:02:15 PM
Tanker? I didn't even see her!
 
Somaticasual
2010-07-30 06:05:57 PM
Best korea is invisible, maybe?
 
St_Francis_P [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 06:55:53 PM
One likely explanation floated by the Times is a collision with a dysfunctional mine.

*groan*
 
Indolent [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 09:11:32 PM
It was Godzilla.
 
SciFin
2010-07-30 09:20:19 PM
A Japanese sub. Maybe they are embarrassed? Oopps!!
 
ShillinTheVillain
2010-07-30 09:21:04 PM
"...Strait of Hormuz..."

Noooo, it couldn't have been a mine
 
loonatic112358
2010-07-30 09:21:25 PM
Indolent: It was Godzilla Gojira.

FTFY and to keep Raymond Burr out of the picture
 
Eyebleach
2010-07-30 09:23:31 PM
A narwhal thought it was a sub?
 
russlar
2010-07-30 09:24:55 PM
I'd hit it so hard I'd dent an oil tanker
 
Aardvark Inc.
2010-07-30 09:26:18 PM
Better ask a whale biologist (or Roseanne Barr, your guide to facts).


\Futurama FTW
 
Niveras
2010-07-30 09:28:43 PM
What, "another boat" isn't even in the running as an option? We go straight to whales and stray mines, now?
 
Bullroarer_Took
2010-07-30 09:29:39 PM
Maybe these guys have decided to start disrupting the supply lines to the battlefront:
www.csmonitor.com
 
Foaming [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 09:29:44 PM
See! I told you 5,999 hulls was enough.
 
Alexia Ikyu
2010-07-30 09:30:26 PM
Would "Asian Driver?" been too obvious for this head line? :P
 
cantsleep
2010-07-30 09:30:50 PM
Niveras: What, "another boat" isn't even in the running as an option? We go straight to whales and stray mines, now?

I really think that another ship hitting this one would also have substantial damage, and would be rather easy to find.
 
Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom
2010-07-30 09:35:51 PM
It's whatever made the bloop
 
LordJiro
2010-07-30 09:36:05 PM
Subby's mom?
 
Hypothetical Imperative
2010-07-30 09:36:26 PM
It was a streetlight.
 
kidgenius
2010-07-30 09:36:32 PM
Bullroarer_Took: Maybe these guys have decided to start disrupting the supply lines to the battlefront:

Came to post this...leaving satisfied
 
Diogenes Teufelsdrockh
2010-07-30 09:37:19 PM
Seeing how the dent is entirely above the water line, mines and whales probably should be excluded. As for another boat hitting her, I've seen first hand damage caused by ships colliding and that's too blunt, scrape free and symmetrical for that. (I can tell by the pixels.)

So, above the water line, symmetrical, blunt and depth of concavity radially dependent (pulled out of ass), sure seem to point to a small boat going boom right near.

Unless James Earl Jones detonated the torpedo just before impact.

/"You heard it strike the hull and I was never here."
 
CornFedIowan
2010-07-30 09:39:09 PM
It was a cloaked Klingon Bird of Prey.
 
Tealeaf
2010-07-30 09:45:21 PM
It was probably like that when they drove it off the lot.
 
Walker [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 09:45:45 PM
Yep, woman driver.
img.photobucket.com
 
Fish in a Barrel
2010-07-30 10:07:21 PM
Diogenes Teufelsdrockh: Seeing how the dent is entirely above the water line, mines and whales probably should be excluded. As for another boat hitting her, I've seen first hand damage caused by ships colliding and that's too blunt, scrape free and symmetrical for that. (I can tell by the pixels.)

So, above the water line, symmetrical, blunt and depth of concavity radially dependent (pulled out of ass), sure seem to point to a small boat going boom right near.

Unless James Earl Jones detonated the torpedo just before impact.

/"You heard it strike the hull and I was never here."

That's pretty much exactly mine line of thinking. It definitely looks like an above-surface explosion to my untrained eyes.
 
KarmicDisaster
2010-07-30 10:15:44 PM
Fish in a Barrel:

That's pretty much exactly mine line of thinking...

So, you are saying it was a mine?
 
Chrome Armadillo
2010-07-30 10:22:45 PM
Fish in a Barrel: Diogenes Teufelsdrockh: Seeing how the dent is entirely above the water line, mines and whales probably should be excluded. As for another boat hitting her, I've seen first hand damage caused by ships colliding and that's too blunt, scrape free and symmetrical for that. (I can tell by the pixels.)

So, above the water line, symmetrical, blunt and depth of concavity radially dependent (pulled out of ass), sure seem to point to a small boat going boom right near.

Unless James Earl Jones detonated the torpedo just before impact.

/"You heard it strike the hull and I was never here."

That's pretty much exactly mine line of thinking. It definitely looks like an above-surface explosion to my untrained eyes.

I concur with these gentlemen.
 
lantawa [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 10:23:03 PM
Plobably some huge fixed conclete stluctlue in polt.

//Read like a Japanese
 
loonatic112358
2010-07-30 10:31:53 PM
lantawa: Plobably some huge fixed conclete stluctlue in polt.

//Read like a Japanese

that doesn't look a thing like Kanji
 
jbrooks544
2010-07-30 10:38:14 PM
This is obviously caused by a USS Cole type attack. There are obvious char marks, and no damage below the water line. I'll find the video footage and post below
 
jbrooks544
2010-07-30 10:47:16 PM
Video http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=wYF_nXOq3OM
 
flowflowflow
2010-07-30 10:48:32 PM
rubber boat full of dyno o might
 
Zalan [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 11:02:12 PM
I would expect an explosion to leave some sort of charring or shrapnel damage from the exploding body of the device. A sub is not in my opinion possible either since the dent is above the water line and you can see where it is back to normal at the water line.

I want to say breaching whale maybe, but the size of the dent is probably too large. Another ship, due to the lack of scraping damage above and the lack of another ship or wreckage again not likely.
 
Fish in a Barrel
2010-07-30 11:06:47 PM
KarmicDisaster: Fish in a Barrel:

That's pretty much exactly mine line of thinking...

So, you are saying it was a mine?

Wow. I don't even know what to make of that. I do know it was completely unintentional.
 
Fish in a Barrel
2010-07-30 11:11:32 PM
Zalan: I would expect an explosion to leave some sort of charring or shrapnel damage from the exploding body of the device

Depends on the type of explosion and how far away it was. It could have packed a lot of concussive force without much shrapnel.

Also, notice that besides the main dent, each individual segment is also deformed inward.
 
Loud_Mouth_Soup
2010-07-30 11:14:02 PM
It was a deer.
 
Diogenes Teufelsdrockh
2010-07-30 11:29:22 PM
jbrooks544: This is obviously caused by a USS Cole type attack. There are obvious char marks, and no damage below the water line. I'll find the video footage and post below

Yeah, pretty much it seems. Looking at it again, any doubt I had is gone. The hull is stove in above the main dent along the lines of the frame, so pressure was applied in diminishing force in this once section heading up (bomb design focused forward and up?). Most damning is that when the picture is zoomed in on, sections of the railing above the dent are missing and those that remain are bowed up.

Some group was getting a bit frisky in the area and wanted to remind us of how fragile our oil supply really is.
 
Yakivegas
2010-07-30 11:30:32 PM
Isn't it obvious? Giant Shark.
 
The Voice of Doom
2010-07-30 11:47:59 PM
img269.imageshack.us
 
sarek_smile
2010-07-30 11:51:28 PM
Matter, Anti-Matter annihilation ?

Naw, the crew saw a flash, so it was a small boat with explosives without much shrapnel.
 
rustybender
2010-07-31 12:02:32 AM
This really isn't hard to figure out.

Windows blown out up on deck says shock wave, which combined with reports of a flash indicates an explosion not collision

The damage is at the waterline and above, so you can pretty much rule out a mine. I'd say a small suicide boat loaded with explosives that didn't get close enough to the tanker before detonating.

So we have a Japanese ship attacked by incompetent terrorists. Sounds like the Whale Wars guys kicked it up a notch.

/kidding about the last part. Serious about the rest.
 
w00ty
2010-07-31 12:20:20 AM
Bullroarer_Took: Maybe these guys have decided to start disrupting the supply lines to the battlefront:

but japs dont need oil... they have whale blubber and rice.
 
Flapjack727
2010-07-31 12:25:28 AM
Came for woman driver pics, leaving VERY disappointed.
/Only one, and it's the oblig one
 
jbernie
2010-07-31 12:42:08 AM
cantsleep: Niveras: What, "another boat" isn't even in the running as an option? We go straight to whales and stray mines, now?

I really think that another ship hitting this one would also have substantial damage, and would be rather easy to find.

a bit harder if it sank
 
wmoonfox
2010-07-31 12:48:21 AM
scienceblogs.com


/hot
 
Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf
2010-07-31 01:14:30 AM
"The Times says U.S. officials are skeptical, because the damage is more consistent with a collision of some sort than an explosion. But the crew reported no collision."

In addition to that, how is a collision going to blow out windows up on the ship's superstructure?
 
Schlock
2010-07-31 01:15:56 AM
jbernie: cantsleep: Niveras: What, "another boat" isn't even in the running as an option? We go straight to whales and stray mines, now?

I really think that another ship hitting this one would also have substantial damage, and would be rather easy to find.

a bit harder if it sank

I guess, assuming it sank completely in the minute or so before anyone ran to see what hit them, and left no debris on the surface...
 
Larva Lump
2010-07-31 01:29:37 AM
thm-a01.yimg.com
 
onecoolshe
2010-07-31 01:32:32 AM
Zalan: I would expect an explosion to leave some sort of charring or shrapnel damage from the exploding body of the device. A sub is not in my opinion possible either since the dent is above the water line and you can see where it is back to normal at the water line.

I want to say breaching whale maybe, but the size of the dent is probably too large. Another ship, due to the lack of scraping damage above and the lack of another ship or wreckage again not likely.

And if it was biological in nature there would be residue of some kind. So I'm going with water U.F.O.s they have talked about before. =)
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 01:46:39 AM
Indolent: It was Godzilla.

Ah, damn it....

shakes tiny green fist, roars smally
 
wejash [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 01:49:31 AM
Are you guys sure the picture itself isn't misleading? I mean, the pic could have been taken after off-loading so she's riding higher in the water than when the incident occurred. (Which you'd kinda want to do to inspect it...)

If that's true, then you may have a at-waterline impact but nothing penetrated the skin of the ship. Give the flash and blast, the dysfunctional mine actually makes sense if all it managed to do was create a wall of water that slammed into the side.

Even a badly designed high-explosive blast from an above-water boat would likely have torn apart or penetrated some of the skin of the ship. So what's the terror theory here, a suicide submarine?

A depressed whale that somehow creates an explosion and flash?

Or a rotten >10-year old magnetic mine...
 
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