Amazing.
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This is the Blue Marlin, a semi-submerging vessels capable of lifting another ship out of the water and transporting it.
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Like the USS Cole.
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWWttrJZ6oBpNBDRSvVXOPcPIk7M20dqOZseCoJpLbEZFjXv4YVBagduQA64nB0V0HCr9PZ0TxkAWGFa9jwiGL19oeu6ff_-9NmdT4q3rlUt_beShX4AE4bSuz7jFqcz-ErS8tbXdqnCC/s1600/This+May+Be+The+Most+Insane+Piece+Of+Machinery+Ever+Made.+Seriously,+WOW..gif)
Or, say, a dozen other transport ships.
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Or this Oil Rig
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Or this one.
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This is the SBX-1. The Sea-Based X-Band Radar, which is a floating, self-propelled, mobile active electronically scanned array radar station designed to operate in high winds and heavy seas. It is part of the U.S. Defense Department Ballistic Missile Defense System.
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And it's huge!
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These are drilling rigs with a gridwork of iron below them creating a giant footprint to stabilize the weight. They jack up out of the water with those large legs.
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And here's three of them.
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This thing is like the Tonka truck of our childhood. The one toy that can do all of the coolest stuff. I mean… it moved a satellite to Hawaii from the West Coast? For real.
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