Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
And you all thought Blowsion invented Tubbies. Think again. These were added around d 1925-27. USS Texas. First time in drydock since 1990.
The Origin of Tubbies.
- Thread starter Big Kahuna
- Start date
- Location
- Coeur d'Alene Idaho
That’s a huge tubbie
waxhead
wannabe backflipper
- Location
- gold coast
I have been watching this. How awesome is it that have her up on dry dock.
SXR-FOREVER
Finally Flippin
- Location
- Lake Minnetonka, MN
It's awesome to see modern pictures of the bottom of a dreadnought.
- Location
- Canberra, Australia.
I think I can see a surf fin in that image.
- Location
- Coeur d'Alene Idaho
There really is a lot more going on below the waterline on that ship than I imagined. And it somewhat goes to confirm my thoughts that bigger is better when it comes to tubbies.
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Glad you said tubbies and not bums
bored&stroked
Urban redneck
- Location
- AZ
Cool pic, but that's an Iowa class fast battleship, launched about 40yrs after Texas.
And those aren't really tubbies, those are torpedo bulges to disapate the underwater blast before it reaches the main hull.
Maybe we should try skegs like she uses though?
And those aren't really tubbies, those are torpedo bulges to disapate the underwater blast before it reaches the main hull.
Maybe we should try skegs like she uses though?