Captain Nemo helped invent narco submarines as a way of evading drug enforcement agencies.
posted by gman on Dec 15, 2008 - 63 comments

Float-on, Float-off cargo ships. They're huge. One carried the USS Cole. One class is called the Mighty Servants. There are also the Marlins, or the elegant honesty of the "Transshelf". Big ships need big dock cranes. For maximum impact, compare these monsters to the common penny. Previously, "Where do Supertankers go to die?"
posted by OmieWise on Feb 13, 2007 - 45 comments