Posted on Aug 18, 2016

The Strange Files: Project Habakkuk ICE SHIP!

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Project Habakkuk was way out side of the box…as in, an aircraft carrier on ice (Story).
http://thechive.com/2013/11/12/project-habakkuk-was-way-out-side-of-the-boxas-in-an-aircraft-carrier-on-ice-story/

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SFC George Smith

Posted >1 y ago

i saw this on the history channel...

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SFC John Hill

Posted >1 y ago

I remember seeing a story about this, one of the rationale behind it was the amount of steel that could be saved and used for other purposes. Turns out, the cooling system needed to keep it frozen would use almost as much steel as they were trying to save.

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