NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow launch

[freebeerfordworkers]

How do they guard against the damage that could be caused by the hull rolling back and hitting the dockside?

[cowboytim98]

Henry B. Bigelow (1879–1967) was a pioneering oceanographer and marine biologist. He was a world renowned expert on coelenterates and elasmobranchs.

I have no idea what coelenterates and elasmobranchs are, but I just thought I'd share this historical bit.

[nomercy116]

america we do it vertical

[Mueiwark]

I want to be on the bridge when that happens lol

[BeeRich33]

Is there some poor bastard on that thing when she enters?

[hookuspookus529]

noaa bastereds 

[Paumonsu]

I wanna be inside when they do it

[magule01]

muito show.... 

[worstalentscout]

so if something goes wrong, who's going to pay for the ship ?

[journeezwinkton]

IT looks so fun to be inside of it while its being launched :D

[gabrielinux]

Holly cow!!! That was awesome!!!

[beetsben]

shes not guna sink any time soon hahah, this is awsome

[MrGimli2]

on the right side you can see the banner ripe off lol!

[japanjapan12345678]

ガチあぶねぇｗ

[keeganmaraj]

cool!

[euphoritch]

NOAA....just a litle more and it whas NOSEA for this one!!!!

[arcaiko12]

poor captain...! hahahahha..! that's really hurt...! XD

[xav233]

good thing for him, he wasted champagne

[trje246]

"damn! I had the lense cap on...can you please do it again?"

[XBOX360driftking101]

@trje246 lol

[shippie2]

Ships are built and launched by Naval Architects and trust me we know what we are doing, Ships are side launched due to various reasons when end launching is not feasible (eg. resticted waterways).. but then again rest assured that normally ships are designed for 90° stability ie., they are designed and redesigned spending hours and hours to ensure that they stay upright even when heeled 90° to port or starboard.

[youtheotube2]

at least the other way you wont tip over

[jimmybob19]

why cant they just put it in normaly ? they just risk damaging the ship or possibly tipping it inder the water.

[dss8345]

0:14, lost a line of flags into the water

[FirstFlusiFlyer]

Damn . . i thought this might be a submarine in a few seconds^^ LOL

[KF2451]

\o/...

[burtonboy67]

damn...can u imagine bein on that..best roller coaster evr...

[SJB666]

Shits all over Dave Lettermans version of Will It Float?

[rangerman2237]

i dont understand what keeps it from just drifting away it would almost have to be tied off or have someone on there to control it

[GGGunitNextLevel]

Did the sea die?

[Alfrunk]

it the dead sea

[GGGunitNextLevel]

..lol

[ismail357]

does these ships have internet access

[Eviktion]

uh...you tell me, NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

that's a gigantic national organization.

[adolfo5856]

NAda ortodoxa la forma de ponerlo a flote. De seguro que se causan daños con esa sacudida tan fuerte.

[Rusvi1]

i've never seen a sideways ship launch...looks wrong but i guess they know what they are doing...

[HYPHYDUM408]

Lol looks like arnold shwartz cut in half.

Why is the ship like that? is it meant to look "half done"?

[o3941]

looks done to me...but useualy you build the hull and *some* of the superstructure...in thiscase the majoraty of the superstructure, and finish it then.

[65Dart]

a little top-heavy there, huh? didn't want to stop rolling - still in need of fuel and the like for ballast?

[Foreximo]

Where is the other 1/2 boat

[dbcooper300]

0:13 lol it sure is low in

[LTF85199]

Why do they launch it sideways instead of traditional lengthwise. Seems like things inside would topple over also a danger of turning the ship upside down won't it?, someone please explain.

[caddy59]

it can be side launched for a few simple reasons:

1)The land only need be level, not at an angle like traditional rear launches, as the land must be at a specific angle

2)It takes up less room

3)It's actually easier to side launch a smaller ship such as this.

[LTF85199]

I figured the points you mentioned but still doesn't fully answer my question. Thanks though...

[R0RYRAM0ND0]

That is simply the stupidest way to launch a ship

[yachtymadness]

wrong

[Schoen202]

that looked soo cool

[puppalucci]

I hope someone put the plug in it!! lol!!

[detroitPOWER]

it almost sank..lmao

[sjevaun]

it really did look like it would turn over lol

[warhoundtitan]

Oh look the ship is floating away!

[idram12892]

ship: I LIIIIVEEE

[idram12892]

lmao is there anybody in there blowing the horn? ow

[snooky1324]

wow I thought for sure it would have capsized. haha

[fuzionbb]

i wulda shhat myself haha

[sehr77]

woooooooooooooooooow

[bobbyjobob123456789]

i wanna be in that

[qwertyconcept]

idd me too

[DanTheCaptain]

wow!!!!!!!!!!

[maevajoly]

LOL, and PPPPPLLLOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUFFFFFF­FFF!!

[arequipa1]

ARRR SHE'S A SEAWORTHY VESSEL

[krirre]

i wish i was inside the ship when that happens :D

[tomosa35b]

it looks animatet

[qwertyconcept]

noo this things just happen dumbass

[chainsawhippie]

that was elegant.. lol

[dibiossi]

My first guess is that if it survives the launching, it'll survive most of what the ocean, weather etc. can throw at it. Better to find out now than out in the briny deep, eh?

[alexrex20]

it's a NOAA ship. i'm sure it can take a big wave. ;)

[raconter1]

Better than an amusement park ride! :D Jack

[1969MustangMACH1]

isn't it amazing jack! ive actually seen them do it in a boat about this size at a ship yard in the columbia and we were in our boat :0 but the waves died down before it got to our boat lol

[raconter1]

Yeah, there would be some big waves! Cool to get a front row seat! :) Jack

[Jpurser1]

Am i the only one that wanted that to turn over...

[PiMpiN92432]

nope!

[alamcculloch]

I n Scotland smaller vessels ere built on the inland canals and launching was done side ways asthe width of the canal meant that there was no other option.

[lolahavasuaz]

Very interesting...........

I watched several of these launches and wonder how it is decided which style of launch is determined to be the best? is it based on overall length of the vessel.........anybody?

[2ndOfficerCHL]

Size matters. Smaller ships are generally dumped into the water like this, or slide down ramps.

The bigger ones are welded together in dry docks and floated out, as I understand.

[mater389]

That wat fun when we launged that ship

[Cella65]

Why do they launch them like that? Surely there is more chance of something going wrong! Please do tell me if you know. Genuinley interested!

[mater389]

im a ship launch and its much cheaper to launch small ships that way.

the bigger ships launch different.

and problems happen all the time ships fall over and and some nearly sink.

[o3941]

talk about geting seasickness! woulda been fun to be on

[trueboxer59]

wow I thought for sure it would have capsized

[WR250HUSKY]

That aint gracefull !

[CarzorStelatis]

Funny, here in the UK we launch our ships forwards and upright :P

[seafevervidz]

That's not half as exciting though. ;-)

[Maltkiln]

Actually - here in the UK we used to launch sideways like this !!

In my home town of Selby (Yorkshire) when I was young I saw many ships launched sideways into the river Ouse - the biggest was 120M long !

[DJFatigue]

wow, that was toooo close! what about all the pots & pans?

[wampierre]

perfect stability :)

[wampierre]

it is so bad launching...