# A ship shipping shipping ships **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721 "2012-12-02T01:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/1 "2012-12-02T01:25:07Z")
[The _Blue Marlin_ can probably carry many things, but this cargo looks like it’s wholly ship.](http://i.imgur.com/29EcG.jpg) I’ve seen some ship in my time, but that’s gotta be the biggest load of ship I’ve ever seen. (That was a shippy pun.) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/2 "2012-12-02T01:31:34Z")
Is there accompanying text with that photo? My guess is that the whole shebang will be sunk to create a reef. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/3 "2012-12-02T01:36:03Z")
Story here > **[That's a load of ships! The carrier boat that can hold up to 22 barges - and...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2158305/Thats-load-ships-The-carrier-boat-hold-22-barges--oil-rig--back.html)** > > They don't get much sturdier than the Blue Marlin, one of the most extraordinary crafts ever to sail the seas. Rather than the usual cargo of toys, TVs and coffee, it carries other ships and oil rigs. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/4 "2012-12-02T02:11:37Z")
Pure wow. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/5 "2012-12-02T02:19:43Z")
I’m surprised the ships at the bottom of the stack can withstand the weight of those above. I wonder if they had to be designed specifically to allow for this. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/6 "2012-12-02T02:40:36Z")
The linked article says, another carrier is being built with a capacity for much bigger loads. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/7 "2012-12-02T03:48:30Z")
If the larger carrier can carry one of these ships that can carry other ships, then you could say shipping ship ships shipping ships ship ship shipping ships. Goddammit that doesn’t even look like a word anymore ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/8 "2012-12-02T03:56:00Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > you could say shipping ship ships shipping ships ship ship shipping ships. Only because [recursion is your new god.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion) My only question is, where do the [Buffalo buffalo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo) fit in? > [@](#): > > Goddammit that doesn’t even look like a word anymore [**Semantic satiation**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation) is the relevant concept here. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/9 "2012-12-02T03:56:12Z")
And too late for the edit, but it actually should be shipping ship ships shipping ship ships ship ship shipping ships. I have a feeling that tomorrow it’s not going to make sense to me anyway. Eta, yeah, it’s built on the Buffalo buffalo model. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/10 "2012-12-02T06:03:43Z")
The photo of the ship with the oil rig on its back is mind boggling. Talking of which… > [@Jenaroph](#): > > And too late for the edit, but it actually should be shipping ship ships shipping ship ships ship ship shipping ships. > … I just sprained a neuron, happy now? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/11 "2012-12-02T07:36:07Z")
They must be pretty useless ships if they have to be shipped themselves. Why not just put everything that’s in the little ships onto the big ship, and throw away the little ones? Then you have less dishes to wash. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/12 "2012-12-02T16:30:02Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > They must be pretty useless ships if they have to be shipped themselves. Why not just put everything that’s in the little ships onto the big ship, and throw away the little ones? Then you have less dishes to wash. I bet you’re one of those people who mixes all their food together too aren’t you! ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/13 "2012-12-02T18:53:48Z")
Holy ship! ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ship-shipping-shipping-ships/642721/14 "2012-12-02T22:59:55Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [**Semantic satiation**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation) is the relevant concept here. That’s awesome! I never knew it had a name. Name. Name. Name. Name name name name name name name name name name name name name name name name name name name name name name name .