# How does the Navy clean the bottom of Aircraft Carriers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 9, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107 "2006-01-09T05:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107/41 "2006-01-10T01:12:35Z")
> [@Gringo\_Miami](#): > > ROTFLMAO… that is too funny! Please tell me it’s Photoshop and not real… :eek: [ I’ve just checked and as Mangetout says, there is a vessel of that name. The IMO number is correct, the size looks right to me, the registry is correct. So there’s no reason to think it’s a fake photo. The vessel is managed by Titan Ocean Pte Ltd, who name all their ships the “Titan [insert astronomy related term here]”. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107/42 "2006-01-10T01:17:43Z")
Snap. There’s a lot of ships with funny names (to Western ears). For some reason (perhaps a Japanese-speaker could explain why) there are heaps of Japanese ships named such that (while the spelling varies) they sound like the “Fuck you [something]”. Also, I used to do work for a Korean company that named its ships the “[something] Yu”. I can’t remember the spellings, but amongst others they had the “Fok Yu” and the “Suk Yu”… ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107/43 "2006-01-10T01:19:40Z")
The fastest and easiest way to get barnacles off of a hull is to hire Chuck Norris to stare down the ship and feign a roundhouse kick. The barnacles will flee for safety. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107/44 "2006-01-10T02:52:39Z")
> [@Gringo\_Miami](#): > > [Seriously, I’m new here - MODS… what is the policy on this sort of thing?? I want to stay in the rules – professional credentials versus plug – and I don’t want to plug anything here, it is not necessary.] I’m not a mod, and don’t want to play on on television, but several of us have in course of threads mentioned what company we work for. I think as long as you are not pimping your company at every turn, it shouldn’t be a problem. Perhaps a real mod will wander by, and give you a more official ruling. ---
**Author:** ![Gringo\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@Gringo\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gringo_Miami)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107/45 "2006-01-10T03:02:55Z")
Titan Uranus… I will have to be on the lookout for that ship in my travels! I had thought Photoshop because, at least to my eye, the letters NUS in URA-NUS looked slightly out of alignment… but I will take it at face value… and recommend a cruise on it to my proctologist! LOL As for the company thing, thank you Rick for answering my question. Absent word from a genuine, certified moderator, I will take your advice! ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107/46 "2006-01-10T06:15:09Z")
> [@Gringo\_Miami](#): > > [Seriously, I’m new here - MODS… what is the policy on this sort of thing?? I want to stay in the rules – professional credentials versus plug – and I don’t want to plug anything here, it is not necessary.] As long as you’re not spamming the board for the latest in manhood enlarging devices etc., your credentials are certainly welcome here. On the other hand, please don’t compromise any of your personal information. Once you put something out here on the SDMB, it stays for a good long time. You cannot edit your posts here, and moderators/admin will not edit posts except to correct coding mistakes. **Gringo\_Miami** , welcome to the Board and hope you stick around. Rico Genuine, Certified Moderator 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gringo\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@Gringo\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gringo_Miami)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107/47 "2006-01-10T13:26:48Z")
Rico Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![aeropl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aeropl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aeropl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107/48 "2006-01-10T23:56:14Z")
Ok so they do use dry docking to maintain their hulls. Thanks for the answers everyone. I can’t even imagine how expensive that job must cost. Decent bottom paint costs around $200 per gallon around here and I’m sure they use the best stuff available. Here is an older [photo](http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/04016618.jpg) of a Navy ship and it looks like they use red and then black paint for the very bottom of the ship. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-navy-clean-the-bottom-of-aircraft-carriers/339107.md?page=2)