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[quote user="JSGreen"][quote user="jeaton"]Something called a Malaccamax container ship is now viewed as the largest practical size.  [/quote] The Straits of Malacca is the passage past SE Asia into the Indian Ocean.  I dont recall a specific narrow passage in the straights; the size limit could be related to ports along the route or maneuverability.  THere is a lot of shipping in that channel...on Radar, it looks like a bridge sometimes! As to the US Navy and the Panama Canal, the last Aircraft carrier capable of passing though the current locks was the USS Midway, and it had a "hinged" section on the angle deck, so it could be "Folded" up to enter the canal.  Dont know if they ever actually did that, though.  The politicians probably would like to use the canal to reposition Carriers, but they have to keep in mind it wouldnt take an overly sophisticated terrorist action to put both sets of locks out of commission for a while, stranding any ship that happens to be in the upper lake...and it would be REAL TOUGH to fly many power projection sorties from a lake that small!  As it is, the number of carriers we have are already fully scheduled without trying to swap from coast to coast![2c] [/quote] The channel is only 1.5 miles wide at its narrowest point, but even worse is its depth, as little as 25 meters.  That's your limiting factor on a ship! S. Hadid
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