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The USN usually takes old ships out and uses them for gunnery practice. The cost of repairs is probably more than they realize.
At least, unlike the titanic, nobody thrown overboard will freeze to death...
..let moonbeam worry about it...
$23 million dollars is a drop in the bucket or perhaps more appropriately rust bucket. Add a zero to bring an 83 year old ship up to standard and updating room, carpet, etc.
Chump Change for a State like California.
We currently SPEND $69,315,068 DOLLARS Every Single Day just to keep the 3 million Illegal Aliens in this State.
President Trump should tell California to GO POUND SAND when they call asking for money.
Californians bear an enormous fiscal burden as a result of an illegal alien population estimated at almost 3 million residents. The annual expenditure of state and local tax dollars on services for that population is $25.3 billion.
http://www.fairus.org/publications/the-fiscal-burden-of-illegal-immigration-on-california-taxpayers
Years ago, my husband and I toured that ship and The Spruce Goose. Both were very interesting. So glad we got to do that. More of my precious memories. God bless.
I thought the ship was set in concrete
Why try to “save” this?
You can create an actual building and just incorporate parts and pieces of the ship into the decor.
If the ship isnt going to sail, then you are spending a fortune just for it to bob up and down with the tides.
It isnt like it’s the HMS Victory or USS Constitution.
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Dihydrogen Monoxide is causing a lot of the hull deterioration. California really needs to ban that stuff.
Sell it for scrap and actually make some money on it.
They still hold many events there.
Beautiful ship like so many others but we can’t keep every piece of huge machinery, relic and symbol from the past.
Collecting old ships is not an insignificant financial burden. Take a picture, it will last longer.
A group of HAM operators use to fire up the radio room occasionally. I got to make a contact once.
230 million dollars to repair a rusting 83 year old ship.
What could you built new for $230 million dollars.
I am sure private investors will bear all of risk and of course benefit with all the gains if the project succeeds.
No? Maybe the taxpayers bear all of the risk and others receive the benefits.
The world’s oldest sailing ship, the iron hulled Star of India, is in San Diego. It was built in 1863 and it could still sail around the world today.
A boat is a hole in the water into which you pour money.
A buddy of mine was part of a maritime survey party 20+ years ago on the Queen Mary. He said once they got far into the ship deep below the waterline, they became so worried that they got off asap.
He said they were commissioned to see if the QM could be moved to the shipyard dry dock for a overhaul. I believe their ultimate recommendation was to let her settle in the mud in such a way she didn’t lean too much.