I’m going to go out on a limb here, but this old ship, while with an admittedly proud history, is NOT worth the cost to restore it.
If it is worth fixing, someone will pay to do so.
Our tax dollars should not be wasted to keep every old ship in museum condition.
Sometimes we need to spend tax money in a worthy cause. Not everything is about money-making. If we lose our tangible history, how will we know where we’ve been?