First of all, the squatters are trespassing. These ships have been decommissioned by the US Navy awaiting to be either sold for scrap or prepared to be sunk as artificial reefs.
I have no problem of the US Navy scraping decommissioned ships. As for sinking these ships in the ocean as reefs; as long as they are cleaned of toxic waste, fuel, and ammo, go to it with a vengeance.
Probably selling the scrap to one of our enemies to make weapons against the US. Ironic.
Who cares if they are trespassing? Thats what people do if a policy is unreasonable.
If a legitimate photography crew wanted to sign a release, and spend a few nights out there, taking photos, telling us a little bit about the final disposition of a piece of history,,, whats the freakin harm?
If a vet wants to visit them,, same deal.
The main argument against it is likely a pussified version of “safety concerns” that infects every aspect of our society now. I’m glad they trespassed,, and i even hope they had some fun. Good photos.
It’s not like there are any huge secrets out there.
As for sinking them,, this is more politically correct lunacy. Each one of those cargo vessels is easily worth 5 million on scrap value. We sink them to make a REEF? If we aren’t sinking them as a target in a legitimate military exercise or test, we are essentially throwing 12 to 15 bricks of solid gold into the deep. It’s a waste of taxpayer dollars. And that does not count the extreme amounts of money spent to make them epa safe before they are sunk as reefs.