USS Yorktown still serving for nearly 70 years. I was lucky to work at Patriots Point the last few years during the summers.
Isn't that thing sinking?
BTW, is the sports bar co-located with the Shriner's building still there? I lived there every Sunday in college.
Thankfully a few are allowed a bit of continuing glory, even after 67 years....
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The sports bar has new owners and changed names. It has gone to shit after the change in ownership. When were you in Charleston and did you go to the Citadel?
It's in pretty bad shape. It sits in about 25 feet of mud but the hull has several places that leak during high tide. They are trying to raise 50 million dollars to overhaul the hull and flight deck. You can tell the ship hasn't been in a dry dock in over 45 years is a nice way to put the ship's condition. I am hoping they are able to repair the ship. But you are probably thinking about the USS Laffey. It had major leaks a few years ago and partially sunk. It was sent to the dry dock and repair and now is back at Patriots Point.
The sports bar has new owners and changed names. It has gone to shit after the change in ownership. When were you in Charleston and did you go to the Citadel?
I knew that Laffey sunk, but I seem to remember someone saying that Yorktown needed $Eleventy-Billion to avoid sinking herself.
I was a volunteer tour guide on Olympia throughout high school (04-08). Even then, she was in pretty rough shape. She'd ground herself every day at low tide, and the hull was rusted through in some points. Considering they've essentially neglected her since (lack of funding), I'm sure things are much worse. It's a damn shame, but I can't see another organization saving her; it would take millions just to get her to drydock.USS Olympia is in a pretty similar situation.
It's too bad they can't do with a carrier, what they did with my old boat when it became a Submarine Memorial Museum in Galveston, TX, some 25 years ago. The USS CAVALLA (SSK-244), a decommissioned WWII Guppy/Snorkel conversion, was "planted" ashore up to the waterline, just a few dozen yards from the shoreline of Galveston Bay. I served on the "Big C", as an ET2 (SS), for several years prior to entering flight training in 1956.It's in pretty bad shape. It sits in about 25 feet of mud but the hull has several places that leak during high tide. They are trying to raise 50 million dollars to overhaul the hull and flight deck.
Technically, no...hell we put men on the moon!Is there a technical reason why we couldn't do that with a CV? Build a temporary drydock, bring boat in, fill with concrete and dirt.
No, the only problem I see is we'd have to bury a bunch of the ship. Just how much is below the waterline? We'd at least have to go to the waterline, I'd think.Is there a technical reason why we couldn't do that with a CV? Build a temporary drydock, bring boat in, fill with concrete and dirt.
It's too bad they can't do with a carrier, what they did with my old boat when it became a Submarine Memorial Museum in Galveston, TX, some 25 years ago. The USS CAVALLA (SSK-244), a decommissioned WWII Guppy/Snorkel conversion, was "planted" ashore up to the waterline, just a few dozen yards from the shoreline of Galveston Bay. I served on the "Big C", as an ET2 (SS), for several years prior to entering flight training in 1956.
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CAVALLA has survived 2 major hurricanes over the 20+ years in Seawolf Park (in her 'open grave'), with relatively minor damage. These major storms would have probably destroyed or scuttled her had she been docked pierside. I am very lucky to have 2 of my 5 afloat commands still serving as ship museums. The other is USS MIDWAY, in which I did my ShipsCo tour '70-'72.
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No, the only problem I see is we'd have to bury a bunch of the ship. Just how much is below the waterline? We'd at least have to go to the waterline, I'd think.