I see vessels like this and feel sad that it just did not get the car it needed. It is very expensive to maintain these old hulls, just keeping up with paint is a time-consuming volunteer activity let alone a million-dollar yard period. It takes a lot of time and effort to keep these in good shape and a lot of people that are willing to spend the time doing what needs to be done. These subs would probably do better out of the water under at least a ramada in a cradle.
This is disrespectful to the gallant crews that served on this sub. The sub should have been honorably scrapped within a year of being decommissioned. This is like leaving your grandmother's corpse to rot on your front lawn for 60 years after she passed. Who is responsible for this infamy?
"Honorably scrapped"?!?... is there such a thing? That's like running a bulldozer through a veteran's cemetery. That she's still afloat and looking so good internally is testament to the folks that were dedicated to her preservation for the education and remembrance of future generations... oh, I forgot, all folks these days only give a damn about their next entertainment venue so not to be bored for 10 minutes. I served aboard a ship from 1977-78 that served for over 50 years on active service from WWII until the 1990's. She was a good work ship with a lot of life in her when her and her sistership were towed all the way from Suisun Bay, CA to Brownsville, TX to be scrapped. I know that anything wasn't built to last forever... it just hurts to lose something that's hard to describe how an "object" affected your life.
I totally agree. I was really disappointed to find out about it when I was posting this video. I was looking at the Google Earth images and I could not find the submarine. Only reading Wikipedia gave me the answer of what happened to her.
I see vessels like this and feel sad that it just did not get the car it needed. It is very expensive to maintain these old hulls, just keeping up with paint is a time-consuming volunteer activity let alone a million-dollar yard period. It takes a lot of time and effort to keep these in good shape and a lot of people that are willing to spend the time doing what needs to be done. These subs would probably do better out of the water under at least a ramada in a cradle.
I’m deeply disappointed the first submarine I ever got to see was not cared for.
This is disrespectful to the gallant crews that served on this sub. The sub should have been honorably scrapped within a year of being decommissioned. This is like leaving your grandmother's corpse to rot on your front lawn for 60 years after she passed. Who is responsible for this infamy?
"Honorably scrapped"?!?... is there such a thing? That's like running a bulldozer through a veteran's cemetery. That she's still afloat and looking so good internally is testament to the folks that were dedicated to her preservation for the education and remembrance of future generations... oh, I forgot, all folks these days only give a damn about their next entertainment venue so not to be bored for 10 minutes. I served aboard a ship from 1977-78 that served for over 50 years on active service from WWII until the 1990's. She was a good work ship with a lot of life in her when her and her sistership were towed all the way from Suisun Bay, CA to Brownsville, TX to be scrapped. I know that anything wasn't built to last forever... it just hurts to lose something that's hard to describe how an "object" affected your life.
I totally agree. I was really disappointed to find out about it when I was posting this video. I was looking at the Google Earth images and I could not find the submarine. Only reading Wikipedia gave me the answer of what happened to her.
Looks like good SCRAP METAL