![]() ![]() ![]() Though the sub looks distressed on the outside, where pieces of its deck have been removed, its inner hull is intact, he said. Tom Lufkin joined a group to try to save the Clamagore. That way, at least divers could enjoy what's left of it. Veterans filed suit to try to stop a plan to tow the submarine USS Clamagore, on display in Charleston, South Carolina, out to sea and sink it. "The people responsible for these ships are very committed to them, (but) they are competing for a very limited funding pool." "The Navy released ships to different cities because it was a great recruiting tool, and no one was looking at the end game," said John Brady, CEO of the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, home to the cruiser USS Olympia, flagship during the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War in 1898, and the retired submarine USS Becuna. The Lane Victory shares the Port of Los Angeles with another, more recent-vintage museum ship, the battleship USS Iowa, which is about 5 miles from a nonmilitary floating attraction, the retired 1930s ocean liner Queen Mary in Long Beach. So many ships were doled out that they compete for volunteers and visitors within a few miles of each other. In others, cities sought to make them the centerpiece of waterfront attractions.Īmid the enthusiasm for putting them on display, there's been scant attention given to the sky-high costs of maintenance. In some cases, veterans groups wanted them as tributes to military service. The Navy and other government agencies allowed groups around the country to take ships to use for museums rather than sending them straight to the scrapyard. "It's big and ugly and old, just like the crew. "You fall in love with the damn thing," explained Chris "Frenchy" Marmaud, a volunteer on the Lane Victory. The seagoing greyhound was given a thin steel skin for speed, not expected to last 75 years.įor America's veterans and others trying to keep the vessels shipshape, the lack of money can be heartbreaking. There is a fundraising campaign for the Fletcher Class-ship on display in Buffalo, New York, to patch the hull, which leaks. Or the destroyer USS The Sullivans, named for five brothers killed when their cruiser was torpedoed and exploded during World War II. Now the dreadnought's only battle is a daily struggle to keep from sinking in its berth near Houston. They include the battleship USS Texas, the only large warship left in the USA to not only have served in the First World War but to have lived on long enough to blast the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion 75 years ago Thursday. Lane Victory in Los Angeles: One of the last WW2 ships like it ![]()
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