Patriots Point might cut exhibits

The Post and Courier ^ | April 29, 2009 | Allyson Bird

[Peter Horry]

The aircraft carrier Yorktown is one of four museum vessels berthed at Patriots Point. The struggling attraction might have to reduce the number of exhibits it has to maintain. Its development authority is seeking a long-term plan to carry it into the future. "We have ships 25 years old and no structure in our funding to maintain them," Hagerty said. "That leads to some very difficult choices."

Over the past several months, the attraction's dire situation became increasingly clear: All four ships need repairs, and the Patriots Point Development Authority does not have the necessary money or any plan for how to get it.

Experts gave the destroyer Laffey, known in World War II as "The Ship that Would Not Die," a year before the hundreds of holes in the hull sink it. Hagerty pointed out that the Laffey Foundation contributed some $30,000 but that short-term costs exceed $300,000 and long-term needs extend into the millions.

[SunkenCiv]

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[wally_bert]

I keep telling myself I need to go visit again. It has been years since I have been there.