An almost three quarter of a century old ship that’s been gutted and rotting for decades isn’t much of a national treasure any more. They do plan to salvage some of the remaining artifacts.
At least they didn’t send it to south Asia and kept the ship breaking jobs in America.
Yeah, the bell, wheel, name plates, life rings, flag mast, etc. belong in a maritime museum somewhere. The rest of it should be salvaged or scrapped.
Since the ship was built after the nuclear testing around the world, the steel is irradiated enough that it can't be used in the manufacture of radiation testing equipment.