Posted on 10/21/2024 12:00:45 PM PDT by Red Badger
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure, and artificial reef.
Divers AND anglers?
Sounds problematic.
I don’t think people will necessarily be fishing right where the divers are.
Once it gets going, the environment the reef creates will attract fish to the general area.
I suggest it be repurposed as an illegal alien shelter, then tow it out to sea, and sink it. That's what they call "killing two birds with one stone". Having real skeletons on board will make it an even more attractive diving attraction.
My guess is that there are more fishermen than divers...
My brother doesn’t live far from where this ship is docked. He mentioned to me last week that its going to florida to make a reef.
Its topical in our family because we took the SS United States from NYC to Bremerhaven, Germany in 1964 between army assignments. My dad had been stationed in Ft. Ord, California. He was re-assigned to Landstuhl, Germany. So we drove across the country and hopped the SS United States for Germany.
A great travel adventure.
It was high times for all.
I’m just worried that the ship might not make it here. A similar ship, the SS Constitution, sank being towed from Hawaii and another, the SS Independence broke apart on a grounding in India.............
This brings tears to my eyes. I rode that ship as a 9 year old in January of 56 on our way to Germany from New York. I remember it vividly. Dad passed on to me the Guest Lists, Menus, postcards and other paraphernalia a few years ago before his death.
John Wayne was on the ship and my mother told me he was with a different woman almost every night! We had First Class Cabins and we were taking our new 1956 Pontiac Station Wagon across with us. Me and my sister used to run and slide down the polished corridors in our pajamas. I remember the orange and green melon balls in silver pedestaled serving dishes and all the rare roast beef I could eat! At midnight while my parents were in the ballroom I would push the green or red buttons on the wall for a Stewardess/Steward to bring Me a plate of chilled fruit. Dad taught me the card game solitaire and I spent hours playing it not knowing if it was night or day. Wasn’t much to do for a child on that ship. What great memories. It killed me seeing her sit there rusting!!!
an easy call
Okaloosa Island is our favorite vacation spot. Looking forward to seeing this someday.
“I don’t think people will necessarily be fishing right where the divers are.”
LOL!
“Sounds problematic.”
Nothing new
Thanks for posting the pic. I notice it fit inside the box, unlike your picture of Lizzo.
Bring on the Red Snapper.
I wonder if Jeff Bezos could have made it into a superyacht at less cost than the yacht he had built.
Good question................
From The Oriskany ?
” the county will spend an estimated $10.1 million on the project”
I had to read that a couple times and of course it is a government job. 10 million (100 by the time it even moves) to sink a boat?
” I really thought someone would repurpose it and not sink it! “
Also amazing is that it’s cheaper to make iron from ore than to re-use the ship’s iron.
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