Photo by Steve Lane
Oregon and Washington *ping*
That pic reminds me of living in New Orleans in the late 60’s, early 70’s. The Mississippi River shore line between the water and levee was littered with old barge hulks washed ashore during hurricane some years earlier.
It was a Tom Sawyer life for a 10-year old back in the day when you could leave home after breakfast, explore all day and be home for dinner with the only questions being, “where did you go today?”....’umm...went to the woods with Tommy and built a fort’.
How do you “own” a shipwreck that occurred 46 years ago and was buried under sand until 16 years ago? Gee, can I buy the USS Arizona? Will I then be responsible for cleaning up the oil from it?
If I remember correctly the Davy Crockett is a barge that was converted out of a WWII Liberty ship. Hence the name.
Why even dismantle it, since it has been there so long anyway?
There we were - me and Davey Crockett - shoulder to shoulder and backs to the wall.
A closely related story, for background reading...
Streamlined Art Deco Ferry KALAKALA listing in Tacoma
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2696322/posts?page=1
A few more details: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/spills/incidents/DavyCrockett/DavyCrockett.html
This appears to be in the Columbia River in the Portland, Oregon area.
Meth-heads and scrapmetal. Why do they work so hard avioding work for so little money?