If I remember correctly the Davy Crockett is a barge that was converted out of a WWII Liberty ship. Hence the name.
Yes, the former SS Davy Crockett was indeed a WWII Liberty Ship, and was built in Texas in 1946.
BBell, it has to be removed because it is full of contaminated oil and is leaking like a submarine with screen doors. A couple of weeks ago they found the bilges covered with ancient bunker fuel that is now the consistency of peanut butter. Because of the illegal scrapping attempt, the hull is ruptured and leaking directly into the Columbia River. Its now an official Federal Emergency Response site because of the leaking oil, and is why no drydock operator in his right mind would allow that leaky POS to contaminate his dock.
In addition, there are at least 10 other old hulls along the lower Columbia that are at the same risk of illegal scrapping. You simply cannot scrap a floating vessel. Even in Pakistan and India, they know you have to get the ship out of the water before you scrap it, and they run the ships up on the beach.
$9.5 Million so far, and there is no telling how much oil is underneath the damned thing....