Comments on: Heading Down to Browsnville

By: Alfredo Texaca

Alfredo Texaca — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:19:54 +0000

I think its a stupid idea, to scrap such a large machine. People and bureacrats have no idea, as to how much energy, time and money is spent on researching, building, and running a ship. seems a waste to scrap it. it should have been turned into a training vessel for the merchant marine, naval college, or for annapolis Naval academy, or it have been used for Marine or Ocenagraphic research.
Now its going to been turned into raw steel, and shipped to China, so they can make more scrap for the consumer market, and end up in a Landfill. Thanks fucking genius.

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:02:51 +0000

Damn just about all the ships I was on were scrapped or used for target practice Adios Saipan you were definitely better than the Guam. Semper Fi ole buddy

By: GeekLethal

GeekLethal — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:53:16 +0000

Ha, I had an ’83 with t-tops. I bought it in 1993. By 94/5 it was an unredeemable piece of shite.

Weapons effect testing woulda been worthwhile.

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:09:59 +0000

Not sure, but I think they sold her for 2 cents. The breakers are responsible to move her and get to keep anything they can sell the scrap for.

Did the same thing with my ’85 Camaro a few years ago.

…Well, not the weapons effect testing…

By: GeekLethal

GeekLethal — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:35 +0000

I didn’t get the last paragraph of the linked article, about how the “net cost” to the gubmint for breaking the ship up was 2 cents.

Why wouldn’t they sell the ship? Seems they would get more than 2 cents for it.