This section is a copy of
correspondence sent to Ohio
Congressional representatives from The Last Patrol Museum Group of Toledo. This message contains critical information that was
forwarded to STORIS Museum and The Last Patrol from Jay Barrett of KMXT radio in Kodiak. This
information was sent as a pass-through. It was originally received as a news
tip sent to Mr. Barrett by a representative of a major U.S. ship recycling company who had read about the
STORIS’ sale and pending export to Mexico in an AP wire story. The wire story originated with
Jay Barrett’s news stories detailing STORIS' imminent export. The ship
recycling expert recognized the illegality of the STORIS export and attempted
to bring it to the attention of various government officials within the Coast
Guard, EPA and GSA but was ignored. If the ship recycling company is forced by
the federal government to comply with federal laws related to environmental
concerns and ship recycling in the U.S., what makes the U.S. Federal Government exempt from
following those very same rules they impose on the ship recycling companies?
The STORIS export could potentially be a precedent-setting loophole or backdoor
for the government to get rid of ships that don’t meet environmental standards.
This message did make its
way to the STORIS Museum and to me late on Saturday, Oct. 26, the night after STORIS’ tow left
the SBRF. It was this message that prompted the last ditch efforts to save the
ship which has now evolved into this effort to find the truth about STORIS’
sale and export. As explained elsewhere, STORIS was in otherwise excellent
physical condition, the haz-mat on board was contained and she would have made
an excellent museum ship and training vessel.
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