The story of the nationally historic US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS (WMEC-38), her legendary career and how the US Government sold her for scrap rather than promote her preservation as a living history museum ship and training vessel.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Fleecing state maritime schools and heritage organizations op-ed piece
MARAD Chief Administrator, Paul "Chip" Jaenichen, was testifying at a hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week. This and other topics related to ship recycling and the proposed STORIS Act are discussed in a new opinion piece by Denise Krepp published in Maritime Professional.
http://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/fleecing-state-maritime-schools-and-heritage-organizations
CG Commandant Paul Zukunft was also at the committee hearing.
The relevant questions to Jaenichen are at approximately 1 hour, 33 minutes into the hearing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbQVb4qhO5o&feature=player_embedded
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