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.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Two U.S. Navy oilers, never completed despite costing millions, sent for scrap
Along the lines of shipbreaking and government waste, two U.S. Navy oilers built under contentious circumstances and costing taxpayers millions of dollars, were towed out to head for scrapping:
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/07/two-neverfinished-navy-ships-head-scrap-heap
(Originally posted April 24, 2014)
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