There is an operational LST(LST-325) that sails Ohio River and our DE(USS Slater, DE-766) will soon be underway! I am a little premature on that. But, it will happen! 14 years of her mains being worked on means that if they were turned over today they would run! Now we have to get her hull maintenance done. You can not stop a bunch of determined Navy vets!
Rusty knows his stuff! The Navy still owns most of the museum ships. Not ours though or the LST. Which is why we can fire up those 16 cylinder diesels. A static ship museum is all they can be. We on the other hand are determined to have our ship "haze gray and underway". One of the possible outcomes would be that instead of closing her up for the Winter, we sail her to southern ports that don't have a ship and take on tours there! Plus, I wonder how much one would pay to spend a week sailing the East coast in a fully restored Destroyer Escort!
You guys on the left coast have your Victory and Liberty ships(3). There are two here on the right coast. The SS American Victory is in Tampa and the SS John W Brown(Liberty) is in Baltimore, both operational. The LST-325 is working on being able to sail to Normandy in 2014 for the 70th. Imagine if we had all five cargo ships, the LST and our DE escorting! A reenactment of an Atlantic convoy!
Rusty knows his stuff! The Navy still owns most of the museum ships. Not ours though or the LST. Which is why we can fire up those 16 cylinder diesels. A static ship museum is all they can be. We on the other hand are determined to have our ship "haze gray and underway". One of the possible outcomes would be that instead of closing her up for the Winter, we sail her to southern ports that don't have a ship and take on tours there! Plus, I wonder how much one would pay to spend a week sailing the East coast in a fully restored Destroyer Escort!
You guys on the left coast have your Victory and Liberty ships(3). There are two here on the right coast. The SS American Victory is in Tampa and the SS John W Brown(Liberty) is in Baltimore, both operational. The LST-325 is working on being able to sail to Normandy in 2014 for the 70th. Imagine if we had all five cargo ships, the LST and our DE escorting! A reenactment of an Atlantic convoy!
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