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dhermesc 11-30-2012 09:56:16 24.248.193.103 Report to Moderator	The problem with the "Texas" is how they tried to display her after she was retired. Basically they sank her in the mud at dock side and called it good. After years of sitting like that the hull was nearly destroyed along with the rest of the ship. Trying to "recover" from that horrible treatment is expensive. [Reply]   [No Email]
Centex Farmall 11-30-2012 11:57:18 32.176.0.34 Report to Moderator	Re: Retiring U.S.S. Enterprise in reply to dhermesc, 11-30-2012 09:56:16   My mother recalls visiting with her family in the 50's and they had poured concrete over the deck rather than repair the wood. Back then it was just another old boat. I remember the funding drive in the 90's when they chipped that stuff off and put wood back. [Reply]  [No Email]
dhermesc 11-30-2012 12:27:33 24.248.193.103 Report to Moderator	Re: Retiring U.S.S. Enterprise in reply to Centex Farmall, 11-30-2012 11:57:18   The concrete leaked water throughout the upper decks of the hull rusting out the parts that were not submerged. Topping it off the battleships built by the US just before and during WW1 were not all that well designed and were using cheap material in their construction. [Reply]  [No Email]