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General Boards => Museum Submarine Discussion => Topic started by: Viejo on June 23, 2010, 02:03:43 PM
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Got this this morning from Gumba via Bill Parker. A really sad ending. I am very fortunate to work for a park that can spend what is needed to prevent this from happening with their ships. Having them out of the water of course saves a lot of upkeep. Maybe someone will figure a way to save it, but doesn't look good. :'(
Viejo
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It is with great sadness that I have to report that the USS CLAMAGORE SS 343 , the last FRAM 3 GUPPY,will be removed from Patriot Point and sold for scrap metal.
The Point has not recieved any of the federal funds they were promised,and so to cut costs,the Destroyer USS LAFFEY,which recently underwent 9.2 million dollars in repairs will be sold to another city, and the Clamagore,which requires 3 million dollars in repairs will be sold for junk.
I will keep you informed,and I still hope for a last minute reprieve.
STSCS(SS) Sid Busch,USN(RET)
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Not good. Not good at all.
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If they do scrap her, she will provide parts for COD... :-\
But it's not time to give up the ship, not yet at least...
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If scrapped she must be, someone should make sure that every single shaving of metal flake goes to a museum submarine that needs it. Just my 2cents. No eBaying or personal collections!
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It sounds like a very sad deal hopefully someone can save it at the last minute
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Well Paul, she has her Gimmies onboard still and as you always love to tell people that when you need stuff it literally just show's up. Here may be your LAST chance to get everything you can for your engine rooms if she does wind up being sold for scrap
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I hate sounding like a circling vulture but there are a lot of gimmies on board for Cod and especially for Torsk, Requin and Becuna. Let's hope things don't come to that but if it does, the Clam will live on in other museum boats.
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Fred, I ment to spell it Jimmies and not Gimmies, the Clam has GM Engines on board and not Fairbanks and Morse ones.
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I sure hope the goverment does something about this and help save the musem the uss clamagore looks like a nice submarine
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Read today over on Rontini's BBS that the Clamagore won't be scrapped.
The situation is still very serious, as it has been for many years now for the Clamagore. Something will have to be done to save her, ultimately.
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Thats very good news she wont be scrapped. :) sounds like someones gonna have to help her out though :-\
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I had wondered what happened to the boats I served on and did a web search for them. I knew that the Blueback is a museum boat in Portland, WA, but I wasn't sure about the other diesel boat I was on, the Greenfish. She was already an old boat when I was on it in the 60s, but fully functional. I finally found out that the Greenfish was sold to Brazil and used as a training boat for a short while. It was then used as a museum boat but that didn't last long and it was finally sold as scrap. I couldn't believe what I saw on the website. The pressure hull and superstructure was cut almost down to the waterline with hardly anything remained with one exception. For some reason the old BQR2B sonar stack was still on board. It could have been the very one I operated while on board. I almost started crying.
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Bill:
Some of us actually DID CRY over the fate of Greenfish! Rich Pekelney of this BBS headed up a project to obtain parts for many of the museum boats from her... but some numbskull in the Brazilian scrap yard couldn't understand that Rich was serious about the program... and well, our hope for parts went up in smoke.. along with Rich's personal investment
Pass the tissues... :'( :'( :'(
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Bill:
Some of us actually DID CRY over the fate of Greenfish! Rich Pekelney of this BBS headed up a project to obtain parts for many of the museum boats from her... but some numbskull in the Brazilian scrap yard couldn't understand that Rich was serious about the program... and well, our hope for parts went up in smoke.. along with Rich's personal investment
Pass the tissues... :'( :'( :'(
It's too bad that some of the old gal couldn't have been spared. I think I would have felt better if she had been sunk. At least she would have had some dignity.
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Bill:
Some of us actually DID CRY over the fate of Greenfish! Rich Pekelney of this BBS headed up a project to obtain parts for many of the museum boats from her... but some numbskull in the Brazilian scrap yard couldn't understand that Rich was serious about the program... and well, our hope for parts went up in smoke.. along with Rich's personal investment
Pass the tissues... :'( :'( :'(
No boat should ever end up like the Greenfish did. It was gutted without any respect.