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Why didn't you save her? 2016-10-25 04:17:59 Post No. 1873300
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>A ship that towed warships to safety during World War II and battled 40-foot waves to help rescue seven people in what was portrayed in the book and film "The Perfect Storm" is poised to be sunk off the New Jersey and Delaware coasts. Officials told The Record newspaper the 205-foot Coast Guard vessel Tamaroa will help grow a reef near Cape May Point by drawing large game fish and boosting recreational fishing.
>The sinking is planned around Oct. 30, the 25th anniversary of the storm in which the Tamaroa helped rescue the crew of a sailboat and a downed Air National Guard helicopter in waters off Massachusetts. Long before its role in "The Perfect Storm," the Tamaroa was known as the USS Zuni, which was first deployed by the Navy in World War II. Following the war, the Zuni was transferred to the Coast Guard and renamed the Tamaroa. The vessel spent nearly five decades rescuing ships in distress, intercepting smugglers at sea and enforcing fishery laws.
>Efforts to convert the ship into a museum and memorial ended in 2012 after its hull was found to be leaking. To those who oppose the sinking of the ship for sentimental reasons, Harry Jaeger, co-founder of Zuni/Tamaroa Maritime Foundation, said you can put on your scuba gear and it'll be right there.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/10/24/ship-that-helped-saved-7-the-perfect-storm-be-sunk.html
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I oppose this for no other reason than the fact that shipwrecks trigger the fuck out of me.
Anything mechanical underwater, really, but especially big ships and jet planes.
Am I autistic?
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>>1873300
Her hull was worn out, anon. She has the history, but sometimes that just isn't enough if she's on her last legs.
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>>1873300
At least it'll still exist. Pic related was my first unit, it went to the breakers yard in 2012
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>>1873300
Wow it's a ship that saved some people big whoop
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>>1873367
most certainly
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soooo amerifats decommission ships by simply sinking them? they don't take them to a ship graveyard and break them apart?
something doesn't seem right simply sinking a ship when you're done with it. am I wrong?
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Ships arent people.
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>>1874078
Depends on the ship. Something in service since WW2?
Literally what could it have that would be worth rescuing after ~60 years of service and being technologically outclassed for 50 of those years?
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>>1874090
I don't know isn't x many tons of steel sellable as scrap at the very minimum? Isn't sinking an entire ship like horrible for the environment?
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>tfw we didn't put a ship museum in every major city and donate ships to Canada Australia and New Zealand so that they could do the same
>tfw we scrapped all but a light cruiser
Don't even want to live
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>>1874096
No, it's actually good if you sink it property and drain all the toxic fluids before scuttling it. It's also good for tourism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_ships_for_wreck_diving_sites
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>>1874096
>steel that's been structurally weakened to the point where it's no longer considered seaworthy
Yeah no, not even as scrap
>environment
Uh, it's about as bad as turning on a larger boat. (Which we have plenty of)
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