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Old 03-27-11, 09:39 PM   #22
Growler
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CCIP - I totally get you, mate. I know that I've been chivvied out of more than one old ship or aircraft by a wife who'd like to maybe eat that day - time does fly when you find yourself "in your element."

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Originally Posted by tater View Post
We were at the O'Brien the week before CCIP, and the guy there told us they moved her across the harbor to unload all of the lead ballast from her, to be replaced with stone. It helps them by removing a hazardous material they no longer had to be concerned with and mitigate, and the lead is worth a lot of cash now, too.
Now, what the should have done is load that puppy up with the "parking lot" of AFVs that used to be the Aberdeen Proving Grounds' Armor Museum, closed to BRAC and relocating to Virginia. Put all those tanks on Jeremiah O'Brien, and totally go whole hog on the interpretation.

I know, I know, I'm dreaming, but still...
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