OT: RIP USS Clamagore SS-343

timmyg00 · 06-25-10, 07:14 PM

excerpt from an email received from my USSVI shipmates:

Quote:

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 received 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.

The news does not appear to have made it onto the website yet: http://www.patriotspoint.org/exhibit...clamagore.html

RIP, 343...

TG

AVGWarhawk · 06-25-10, 09:18 PM

They are simply out of money. Sad tale really.

razark · 06-25-10, 09:33 PM

Armistead · 06-26-10, 11:24 AM

If true, how sad. I go there often. Twice I donated crews to help go upkeep the Yorktown there and did some work on the Clag several years ago.

It doe's need some major work, lifted and sandblasted/painted. Hard to believe they would scrap it being with the group of ships. Think it would still bring more money for tours than scrap.

I'll have to call my buddy down there and find out.

timmyg00 · 06-26-10, 09:45 PM

They are turning history into razor blades.

WarlordATF · 06-26-10, 10:28 PM

Thats really a shame. Another piece of history is going to be sent to the scrap pile. There really isn't that many subs left and many classes of subs are nothing more than old photos now.

I don't know of any S-Class,Salmon,Sargo or Tambor boats remaining and the only way i know of to see a Porpoise/Shark Class is to dive on the USS Tarpon wreck.

It would be nice if the USS Clamagore broke free and sank while under tow like the Tarpon and became another Submarine that refused to be scrapped!

06-25-10, 09:18 PM	#2
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06-25-10, 09:33 PM	#3
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06-26-10, 09:45 PM	#5
timmyg00 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: The People's Republic of Massachusetts, USA Posts: 282 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	They are turning history into razor blades. __________________ ET1/SS, SSN-760 USSVI Marblehead Base (MA) *Naval Historical Sites - Photo Galleries*

06-26-10, 10:28 PM	#6
WarlordATF Frogman Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SW Florida Posts: 288 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Thats really a shame. Another piece of history is going to be sent to the scrap pile. There really isn't that many subs left and many classes of subs are nothing more than old photos now. I don't know of any S-Class,Salmon,Sargo or Tambor boats remaining and the only way i know of to see a Porpoise/Shark Class is to dive on the USS Tarpon wreck. It would be nice if the USS Clamagore broke free and sank while under tow like the Tarpon and became another Submarine that refused to be scrapped! __________________

06-26-10, 11:24 AM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	If true, how sad. I go there often. Twice I donated crews to help go upkeep the Yorktown there and did some work on the Clag several years ago. It doe's need some major work, lifted and sandblasted/painted. Hard to believe they would scrap it being with the group of ships. Think it would still bring more money for tours than scrap. I'll have to call my buddy down there and find out.