USS Iowa heading to L.A.

[Rockstar]

And for you rednecks in the audience thats L.A. as in Los Angeles, CA. NOT Lower Alabama.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news...e=most_emailed

For more than a decade the USS Iowa sat quietly mothballed in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, luring military history junkies with her giant guns, sleek prow and romantic history who dreamed of making her a floating a museum -- and a big Bay Area tourist attraction.
Those who wanted the WW II battleship known as "The Big Stick" envisioned her anchored in a Northern California city -- San Francisco, Stockton, Vallejo and Alameda among them -- and drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors a year, boosting the local economy. But plan after plan to keep the storied vessel in the region collapsed and eventually her supporters looked elsewhere.
Sunday afternoon, after nearly 11 years in Bay Area waters, the Iowa is scheduled to glide, under tow, under the Golden Gate Bridge and disappear into the Pacific one final time on what is likely her last voyage.
The Iowa will be on the way to the Port of Los Angeles, where she is scheduled to open to the public in July, and leaving in her wake ruined dreams and remaining questions about why a region with both a rich nautical and military heritage and dependency on tourism dollars couldn't keep one of the most historic ships the United States ever launched.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

y a region with both a rich nautical and military heritage and dependency on tourist income couldn't keep one of the most historic ships the insert Navy of choice ever launched.

Fixed, to cover the world. It's a sad state of affairs for every national musea with grand plan after grand plan that never get past the board and off the paper.

On the upside, the Iowa is still to be in the public's eye and not in some scrapman's wallet.

[Oberon]

*grumbles about the Warspite being scrapped*

[yubba]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Fixed, to cover the world. It's a sad state of affairs for every national musea with grand plan after grand plan that never get past the board and off the paper.

On the upside, the Iowa is still to be in the public's eye and not in some scrapman's wallet.

But for how long in the land of fruits and nuts ???? Where they don't believe in American greatness, some liberal will have it scrapped by the end of Obamas 4th term.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by yubba

But for how long in the land of fruits and nuts ???? Where they don't believe in American greatness, some liberal will have it scrapped by the end of Obamas 4th term.

Nonsense, surely they'll have re-purposed it and renamed it the USS Aurora for the 'revolution'?

[yubba]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Nonsense, surely they'll have re-purposed it and renamed it the USS Aurora for the 'revolution'?

Hows it going over there, would like a heads up if you have a mind to, got your bug out bag ready.????? http://www.theblaze.com/stories/surv...-survival-bag/ tell me what's the most important thing missing in that bag

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by yubba

Hows it going over there, would like a heads up if you have a mind to, got your bug out bag ready.????? http://www.theblaze.com/stories/surv...-survival-bag/ tell me what's the most important thing missing in that bag

Well, whatever disaster befalls the owner of that bag had better not be chemical, nuclear or biological because I see no NBC suit or mask.

You could probably save some space in there with this shovel:


Besides, things over here are exactly the same as they have been for the past x years, and will continue to do so for at least the next twenty or so years. Then things go down the toilet if current trends continue...

If you mean Greece, it's at tipping point, but the Euro won't collapse over Greece exiting, people are starting to build a fire-break around Greece in preparation. It'll damage the Euro heavily, and may be the first of the dominos, but it won't kill the Euro straight away.

[CaptainMattJ.]

THATS AMAZING.

Glad to see her coming to rest so close to me

Certainly will try to visit. maybe post some pictures here.

As for how long shell be here, i think it more about the money needed to keep her rather than the people living around it. The USS midway has been in san diego for quite a while, and i dont suspect shell be going anywhere soon.

[Jimbuna]

Would love to go and see her one day.

[nikimcbee]

I'm still curious how much money it costs to maintain a ship of that size as a museum.

On a side note, the USS Ranger is going to Ore-gone. (not in Portland, but in the Columbia River. I guess everything is a go, but for one little detail, it won't fit under one of the bridges.

[nikimcbee]

I think they should move to Bremerton.

[Osmium Steele]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I'm still curious how much money it costs to maintain a ship of that size as a museum.

Acording to the state of New Jersey charitable registration rolls:

USS MISSOURI MEMORIAL ASSN
63 COWPENS ST, HONOLULU HI, 96818
Phone: 808-455-1600

Income:

Direct Public Contributions:$1,456,082.00
Indirect Public Contributions:0.00
Government Grants:$5,000,000.00
Fund Raising:$1,063,301.00
Program Service Revenue:$7,677,591.00
Other Support:$149,237.00

Total Revenue: $14,282,910.00

Expenses:
Program Expenses:$6,419,728.00
Management Expenses:$698,143.00
Payments to Affiliates:0.00

Total Expenses:$8,181,172.00

Registration Number: CH1642600 Report in File: 12/31/10


Edit: I think i got the formatting right. Copy/paste was not my friend.