Battleship Texas will leave San Jacinto Battleground for undetermined location

[nikimcbee]

pretty interesting.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-pa...site-whats-new

[Jimbuna]

Nice one Jason, I recall one of the guides telling us the old girls hull was only a couple of mm thick in places when we visited in 08.

[nikimcbee]

I found this last night.

Texas engine room.

[Jimbuna]

Nice one

Texas steering gear

[nikimcbee]

Uh-oh, this could be really bad. Sounds expensive to fix.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/12...-new-leak.html

[Rockstar]

I visited the Texas in the mid eighties and it was having serious problems back then. I just cant imagine her staying open to the public much longer.

[cj95]

She's well over 100 years old and at this point we are in a race against time and money.

The Last Dreadnought fights on.

[cj95]

Here is the "Insider" report sent out to the Volunteer staff:



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All,

The ship developed a leak yesterday and took a list to starboard, causing her to be closed to the public at about at about 2:30 PM.

Since then the original leak has been repaired. Water is being pumped out, but the ship's list is now at about 7.5 degrees. At least one other leak has developed and it is also being patched.

The ship's crew, a repair contractor, and an emergency response contractor are all on the scene and working on the problem. The staff are very busy dealing with this problem and have had little time to deal with inquiries about the leaks.

At this time there is nothing for us to do but wait until the repairs are complete. I know you are all concerned about these developments, but these crews have repaired leaks aboard the battleship before, and I expect that they will get these fixed as well.

I will pass along any information that Andy or Stephanie send to me. Please refrain making inquiries directly to ship's staff so they can concentrate on fixing the problem without distraction. I have let them know that many volunteers are ready if they find they need any additional help.

Several news outlets have published stories about this event along with photos and video. For those of you who are interested in seeing the images, I have seen stories from Channels 2, 13, and 26 so far.


Thanks for all you do,


Lee


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If I find out any more inside details I'll pass them along.

[em2nought]

Maybe they should embed her in concrete like Mikasa. Probably saves a bunch of money, and keeps the ship in better repair.

Although eventually they'll probably want to get rid of her since she's a sign of evil American Imperialism, and someone will find her offensive.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by em2nought

[...] Although eventually they'll probably want to get rid of her since she's a sign of evil American Imperialism, and someone will find her offensive.

So true nowadays.
It is ok when it was a hundred years ago, the past is far away and we can warm ourselves in remembering those good old romantic days, when all was so much better. Even the future.

Seriously, museums and museum ships cost money. Not only the objects, but also people working and preserving them. Without research and getting the information to the public, museums are not worth much. Being able to visit is of course also a factor. Whenever money is tight, culture and museums are the first to suffer.
You always have to find a balance between financing bare needs, and luxury. Defence? Pensions? Medical treatment? Infrastructure? Museums? I would not consider museums and heritage as pure "luxury", but any victim in Syriah probably will. Also business will, unless there is no initial money to make with it.
Isn't there some union-wide heritage trust or something like that in the US?

[Onkel Neal]

Battleship Texas will leave San Jacinto Battleground for undetermined location

It is unclear where the battleship will go. Bramlett declined to speculate, but said the ship would go to a site that Houstonians could visit fairly easily. He said the foundation has some potential locations in mind and intends to move quickly.

“If it stays there, it's going to die there,” Bramlett said of the current site. “It just doesn't work financially. It hasn't worked in years.”

The decision to move the battleship follows action by state legislators aimed at saving it. SB 1511, which awaits Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature, will provide the battleship with a new caretaker, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and send it to Alabama temporarily for repairs. The vessel has continued to rust despite sporadic repair efforts spanning decades, and many believe it will sink unless it is moved to a dry berth.

[Reece]

Love the old battleships, I hope they restore her, the only thing missing from the Battleship Texas is a set of bull horns on the front!

[Jimbuna]

Yeah, The Grey Wolves 'borrowed' them when we visited her in 2008.

I hope the old girl is moved somewhere that will ensure her long term survival.

[em2nought]

So she's not rejoining the fleet to test new big gun technology now?



They should remove the expensive hole in the water into which money is poured element by giving her the Mikasa treatment.


If they place her on the southern boarder she's sure to get plenty of visitors.

[Mr Quatro]

This is good news for sure ... but the San Jancinto Park was my favorite place to visit when I lived in the area 30 years ago.

Now if they could figure out how to move the San Jancinto Inn to the USS Texas new location I would be happy, but sadly they closed its doors on Sunday, February 15, 1987.

https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/w...an-Jac-Inn.pdf

Nationally famous for its seafood and chicken dinners,
the San Jacinto Inn served not only as a restaurant
for its patrons, but also as a dining experience. Jack and
Bertha Sanders established the restaurant in 1916 near
the Lynchburg Ferry on the Houston Ship Channel.
Originally a small lunch counter, the menu included
fresh seafood caught by the Sanders served with freshly
baked biscuits and homemade preserves. In 1917, the
growing restaurant moved to its location in an old dance
hall opposite the present location of the Battleship
Texas near the San Jacinto Battleground State Park.1
Soon the popularity of the San Jacinto Inn grew, and dining there became a tradition for many Houstonians and
their families. The dining room featured an all-you-caneat menu, consisting of primarily seafood and chicken. In
winter the menu included celery, shrimp cocktail, oysters
on the half shell, fried oysters, fried tenderloin of fish, fried
chicken, French fried potatoes, hot biscuits served with
strawberry or black cherry preserves, and dessert. The summer menu mirrored its winter counterpart in many ways,
but featured iced crab and stuffed crab rather than the oyster
dishes. In the 1930s and 1940s, patrons not only enjoyed
the hefty meal, but also a dance orchestra. During World
War II, this live entertainment gave way to a need for more
tables to accommodate the restaurant’s growing clientele.
In later years, the restaurant seated nearly seven hundred
guests and it boasted serving 85,000 pounds of fish, 55,000
chickens, 200,000 pounds of shrimp, 1,700,000 oysters,
50,000 crabs, and 500,000 hot biscuits in an average year.2
The restaurant’s reputation for serving large quantities of
food was not limited to its dining room. During the construction of the San Jacinto Monument, the San Jacinto Inn served
laborers coffee and sandwiches every four hours during the fifty-seven hour pour of the monument’s foundation. Monument
construction workers consumed nearly 3,800 sandwiches and a
total of 5,700 cups of coffee provided by the San Jacinto Inn.3
Many Houstonians warmly recall eating at the restaurant,
often citing the all-you-can-eat menu. Houstonian, Jesse H.
Jones, II, son of John T. Jones Jr. of the Battleground Corp.,
joked that his father acquired the restaurant so he could
enjoy its wonderful food while doing business.