Reply #730 on: October 10, 2019, 07:28:20 AM
October 10, 2019. Houston, Texas. Currently...
Our USS Texas now listing 9° ...
Looks like this will end badly. Past the point where a quick fix will solve the problem. The longer the state of Texas puts off major repairs, the bigger the final bill will be.
This is why museum ships can be so hard. Hull deterioration doesn't stop at the pier.
"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell." - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side." Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.