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>I will be attending the Naval War College's "National
>Security Symposium" at Naval Station Treasure Island
>in four weeks. All the Naval Officer's that know
>anything about anything ('cept me of course) will be
>there. I'll ask if anyone knows how to go about
>"aquiring" a naval ship for this kind of purpose.
That would be great.
>I would think that cost would be minimal. Hazmat would
>already be gone before they do anything with it, and
>prep for a reef would be reasonably simple (a few
>dedicated divers with some metal cutting equipment?).
I would imagine that cleaning out the fuel bunkers would be the
hardest part. I've heard that it costs nearly $100,000 to prep
a liberty ship as an artificial reef, and that's with a lot of
volunteer labor.
>I will of course be looking into having it scuttled
>off the California Coast...
Funny how everyone thinks the ideal place is near where THEY live. :-)
Rick Fincher
rnf@sp*.tb*.co*
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