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From: ae219dp%prism@gatech.edu (Devon Prichard)
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Subject: Re: Surplus ship wanted
Summary: Uncle Sam's Army-Navy surplus store
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Date: 22 Jan 90 06:04:39 GMT
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From: ae219dp%prism@gatech.edu (Devon Prichard)

the pamphlet, "How to buy ... SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY" from the
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, available from the
Superintendent of documents, U. S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402, has the following categories;


class no.   description
----------------------------------------------------
1905A       aircraft carriers (for scrapping only)
1905B       battleships, cruisers, destroyers (" ")
1905C       landing ships LSM, LSMR, LSSL, LST, etc
1905D       minehunters, minesweepers, minelayers
1905E       submarines (" ")
1905F       landing craft LCVP, LCPL, LCM, etc.
1910        transport vessels, passenger and troop
1915        cargo and tanker vessels
  .
  .
  .
1940B       patrol craft PC,PCS,SC,YP,PCE, etc.

I suppose if one was a real, pro-western gov't somewhere,
one could get Uncle Sam to waive the "scrapping purposes only"
condition on the capital ships ...