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Subject: Re: Battleships: where are they now?
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From: boulder!boulder!scottmi@ncar.UCAR.EDU (PUT YOUR NAME HERE)


  There is talk of raising and renovating USS Monitor; she capsized during a
storm off Cape Hatteras, N.C.  Salvage operations will be complicated by the
poor condition of the iron hull (which rests upside-down) and the fact that
the ship's sinking was facilitated by the partial separation of the upper and
lower hull sections.
  The ironclad HMS Warrior is (or was) serving as a pontoon at an oil loading
terminal.  Apparently, there are plans to restore her to her original condition.

[mod.note:  As I noted previously, she is now partly restored and open for
tours at Portsmouth.  Restoration continues, I believe.  What's been done
so far is truly impressive. - Bill ]

  Other old ships:

    Aurora, a cruiser built for the Imperial Russian fleet can still be seen
at Leningrad.  She fired the first shots of the 1917 revolution, but also has
the distinction of having fought at Tsushima and survived.




  
  --don't like snow, miss Deirdre, and wish I was still in Santa Cruz.