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Chad Fuck

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that was the first of two votes

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Galveston Port officials vote unanimously to continue negotiations for Battleship Texas

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/galveston/2024/11/04/505007/galveston-port-officials-vote-unanimously-to-continue-negotiations-for-battleship-texas/

 

seawolf park is not a good location for it. better than san jac but you want to be where the foot traffic is, and that isn't seawolf park. 19 really is the best for foot traffic and katie's doesn't actually have a view of the bay, but i assume if this came unmoored it would smash katie's. 15 is behind some gated roads and industrial park, at that point i think 12 would be better and be right alongside royal caribbean's terminal.

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that was the first of two votes
Galveston Port officials vote unanimously to continue negotiations for Battleship Texas
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/galveston/2024/11/04/505007/galveston-port-officials-vote-unanimously-to-continue-negotiations-for-battleship-texas/
 
seawolf park is not a good location for it. better than san jac but you want to be where the foot traffic is, and that isn't seawolf park. 19 really is the best for foot traffic and katie's doesn't actually have a view of the bay, but i assume if this came unmoored it would smash katie's. 15 is behind some gated roads and industrial park, at that point i think 12 would be better and be right alongside royal caribbean's terminal.

Do we have any idea of what’s really going on here? It seems like there was a bit of gamesmanship/ local politics going on to throw a wrench in what seems on its surface to be a win win situation.
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5 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:


Do we have any idea of what’s really going on here? It seems like there was a bit of gamesmanship/ local politics going on to throw a wrench in what seems on its surface to be a win win situation.

the foundation wants a several decade lease, which i don't think the wharfs board necessarily wants, whatever funding fertita was throwing in isn't locked down, and one of the tenants thinks fertita should lock it up behind his piers instead of behind a competitor.

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Unsure where else to post this. The aircraft carrier USS JFK CV-67 is being towed from Philadelphia to Brownsville to be dismantled. Should arrive in 2 weeks if someone wants to see it. I discovered a few years ago that a ship breaking yard in Brownsville has cut up many naval vessels including other carriers.

Historic naval aircraft carrier makes final voyage to Texas

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Unsure where else to post this. The aircraft carrier USS JFK CV-67 is being towed from Philadelphia to Brownsville to be dismantled. Should arrive in 2 weeks if someone wants to see it. I discovered a few years ago that a ship breaking yard in Brownsville has cut up many naval vessels including other carriers.
Historic naval aircraft carrier makes final voyage to Texas

They also have a shit ton of surplus because the Navy stores all the stuff it doesn’t want but can’t immediately get rid of on old ships like this. I went down there sometime around 2006 for work and had a gander. I wound up buying a couple old typewriters that had been packed away in 1953.
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They also have a shit ton of surplus because the Navy stores all the stuff it doesn’t want but can’t immediately get rid of on old ships like this. I went down there sometime around 2006 for work and had a gander. I wound up buying a couple old typewriters that had been packed away in 1953.

Woulda been cooler if you said “destroyers” instead of “typewriters.”
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9 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Unsure where else to post this. The aircraft carrier USS JFK CV-67 is being towed from Philadelphia to Brownsville to be dismantled. Should arrive in 2 weeks if someone wants to see it. I discovered a few years ago that a ship breaking yard in Brownsville has cut up many naval vessels including other carriers.

Historic naval aircraft carrier makes final voyage to Texas

These ships are stupid expensive to maintain as a museum and there are too many of them to support as tourist attractions.  Brownsville does nearly all of the Navy’s ship recycling and the JFK will be the sixth carrier.  Good jobs for the region and it’s being done safely.  It’s kind of a cool industry to have and if you time it right you can see lots of interesting floating history coming through. 

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8 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

These ships are stupid expensive to maintain as a museum and there are too many of them to support as tourist attractions.  Brownsville does nearly all of the Navy’s ship recycling and the JFK will be the sixth carrier.  Good jobs for the region and it’s being done safely.  It’s kind of a cool industry to have and if you time it right you can see lots of interesting floating history coming through. 

We need another transoceanic war so it will get sexy again.

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55 minutes ago, Matuka said:

Stupid question, but when the USS JFK gets to the tip of mainland Florida, will it continue to hug the coast of the Gulf or make a direct beeline to Brownsville?

My apologies sir, but in the interest of national security, I am unable to confirm or deny its route.

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8 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

My apologies sir, but in the interest of national security, I am unable to confirm or deny its route.

 

1 hour ago, Matuka said:

Stupid question, but when the USS JFK gets to the tip of mainland Florida, will it continue to hug the coast of the Gulf or make a direct beeline to Brownsville?

Not sure but it will sail through Monroe, Maryland. 

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