Ship Being Scrapped At Bremberton Naval Yard, Washington State Us

[Colin]

which ship is/was this, looks like a BB?

 

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Bremerton,+WA,+United+States&hl=en&ll=47.554001,-122.639898&spn=0.00303,0.004823&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=32.990045,30.146484&oq=bremberton+&t=h&hnear=Bremerton,+Kitsap,+Washington,+United+States&z=18

[Guest Vash]

I think its the Long Beach.

[FITZ]

It is the hulk of CGN-9 USS Long Beach. There is a better view of it here:

 

http://www.murdoconline.net/archives/category/military-defense/sea/page/10

 

And here

 

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42422

 

Clearly not a BB.

[RETAC21]

Interestingly, among the subs, it's NR-1

[BansheeOne]

See hullnumber 9 in this shot from the 2010 I&I.

 

 

[Ken Estes]

Enterprise will be next in the surface ship category. That will take a while.....

[ScottBrim]

Enterprise will be next in the surface ship category. That will take a while.....

 

There have been suggestions that Enterprise's island might be saved for use as a museum commemorating the history of both this unique warship and also the Nuclear Navy.

 

I've given some thought to suggesting Richland as a possible location, given that the eight reactors will eventually end up being buried out at Hanford.

 

Ken, do you think there might be any interest in that kind of project in Bremerton or elsewhere in Puget Sound?

[rmgill]

Sad to see that much naval iron being scrapped.

[Ken Estes]

Enterprise will be next in the surface ship category. That will take a while.....

 

There have been suggestions that Enterprise's island might be saved for use as a museum commemorating the history of both this unique warship and also the Nuclear Navy.

 

I've given some thought to suggesting Richland as a possible location, given that the eight reactors will eventually end up being buried out at Hanford.

 

Ken, do you think there might be any interest in that kind of project in Bremerton or elsewhere in Puget Sound?

 

Move the island to Richland, uh sure....

[ScottBrim]

Move the island to Richland, uh sure....

 

Ken, I detect a note of skepticism in your response ...... Are you implying that Enterprise isn't a true plug & play aircraft carrier? It wouldn't be possible to simply unbolt the island from the flight deck, put it on a barge, and ship it up the Columbia River?

[Garth]

Are you implying that Enterprise isn't a true plug & play aircraft carrier? It wouldn't be possible to simply unbolt the island from the flight deck, put it on a barge, and ship it up the Columbia River?

 

I've heard some speculation that the island will be removed when she's defueled at Newport News, then barged down to Pensacola for permanent display.

[Scott Cunningham]

I heard it was going to be displayed at the Kitsap Public Library

[rmgill]

Heck, it's large enough to be a new Kitsap Public Library.

[baboon6]

Heck, it's large enough to be a new Kitsap Public Library.

 

You could fit a couple of M47s inside...

[ScottBrim]

Heck, it's large enough to be a new Kitsap Public Library.

 

If the Enterprise's island went to Bremerton as the new Kitsap Public Library, its architectural style could then be described as being unique and evocative, yet somehow very familiar.

[Marek Tucan]

heck, you can mount the island on M47 hulls! Mobile HQ for Kitsap Militia!

 

EDIT: Btw NR-1 is the smaller sub with the blue tent above part of its hull?

Edited April 24, 2012 by Tuccy

[RETAC21]

Yep.

[TonyE]

Speaking of the M47, has anyone checked the wikipedia page on this tank lately?

[RETAC21]

Hilarious!!

• Washington- The Kitsap Armoured Militia of Washington State have been using M47s since the early 1970s, the core of which are ex-ARVN vehicles and many of these still remain in first line use. The main motorpool is near the Kitsap County Library. The total number of M47s in use per 2012 is undisclosed but the official order of battle contain atleast two full strength battalions which would mean close to 100 vehicles. During the Cold War and up until the late 1990s several hundred M47s from italian reserve stocks were kept in secret storage as preposition material in Italy. Kitsap Militia ordnance officers are also known to purchase large stocks of spare parts from ex-M47 users to keep the fleet in working condition.
  

[FlyingCanOpener]

Speaking of the M47, has anyone checked the wikipedia page on this tank lately?

 

[rmgill]

Well done sir.

[mnm]

Let's see how long it stays there before some idiot removes it

[TonyE]

Don`t worry, i`ll check it regulary and re-edit if any of those analretentive errorsniffers find it.

 

Meanwhile in the world of shipwrecks and scrappings.....

 

18 years ago the ex-soviet Sverdlov class cruiser Murmansk drifted ashore in Northern Norway when it was being towed south for scrapping. The ship sank at the grounding point and have remained there ever since, much to the annoyance of a nearby village that has raised hell for years about radiocativity, pollution and every bad thing imaginable nonstop in the media. So recently it was decided to remove the ship and finally scrap it. A sort of reversed dam has been built around the ship draining the area and enabling the ship to be scrapped on site, which is underway now.

 

Some photos, old and more recent but also some very pictureque ones:

 

 

 

 

 

Recent photos:

 

[Ken Estes]

Great stuff Tony, thanks. The Sverdlov's were a beautiful design, still showing a lot of the Italian influence of the 30s.

 

Those 15cm turrets would have made great additions to Norwegian CD, until the 90s!

[Colin]

Link to the pictures please, My office is involved in getting rid of abandoned vessels, the main turret from that would look good in our front lobby!!