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HOUSTON: Battleship Texas

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Tracker said:
it's cool, but at some point, with steel vs salt water, don't you have to say, "Good night, ol' gal" and turn her into an offshore reef? I guess as long as people want to spend private money on it, go for it.
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I saw this video about this exact problem a few days ago.
From the Battleship New Jersey site, but applies to all museum ships.

 
Then at some point, instead of making it a coral reef, surround it in concrete and let it live on. A great example is the Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship Mikasa. Older than the Texas and still alive today, setting in a sea of concrete.
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I guy I know was part of the group that helped save her and get her moved. Pretty cool if you ask me and I look forward to seeing it all done in its new home.
 
Has anyone taken the Sunday drydock tour?
 
There are a few others posting on the ship's Facebook saying the same "Ugh!" My 90yr mother was just here. She and I with my youngest son went to see the ship about 3 years ago. When the notice came out that drydock tours might be available in Nov. I was excited that the three of us might go. $450 would be out of our reach.
 
Kman198 said:
There are a few others posting on the ship's Facebook saying the same "Ugh!" My 90yr mother was just here. She and I with my youngest son went to see the ship about 3 years ago. When the notice came out that drydock tours might be available in Nov. I was excited that the three of us might go. $450 would be out of our reach.
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Diesel/insurance is expensive, then to make profit in the endeavor.....=$150/HEAD. I can understand knowing all the bull **** these days
 
I get that this is a fund raiser and they also don't want a bunch of people touring in a work zone. So a high price brings in decent money and keeps the crowds down.
 
Dahveed said:
I get that this is a fund raiser and they also don't want a bunch of people touring in a work zone. So a high price brings in decent money and keeps the crowds down.
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Speaking of high prices, what is the cost of the ticket to Disneyland/world these days I heard it's nuts too.

I bet there's a comic out there that has talked about this with his kids about how they are not even getting close to that place.
 
Tracker said:
Thanks for sharing. all the interacting systems are amazing and wow, 425 lbs of charge, 1500 lb shell, 35K lb breech pressure!!!
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Yeah, the multi-layer barrel construction was a surprise to me, but it makes sense. Can't imagine the sound!
 
Long time ago there was a plant down on houston ship channel that made cannon barrels , closed up before the 70s . A friend of my Dads was the electrician there , kinda wished I hadn't been such a rugrat at that age and new a little bit more of the history of it and some of the stuff they made there . Later on as I worked in and around stuff down there I saw some of the buildings still standing .
 
Fortunately, miraculously actually if you think about it, we still view Texas from above the water. This fascinating tour of the Titanic draws you in, and gives a good idea of what the numerous shipwrecks from war and otherwise now look like.

 
This is mind blowing!!! I see there's a series of these and man, what a tour!! With the images of the hull in dry dock and views inside it, I imagined a lot of the ship was in bad shape, but these videos show an amazingly intact turret system. This guys shirt gets progressively wetter and with the echo in there, is a good example of the special kind of **** it had to be to be in there. And while the turret is moving! I was supposed to be doing some work this morning, but........

 
I am always impressed with the scale of things in the maritime sector.
The sheer size of everything compared to what I see and work with on a daily basis...motos, autos, etc....are just mind boggling to me.
 
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