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We're losing our history. We're losing the past but Ricky and his crew don't care. What's in it for them?
Good said the reality is that a steel hull on that battleship has roughly a 20-year lifespan. It's been close to 30 years since the Texas was last in a dry dock for repairs and renovation. Since then, it's just been sitting in a saltwater berth.
"It's just going to deteriorate," Good said.
It would take an estimated $29 million to put it back through dry-dock repairs, and the nearest dry dock capable of handling a battleship is in Alabama. That would be a long and dangerous trip.
"It's just going to deteriorate," Good said.
It would take an estimated $29 million to put it back through dry-dock repairs, and the nearest dry dock capable of handling a battleship is in Alabama. That would be a long and dangerous trip.
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