From the September 11, 2010, Albany (NY) Times-Union "Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival" by Joann Loviglio.
Photos accompany this sad article about the slow-death of a famous ship. One is taken inside the ship and shows sunlight seeping in through the hull at the waterline.
This was a hero ship from the Spanish-American War.
"Time and tides are conspiring to condemn the weathered old warrior to a fate two wars failed to inflict." As it stood back in 2010, the ship would either sink at its moorings on the Delaware River, sold for scrap or be scuttled for an artificial reef off Cape May, New Jersey.
The 344-foot long, 5,500 ton ship has hundreds of patches on its lower hull and very likely will be beyond saving in a few years.
The ship receives some 90,000 visitors each year (I had a dinner and a cruise when visiting Philadelphia right next to this proud ship several years back, but did not go on board. Admission is up to $12.
More to Come. --Cooter
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