The presentation silver from the USS Indiana BB-58, a WWII battleship, has been placed on indefinite loan to the USS Indianapolis Museum inside the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis.
It consists of 39 pieces, inclusing 22 main items. It was originally donated by the state of Indiana in 1896, to the original USS Indiana BB-1. It is currently valued at $1.5 million including two candelabria worth $450,000.
I did not know about the NAVSUP- the Naval Supply System Command, part of whose job is the caring and storing ofsilver sets of decommissioned or inactive ships. They will reissue them to newly commissioned ships of the same name.
Currently, NAVSUP has 8,500 pieces of silver valued at an estimated $17.8 million. Another 2000 pieces are on loan, and 3,777 are on board navy ships.
Let's hope the good Daniel Lorello doesn't get to be in charge of NAVSUP. His daughter could go on one fantastic buying spree.
Pass the Cookies. --Da Coot
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