How could I get them to give me one?
2007-03-23 05:14:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
doesn't have to be big or fast. Needs to be floatable.
2007-03-23 05:20:11 · update #1
jeez. not even an old PT boat? Do they have surplus boats, like jeeps?
2007-03-23 06:27:44 · update #2
If you're a foreign country, you can buy one...or more. I've been working with the Naval Sea System Command's Foreign Miltary Sales as a contractor for over 13 years now. I've lost track of how many countries and ships our east coast team has worked. The west coast has similar projects. For example, Taiwan just bought 4 of our old 'KIDD CLASS' destroyers we originally had built for Iran. Right now, we are working with India, which bought the USS Trenton LPD-14. Turkey is looking at 2 FAST FRIGATES(FFG) on the west coast for next fiscal year (Turkey is our team's favorite customer. I'm partial to Taiwan since I've worked with them personally more often). Try doing a google.com search on FOREIGN MILITARY SALES NAVY. You'd be surprised who gets our old ships. Mexico bought one of our old LSTs (bow opens up) and towed it to Mexico.
Sadly, some are taken out to sea and sunk. The venerable USS AMERICA CV-66 was recently taken out into the Atlantic and sunk(exact location is classified). Another ship I watched be readied outside my warehouse was the USS SPIEGLE GROVE LSD-32 was towed to off the Florida coast and sunk. However, instead of landing upside right, she wound up hull up. They finally got her resting on her side on the bottom. They were concerned that divers may enter the ship and become disoriented because she was upside down and attempted to right her. One of my old ships was recently literally cut up and scrapped. There are several ships in the James River here in Virginia waiting for their final orders. Those grand old ladies are a sorry and sad sight to see.
Oh, once in a while the Defense Reutilization Material Office has some small craft for auction to the public. One guy here bought an old 'motor whale boat' several years ago and refurbished it. When he was done, it looked and ran like a brand new one.
(USN, retired)
2007-03-23 13:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless their saved and used as a tourist attraction like the USS New Jersey, their one of two things 1. sold over sea's to so called allies 2. scraped and sunk.
John Wayne had a PT(I'm not sure if that is what it is called I think it was the same boat JFK was on) boat at one time I think back in the sixty's, but he was the Duke.
2007-03-23 05:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by heidi t 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some decommissioned vessels go into mothballs. they're anchored off shore in a cluster with other ships, until such time as they are needed again, or as a scrap yard for spare parts. others are sold to the navies of our allies. and finally when there is no further possible use, they are sold to salvage companies to be cut up for scrap.the scrap steel from ships is highly prized, by steel companies, for it's superior quality, and is added to the mix of raw materials in the blast furnace to improve the end product.
2007-03-23 05:31:04 · answer #3 · answered by sic-n-tired 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some die at sea.
Others are restored.
Some are sold for scrap.
Some are made into floating restaurants and the list goes on.
2007-03-23 05:30:42 · answer #4 · answered by rossj12003 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you've got like $40 million, you can have one.
The Science and tech museum in Chicago has an old german u-boat. That's what they paid to store and transport it.
2007-03-23 05:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by Waiting and Wishing 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some are sold to other countries, scrapped for the metals, or
Sent to Davy Jones' Locker ( SUNK )... as target practice vessels... they have to test the new weapons on something...
2007-03-23 05:27:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ships are either
1) Scuttled in deep water as garbage
2) Scuttled in shallow water as Artificial Reefs
3) Maintaine in Mothballs in case of emergency
4) Sold to another country
5) Sold and broken up for scrap.
Navies are usually very careful about who they "give" one to.
2007-03-23 05:24:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Naval ships are either sold for scrap, sold to private enterprises, sold to state/organizations for restoration as floating museums, or sold to other countries.
Your chances of having them "give" you one are absolutely zero.
2007-03-23 06:08:54 · answer #8 · answered by Team Chief 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you rich? You could probably get one if you are a billionaire.
2007-03-23 05:28:21 · answer #9 · answered by haylsin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋