It hurts mean seeing the ship go. I used to work on board her when I was 25-27 but now the old ship is gone for ever. She was a sight to see. But I was lucky to get the chance to board her before scrap. I miss the ship. I remember hanging out with skip on in the bridge drinking a beer and singing bye bye miss American pie. Do far well to the old vessel
She has such a beautiful look about her. Yes it's so hard to believe after all the decades of hard work and the crews she was home to, she's tossed aside. She should be kept and put on display for all to enjoy!
In the summer of 2022 the Crapo was sold for scrapping to Marine Recycling Corp. of Port Colborne, ON. She was towed out of her slip in Green Bay on September 23, 2022, and arrived at the scrapyard on September 29, 2022.
Sad, but most ships eventually head to the breakers. It's not any easier watching a video of the USN ship that you called home for 2-1/2 years being towed out of SF Bay heading for Brownsville TX. She was only about 30 years old. 650' length, 99' beam, and a laden draft of around 32', and she could still steam 20+ knots with ease on the day she was de-commissioned. In the case of my ship, USS Kansas City (AOR-3), it all came down to dollars. Boilers and steam turbines are rather labor intensive, and the fuel required to fire 3 600-PSI boilers to spin turbines is MUCH more than that required to run modern Gas Turbines and/or diesels of equivalent combined shaft horsepower. On the flip side, the US Navy now relies upon MSC ships with civilian crews and no weapons as the sole means of Underway Replenishment. We weren't a "warship", but the Sea Sparrow launcher and 2 CIWS systems weren't just deck deck ornaments. At least we would have had a final 8-missile "middle finger" for whoever got to us.
@@tuckerhager6429 A piece of her lives on, I saved a 2x2 foot section of hull from her stern. Intact and original riveting from 1927. Still has paint on it too
It hurts mean seeing the ship go. I used to work on board her when I was 25-27 but now the old ship is gone for ever. She was a sight to see. But I was lucky to get the chance to board her before scrap. I miss the ship. I remember hanging out with skip on in the bridge drinking a beer and singing bye bye miss American pie. Do far well to the old vessel
She has such a beautiful look about her. Yes it's so hard to believe after all the decades of hard work and the crews she was home to, she's tossed aside. She should be kept and put on display for all to enjoy!
I always loved watching her dock in St. Joe.
She would have made a great museum. The great lady veteran of all the Great Lakes. She lives on in memories and on film. ❤Great memorial 😊
In the summer of 2022 the Crapo was sold for scrapping to Marine Recycling Corp. of Port Colborne, ON. She was towed out of her slip in Green Bay on September 23, 2022, and arrived at the scrapyard on September 29, 2022.
Sad, but most ships eventually head to the breakers. It's not any easier watching a video of the USN ship that you called home for 2-1/2 years being towed out of SF Bay heading for Brownsville TX. She was only about 30 years old. 650' length, 99' beam, and a laden draft of around 32', and she could still steam 20+ knots with ease on the day she was de-commissioned.
In the case of my ship, USS Kansas City (AOR-3), it all came down to dollars. Boilers and steam turbines are rather labor intensive, and the fuel required to fire 3 600-PSI boilers to spin turbines is MUCH more than that required to run modern Gas Turbines and/or diesels of equivalent combined shaft horsepower.
On the flip side, the US Navy now relies upon MSC ships with civilian crews and no weapons as the sole means of Underway Replenishment. We weren't a "warship", but the Sea Sparrow launcher and 2 CIWS systems weren't just deck deck ornaments. At least we would have had a final 8-missile "middle finger" for whoever got to us.
Can you do Algontario next?
Seems so unfair for a ship to last almost 100 years, only to be scrapped out.
Just shy by 5 years. Let’s hope the J.A.W. Iglehart can be saved in time. Not looking good for her. Sitting in Superior WI as a storage vessel.
@@tuckerhager6429 A piece of her lives on, I saved a 2x2 foot section of hull from her stern. Intact and original riveting from 1927. Still has paint on it too