[Boatanchors] Missouri story and photos

[Mark Richards]

The ARRL has just published a very interesting article about =
preservation
efforts for the USS Missouri's radio central which may be of interest to
some on this list.

http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2003/08/27/1/

Why "render inoperable" equipment that would otherwise be useful during
decommissioning?  "A rack of R-1051G HF receivers stands in Facilities
Control No. 1, just aft of Radio Central. The ship has 16 of these rigs,
plus three Watkins-Johnson URR-74 HF receivers. All were rendered =
inoperable
when the ship was decommissioned." =20