[Milsurplus] Re: surplus ships fleet

[Tony Snider]

I have been on every one of the bay Bridge ships in Chesapeake Va and every 
piece of gear in radio was smashed to bits with fire axes. haven't found 
much more than some good cable assemblies, some of the other ships were 
stripped to the point where every circuit breaker, telephone and intercom 
speaker was removed, I cant imagine what it cost to remove all those 
thousands of items. and they all but told me not to come back because of 
insurance reasons and the risk of me rooting around on the ships, but it was 
neat while it lasted, it was like going back in time. and I assure all the 
bells and clocks have been missing for at least 20+ yrs!!
Tony
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:09 AM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Re: surplus ships fleet


> What kind of radio equipment do those ships parked at Suisan Bay, 
> California, have?
> 'Bay Bridge Enterprises' is looking for a non-California, West Coast port 
> to build a
> facility and start on these ships. ( They cite CA labor costs, but i 
> suspect it really
> means environmental law costs. ) The town i live in, Newport OR, just 
> ixnayed
> Bay Bridge's bid to operate here, fearing it would affect the local 
> tourism and
> fishing and sea farming industries. Portland also ixnayed Bay Bridge 
> unless
> they dry-operate by way of a drydock. Bay Bridge, i think it is, also 
> operates at
> Chesapeake, Virginia, and other ship breaking is done at Brownsville, 
> Texas, but
> both these are uneconomical as far as towing the west coast ships there. 
> Question:
> what, if any, electronics is coming out of Chesapeake or Brownsville? When 
> Bay
> Bridge was discussing setting up here, they said that besides basic 
> metals, they
> would also recover "collectibles", meaning ships bells, maybe furniture, 
> and such.
> I wonder if that includes radio?   -Hue Miller
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