OT: USS Sullivans Taking on Water

[Carmel Corn]

Sorry to see this happening at the naval park.  Hope they can get her back afloat.  Whenever we visit town, we like to go to the waterfront.

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/buffalo-naval-park-looking-into-situation-with-uss-the-sullivans/

Edited April 17, 2022 by Carmel Corn

[MattPie]

Just now, Carmel Corn said:

Sorry to see this happening at the naval park.  Hope they can get her back afloat.  Whenever we visit town, we like to go to the waterfront.

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/buffalo-naval-park-looking-into-situation-with-uss-the-sullivans/

Holy cow, I just walked by there on Tuesday. I wonder what I did.

[Weave]

Dis she get sold recently?

My feeble memory is telling me she’s not part of the Naval Park inventory, but maybe I am misremembering something.

I remember camping out in the USS Sullivans in Boy Scouts.  She’s a pretty cool ship for a 12yr old.  I’m guessing she’s overdue for the scrapyard these days.

[Kr632]

12 minutes ago, MattPie said:

Holy cow, I just walked by there on Tuesday. I wonder what I did.

[woods-racer]

She's one of the last old *Tin Cans* . Hope she can be saved. Lot of history with that boat. 

I have faith in the Tin Can Navy.

[Brawndo]

Her Hull was structurally weak, so there was a fundraiser for repairs. The Salvage Crew hired had to stop repair attempts last Fall as the water was too cold for the epoxy being used to work. They were supposed to resume their work this coming Monday. 

[bunomatic]

Thought you guys were talking about Jerry.

[LGR4GM]

Really sucks Erie County and NYS didn't have say 450 million dollars laying around where they could have given the smallest fraction to this project.

Hope they save the ship, only 4 of her class in existence. She's a real piece of history. If they do another donation drive guess I'll donate again. 

[Wyldnwoody44]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Really sucks Erie County and NYS didn't have say 450 million dollars laying around where they could have given the smallest fraction to this project.

Hope they save the ship, only 4 of her class in existence. She's a real piece of history. If they do another donation drive guess I'll donate again. 

They have a donation button at the bottom of the news article. It's sad to see, especially since I was aboard a ship for several years. The structure was again rapidly and this was "almost" expected to be an issue. 

[Derrico]

Did anyone else read the thread title and immediately think ‘Was it the Russians?’

[bob_sauve28]

Really sad to see. Money sure solves a lot of problems but just not enough to go around. Maybe pull it out of the water and put it on a dry dock? 

 

Eighty years ago today a ship much like that destroyer was escorting USS Hornet towards Japan to launch the Doolittle raid, April 18, 1942 

[Pimlach]

18 hours ago, Weave said:

Dis she get sold recently?

My feeble memory is telling me she’s not part of the Naval Park inventory, but maybe I am misremembering something.

I remember camping out in the USS Sullivans in Boy Scouts.  She’s a pretty cool ship for a 12yr old.  I’m guessing she’s overdue for the scrapyard these days.

Why would she not be part of the naval park inventory when she is permanently docked there?   
 

Hopefully they can fix this and keep her around.  

Edited April 15, 2022 by Pimlach

[Andrew Amerk]

Looking for some education here. 

Why is everyone referring to the ship as a female? Isnt it named after 5 brothers?

[Weave]

6 hours ago, The Ghost of NS said:

Looking for some education here. 

Why is everyone referring to the ship as a female? Isnt it named after 5 brothers?

Sea craft has been given a female gender as tradition.

7 hours ago, Pimlach said:

Why would she not be part of the naval park inventory when she is permanently docked there?   
 

Hopfully they can fix this and keep het around.  

I seem to recall reading somewhere that she was sold in lieu of being scrapped.

[Zamboni]

The fix that will happen, although great, will only be a bandaid. 80 year old vessel. A different mindset/environment/situation needs to happen to/for her.

[phil_soisson]

It's a warship with transverse bulkheads and watertight doors. Assuming it's one breach, and those doors are closed, the flooding should be confined to one compartment. Obviously they were open.

[Pimlach]

37 minutes ago, phil_soisson said:

It's a warship with transverse bulkheads and watertight doors. Assuming it's one breach, and those doors are closed, the flooding should be confined to one compartment. Obviously they were open.

^ sounds like a Navy man weighing in.  I just want it saved if possible.  I love going down there and was hoping to see it expanded in the future.  

[Weave]

Btw, it is USS Sullivans.  Plural.

[Doohicksie]

1 hour ago, Weave said:

Btw, it is USS Sullivans.  Plural.

I was just going to point that out. 

[Marvin]

2 hours ago, phil_soisson said:

It's a warship with transverse bulkheads and watertight doors. Assuming it's one breach, and those doors are closed, the flooding should be confined to one compartment. Obviously they were open.

Welcome back!

[JohnC]

21 hours ago, Derrico said:

Did anyone else read the thread title and immediately think ‘Was it the Russians?’

No. Russians don't sink boats. They get their boats sunk. 

[Cwhisoeian]

Her name is actually The Sullivans, she is not in commission any longer so does not officially warrant USS. She and the newer USS The Sullivans (DDG-111) are one of the few ships in our naval history to use ‘The’ in front of the name to recognition of the five Sullivan brothers lost when Juneau was sunk in WWII.

[bob_sauve28]

3 hours ago, JohnC said:

No. Russians don't sink boats. They get their boats sunk. 

Ships! 🤠

 

 

[Andrew Amerk]

18 hours ago, Weave said:

Sea craft has been given a female gender as tradition.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that she was sold in lieu of being scrapped.

Why?

[Zamboni]

9 minutes ago, The Ghost of NS said:

Why?

https://bfy.tw/SukQ