was:Re: [AT] Christmas Trees and Ships Plank Project now Liberty Ships

[DAVID BRUCE]

Charlie:
I remember the mothballed ships when my family made a trip to Wilmington
and to the USS North Carolina.  It must have been in the mid to late 60's.
Quite a sight for this sheltered country boy.

David
NW NC

> Great story Ted.  Thanks for sharing it and thanks for your service
> among  those of the "Greatest Generation".
>
> When I was a child we had to pass through Wilmington NC on the way to
> visit  my grandparents.  In a creek just off the Cape Fear river on the
> S side of  town and about 2 miles from the current home of the USS North
> Carolina were  dozens, maybe hundreds of moth balled liberty ships
> sitting side by side.  They stayed there for probably 20 years or more
> before they were eventually  scraped.
> It was sad to see them go.
>
> I'm glad you were able to save a momento of the Hoggart Bay for your
> shipmates.  Sounds to me like someone else got ahold of some of that
> wood  before it finally got to you.  I can here it now.  Heck he doesn't
> need 10'  pieces.  I'd like to have 6' off each one to build a floor in
> my den.   A  few weeks/months later..... Heck he doesn't need 4'
> sections  I'll take 2  feet and use it for .............
>
> I'm glad you got as much as you did.
>
> Charlie