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Originally Posted by urqh
Carl, when they eventually scrapped the Ark Royal over here our last great carrier if you dont count the Hermes, virtually every sailor who had served on her managed to get a momento from the thing. Dont know who ended up with the Phantom fighters but good luck to em. I know we cannot turn every ship into a museum, but its a shame we cant, too much history dispears in the scrapyard.
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Hi Urgh, I agree with you in that it is sad to see historical ships made into scrap, the Ark Royal deserved a better fate. About 60 or so years ago, the USS Texas, was just barely saved from being turned into scrap, by school children in Texas. My Mother, who was one who led a "Penny Drive" in Houston, Texas. I don't know how long it took to collect enough money to buy the ship but, it was eventually collected and the ship was saved for Posterity. I got to go on a tour of the USS Texas many years ago. Would love to go back and tour it again.