Comments by "g bridgman" (@1940limited) on "KCAL News"
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This ship is more than 80 years old, made of steel, which rusts, and has been in a salt environment it's entire life. Of course it will deteriorate. When the ship was in service it was painted constantly almost after every voyage, and was put in dry dock once a year for a complete inspection, scraping of the hull, and any refurbishment below the water line that was needed. It's a huge undertaking to maintain a vessel like this, even as a static display. It needs to be towed to a suitable dry dock, pulled completely from the water, and given a thorough going over, inside and out. The big question is, as always, who's going to foot the bill? Does the ship generate 230 million dollars in revenue on a regular basis to pay for its upkeep? If not, it's a big problem. I don't want to think about what the final solution might be. It would be nice to send it back to Southampton but I don't think the British have the means or interest to save it. In 1968, Cunard was going to scrap it.
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