Forbes: What A Waste! The U.S. Navy Just Blew Up A Very Useful Old Warship
On Aug. 17, 23 warships from 10 countries gathered off the coast of Hawaii for the U.S. Navy’s biennial Rim of the Pacific war game. The two-week exercise came to a dramatic conclusion on Sunday with the explosive sinking of an old Navy cargo ship.
A very useful old Navy cargo ship. So useful that it was a shame to watch her sink.
As RIMPAC came to a close, the allied fleet surrounded the Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship Durham. The fleet pummeled the 575-foot-long Durham with five missiles—three Harpoons, an Exocet and a Hellfire missile—plus cannon rounds.
Durham sank in no less than 6,000 feet of water. Her sinking left the Navy with three old Charlestons, all laid up in reserve and slowly rusting away.
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WNU Editor:The ships are all laid up and rusting away. Does it make sense to refurbish them? Apparently not.
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