S.T. Crapo heading to Scrap

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Re: S.T. Crapo heading to Scrap

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too much asbestos to be made into a museum ship, next port the scrappers in port colborne. how many museum ships even break even with perhaps the valley camp being the exception.. want to buy a vessel for your own personal museum? contact the city of sault ste. marie, ont. im sure theyd like to hear from you!
Jared
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Re: S.T. Crapo heading to Scrap

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There was never any real discussions relating to the Crapo. For over 15 years there was a group up in MN who tried to purchase the JB Ford and had multiple fundraisers for it. They even tried to settle on saving the forward cabins and pilothouse only and that didn't even happen. LaFarge made one final offer for only several hundred grand and it couldn't be met. The costs of asbestos removal alone would dwarf the costs of acquiring the ship and in the end, the Ford went to the breakers. The Crapo was living on borrowed time as was the Ford. The museum ships left here on the lakes are hard enough to upkeep, adding another might have doomed an established museum.
OldLakeGuy

S.T. Crapo heading to Scrap

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I just saw in the Freighters Bi-monthly edition for July/August that the S.T, Crapo will be heading to the scrapyard soon. Apparently she's supposed to be towed out of Green Bay sometime in September. It sure will be a different site looking across the Fox River without that old boat there. I wonder if the idea of turning her into a museum ship was ever discussed or if it would even be possible?
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