Volunteers raise funds to restore the USS Cavalla
The Hurricane Ike did the USS Cavalla the the destroyers Japanese never succeeded. The storm dug a giant hole in the bow of the submarine from World War II, which had survived the attack with depth charges in Battle of the Philippine Sea .
Ike floated Cavalla, though her hull had been buried five meters on the ground when he was placed in Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas, in 1971. The storm also floated the frigate USS Stewart, another attraction of the park which is adjacent to the Cavalla , taking a boat down it.
More than two years after the storm, volunteers and staff began to repair the hole 10 meters in Cavalla Where rusted metal plates - uprooted by Ike - cover the ground. The team is led by John McMichael, a former submariner with 32 years of experience under the waves. Already managed to raise $ 86,000, but needs 520 000 to build security systems that prevent damage to the vessels historical case another hurricane passes through the area. The
Cavalla, Gato class submarine , named after a sea fish, was commissioned on February 29, 1944. On his first patrol received heavy attack from Japanese destroyers in the Philippine Sea, but put three torpedoes at the aircraft carrier Shokaku , who had participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor . With this success, the Cavalla became the first submarine U.S. to sink an aircraft carrier. By
be decommissioned, the Navy submarine was donated by a group of war veterans, who in the passed-to the city of Galveston, where he would become the basis of Seawolf Park. The veterans wanted to christen the park with the name of one of 52 submarines sunk during the war. chose the USS Seawolf , lost at sea after sinking more tonnage than any other American submarine.
However, after being placed at Seawolf Park in 1971, the submarine entered in frank decay from neglect. Came close to being sold as scrap in 1998. Since then, they created the Cavalla Historical Foundation , which raises funds for its restoration.
The structure had been hit hard by rust, visitors had stolen vital parts and vandals had destroyed the walls and bunks.
Over the past ten years, McMichael restored all bunks and periscope, plus several other renovations. However, much work still needs to be done . The submarine and frigate also need repainting.
Source: Chron - Houston & Texas News, February 12, 2011.
Ike floated Cavalla, though her hull had been buried five meters on the ground when he was placed in Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas, in 1971. The storm also floated the frigate USS Stewart, another attraction of the park which is adjacent to the Cavalla , taking a boat down it.
More than two years after the storm, volunteers and staff began to repair the hole 10 meters in Cavalla Where rusted metal plates - uprooted by Ike - cover the ground. The team is led by John McMichael, a former submariner with 32 years of experience under the waves. Already managed to raise $ 86,000, but needs 520 000 to build security systems that prevent damage to the vessels historical case another hurricane passes through the area. The
Cavalla, Gato class submarine , named after a sea fish, was commissioned on February 29, 1944. On his first patrol received heavy attack from Japanese destroyers in the Philippine Sea, but put three torpedoes at the aircraft carrier Shokaku , who had participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor . With this success, the Cavalla became the first submarine U.S. to sink an aircraft carrier. By
be decommissioned, the Navy submarine was donated by a group of war veterans, who in the passed-to the city of Galveston, where he would become the basis of Seawolf Park. The veterans wanted to christen the park with the name of one of 52 submarines sunk during the war. chose the USS Seawolf , lost at sea after sinking more tonnage than any other American submarine.
However, after being placed at Seawolf Park in 1971, the submarine entered in frank decay from neglect. Came close to being sold as scrap in 1998. Since then, they created the Cavalla Historical Foundation , which raises funds for its restoration.
The structure had been hit hard by rust, visitors had stolen vital parts and vandals had destroyed the walls and bunks.
Over the past ten years, McMichael restored all bunks and periscope, plus several other renovations. However, much work still needs to be done . The submarine and frigate also need repainting.
Source: Chron - Houston & Texas News, February 12, 2011.
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