The Steamships of Jacksonville

[I-10east]

Not to hijack, but I'm surprised that no one made a thread on the USS Adams; There was talk about docking it DT as a floating museum (nothing set in stone of course). Of course Jax desperately needs that obligatory warship to 'revitalize' DT. 

[diverdan363]

To comment on the blackbeard it was sold for 81,000 to a local in Gainesville and so far is still operational and may be used eleswhere
if there was a way to post the pictures after it was painted and decks sanded you think it was going somewhere to work other than mayport. if i remember those engines cost were about 320,000 dollars which increased the vessels value from 1.2 to 2.1 mil therew is alot more to the story, as to why part of the grant money was returned to the government it seems no one could produce reciepts how all that money was spent.
more to come down the pike

[BIG CHEESE 723]

Thanks for this article.  My grandmother's sister, my great aunt Edna Higginbotham Basham sailed on her honeymoon on the Arapahoe.  They travelled to New York City.  I have a clipping fom the newspaper.  I believe the year was 1900, but not sure without verifying.