Evaluating, Assessing, and Readying the USS ORLECK: "COMING TO JACKSONVILLE?"

[jaxlongtimer]

I predict that there will be mediocre interest at first, then little interest, then towed away for scrap.

More specifically, after they are in the hole for hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, the City (i.e. taxpayers) will repeatedly bail them out.  Only after such fruitless investment, THEN the ship will be towed away for scrap (a variation on City "demolitions") and we will just repeat the process with the next "great idea" that is politically sexy but not well thought out.

Their first mistake was committing to take on this project without all the money in the bank or reliably pledged for the total of (a) all the startup funding plus a substantial contingency (they should have expected the unexpected) and (b) a substantial endowment to cover ongoing maintenance and likely financial "bumps" in the road (a pandemic, storm damage, extraordinary maintenance and/or capex issues, failure to meet financial projections, longer than expected opening date, etc.)  that inevitably will occur at some point.

[Todd_Parker]

Missing a good tie-in opportunity with the Jacksonville Armada FC (U-23). Is there room on the Orleck's deck for a full-size soccer pitch?

[heights unknown]

So much for a Museum Ship in Jacksonville; hey...the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY is still available; but WHERE would we put it, and WHO would be interested in such an undertaking?

[heights unknown]

A Master Chief (retired) Shipmate of mine stated that the USS Orleck has arrived in Jacksonville. I think this happened yesterday (3/26/22). Very little fanfare (prob why we missed it), but here's the article:

https://news.yahoo.com/uss-orleck-way-downtown-jacksonville-161702505.html

[edjax]

^^its in a separate thread about the cost increase. .  Also there is an article in Daily Record yesterday with great pictures.

[heights unknown]

^^its in a separate thread about the cost increase. .  Also there is an article in Daily Record yesterday with great pictures.

Thanks!!!