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It may have already been mentioned, but:
The ship is being tug’d up Welland where it will recieve a sea worthiness inspection. This makes me think that it will be tug’d across the Atlantic. IIRC a European was slated to buy it.
It was in the Buff Snooze today.
BTW - Don’t joke about india… there was a Discovery / History channel show over the weekend about the Indian iron cutters. They are no joke - albeit a bit crazy. Main point: They are the largest scrapping operation in the world. At least, according to the talking box.
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I’m 90% sure that’s where it’s going, Alang, India. I saw that documentary too, last year I think. The stories about her claim she was a Liberty ship but I don’t see her name on the list (Originally USS Marine Star) But she’s not a Liberty ship, she’s too big. So it definitely was not designed to cross the great lakes. Here are a couple stories about it…
http://continuouswave.com/boats/aquarama/
http://niagaraculturaltourism.com/aquarama.html
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/120930.html